The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival

The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival will take place once again in Brooklyn's Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 8 and 15, 2014 from 1-6 PM. 

As part of its continuing grassroots tradition, the RHJF is a 100% volunteer-run event that receives no major corporate sponsorship beyond in-kind donations from local businesses, nor any major grants this year. It remains committed to being uniquely artist- and community-focused, dedicated to the support of the great music of jazz, the great musicians who perform it and to bringing new individuals to the singular community-run resource that is the Urban Meadow. This dedication is clearly shared by those audiences who have come from around the world over the last six years to the Waterfront District of Red Hook, Brooklyn to hear exceptional artistry performed in a comfortable, unpretentious and beautiful urban ecological education center and botanical oasis near the docks along the East River. 

 

The Red Hook Jazz Festival was started in 2008 by co-directors Mike Golub, Tamar Smith-Golub and Paul Delucia  -- in 2013, longtime festival volunteer James Keepnews replaced Delucia. It was conceived as an opportunity to present artists who lived locally and to bring new attention to the work of the Urban Meadow, which had been reclaimed from an abandoned lot down the street from the Smith-Golub home. Over the course of subsequent years, the Red Hook Jazz Festival has established itself as a major annual event for jazz listeners globally, recognized for its relaxed vibe, family-friendly environment -- children may attend every festival for free -- and consistent presentation of the greatest jazz artists at work today. In June 2012, then Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz declared one day of the RHJF "Red Hook Jazz Festival Day" in Brooklyn. 

 

2014 promises to be the most exciting year yet for the Red Hook Jazz Festival, featuring ten remarkable ensembles, all representing the incredible variety and history of this great American music. The lineups for this year's RHJF will be:

June 8, 2014

Azares

Jean Carla Rodea - vocals

Ryan Ferreira - guitar

Joe Morris - guitar

Pascal Niggenkemper - bass

Gerald Cleaver - drums

 

Ralph Alessi Trio

Ralph Alessi - trumpet

Drew Gress - bass

Mark Ferber - drums

 

Amanda Monaco's Deathblow

Amanda Monaco - guitar

Michael Attias - alto saxophone

Sean Conly - bass

Satoshi Takeishi - drums

 

Harris Eisenstadt's Aberikula

Curtis Hasselbring - trombone

Sara Serpa - voice

Chris Washburne - bass trombone

Nate Wooley - trumpet

Harris Eisenstadt - drums, arrangements

 

International Brass & Membrane Corps 

Ted Daniel - trumpet, cornet

Jospeh Daley - tuba

Charles Burnham - violin

Newman Taylor Baker - drums
 

Richi Debonis' Nowtet 

Adam Kolker - tenor and soprano saxophones

Greg Gisbert trumpet, flugelhorn

David Bryant - keyboard

Carlo DeRosa - bass

Richi "RVZ" Debonis - drums, compositions, arrangements

 

June 15, 2014

The Museum Band of Teeth and Respect

Josh Rutner - tenor saxophone

Red Wierenga - keyboard

Dan Loomis - bass

Jared Schonig - drums

 

Welf Dorr Unit

Welf Dorr - alto saxophone, bass clarinet

Dave Ross - guitar

Dmitry Ishenko - bass

Joe Hertenstein - drums

 

George Coleman and The Rivington Project

George Coleman - drums

Brian Charette - organ

Mike DiRubbo - alto saxophone