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 show presents excerpts from a special memorial remembering the late violinist Billy Bang.
Before we get to the rest of this week’s listings, a note that WBAI Radio’s Summer Fund Drive is in full swing. We urge you to give whatever you can and it’s particularly helpful to become a sustaining member with a monthly pledge, which we call a BAI Buddy. and gets you a few perks–including a members’ discount card useful for several places around NYC–in addition to giving the station a predictable, stable source of support. You can also pledge for your own copy of our Billy bang special as a thank you gift for supporting the station! As always, thanks for any help you can offer.
Poet Abiodun Oyewole is at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park with The Last Poets for a free outdoor performance as part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival on July 24.
Bassist Mimi Jones is at Smalls leading an after hours set on July 25.
Pianist Marc Cary’s Harlem Sessions series continues with weekly late Saturday night sets at Smoke on July 27 and August 3.
Poet Sonia Sanchez is at Hearst Plaza for the annual La Casita poetry event at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival on July 27 and at the Pregones Theater in the South Bronx on July 28.
Bassist Charnett Moffett leads a trio at Jazz Forum Arts in Tarrytown NY on July 28.
Bassist William Parker has a residency at The Stone from July 30-August 3.
Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio at the Village Vanguard from July 30-August 4..
Vocalists Amina Claudine Myers, Charenee Wade, Lizz Wright, poet Sonia Sanchez, and drummer Teri Lyne Carrrington are all at Damrosch Park for the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival on July 31.
Saxophonist T.K. Blue is at Grant’s Tomb for a free outdoor performance as part of the Jazzmobile series on July 31.
Percussionist Steve Kroon leads a Latin Jazz Sextet at Smoke on August 1.
Drummer Bobby Sanabria and Ascension are at Worldwide Plaza at 50th St and 8th Ave for a free lunchtime set on August 6.
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater is at Birdland from August 6-10.
Guitarist Bill Frisell leads a trio at the Village Vanguard from August 6-11 and 13-18.
That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl will be back on WBAI‘s airwaves on Tuesday July 23 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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