Photo Credit: Hank Williams
Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio every Tuesday night from 10 PM -12 midnight. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.
This week’s guest is poet Nikki Giovanni! Make a note to tune in on Tuesday night and we have more listings for you this week.
Drummer Bobby Sanabria is at the Caribbean Cultural Center in their new Harlem location on April 16.
Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio in the late set at Smalls on April 17.
Finally, Trumpeter Terence Blanchard leads the E-Collective at the Blue Note from April 18-21.
Percussionist Steve Kroon leads a Latin Jazz sextet at The Side Door in Old Lyme CT on April 19.
Myself, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, and Howard University’s Dr. Greg Kimathi Carr are at the ASCAC Conference at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers College on April 19-20 talking about the legacy of pianist Randy Weston. Randy’s widow Fatoumata Weston will be there as well to offer her insights.
Blues vocalist Alexis P. Suter is at the Turning Point Café in Piermont NY on April 20.
Finally, Trombonist Craig Harris is at Brooklyn’s Sista’s Place on April 20.
Pianist Marc Cary’s Harlem Sessions series continues with weekly late Saturday night sets at Smoke on April 20 and 27.
Drummer Roy Haynes is at the Blue Note from April 22-24.
Saxophonist Oliver Lake is at Roulette in Brooklyn on April 23.
Looking further ahead, Trumpeter Eddie Henderson is at Zinc Bar on April 26.
Guitarist Mary Halvorson is at the Jazz Gallery with Tomeka Reid’s quartet on April 26.
Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah’s DIASPORA meets drummer Francisco Mora Catlett’s Afrohorn at Sista’s Place on April 27.
Tubist Joe Daley is at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on April 27.
Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Camille Thurman is at Dizzy’s Club with Darrell Green’s trio on April 30.
Finally, Poet Carl Hancock Rux is at Brooklyn’s Billie Holiday Theatre (inside Restoration Plaza) for the multimedia production “A Walk into Slavery” from April 30-May 4.
That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl will be back on WBAI‘s airwaves on Tuesday April 9 in our new weekly 10 PM slot! We’ll also have another edition of “On the Bandstand” online next Sunday with a fresh set of listings.
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Hank Williams is an associate producer for Suga’ in My Bowl on WBAI Radio and webmaster for the Suga’ and Behind the Mic sites. He is also a PhD candidate in English and Africana Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and teaches at Lehman College. Find him on Twitter @streetgriot
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