Red Hook Jazz Festival — Day Two at Red Hook Jazz Festival at Urban Meadow

“The Red Hook Jazz Festival exists contentedly on the margins, like its namesake neighborhood and much of the music on its bill…The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a kids’ show.”

— Nate Chinen, New York Times

“The lineup seems to get better every year at the Red Hook Jazz Festival, held on two successive Sundays at the Urban Meadow. These bands have widely varying instrumentation but a shared independent spirit, an ethic as purposeful and rigorous as it is experimental.”...

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“The Red Hook Jazz Festival exists contentedly on the margins, like its namesake neighborhood and much of the music on its bill…The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a kids’ show.”

— Nate Chinen, New York Times

“The lineup seems to get better every year at the Red Hook Jazz Festival, held on two successive Sundays at the Urban Meadow. These bands have widely varying instrumentation but a shared independent spirit, an ethic as purposeful and rigorous as it is experimental.”

— David R. Adler, Village Voice

“The Red Hook Jazz Festival deserves an award for ‘event deserving wider recognition’.”

— Tom Greenland, New York City Jazz Record

“Lemme tell ya, this is what makes Brooklyn Brooklyn, it really is.”

— former Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, proclaiming “Red Hook Jazz Festival Day” in Brooklyn at the 2012 RHJF

In 2017, the Red Hook Jazz Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary! And to celebrate, we have one of our greatest line-ups yet. General admission will be $10 and will be available at the Meadow entrance each day of the festival. And, as with all past editions of the RHJF, all children will be admitted to both days of the festival FREE!

Join us on Day 2 when we present (in order of appearance):

Matt Lavelle and the 12 Houses Orchestra
Matt Lavelle: trumpet, cornet, compositions
Ras Moshe: saxophones, flute
Sweet Lee Odom: soprano sax, clarinet
Charles Waters: alto sax, clarinet
Mary Cherney: flutes
Nicole Davis: trumpet
Ras Miguel: trumpet
Meg Montgomery: trumpet
Ar’Braf-Brafmatic: rapping
Anaïs Maviel: vocals
Chris Forbes: keyboards
Stephanie Griffin: viola
Sana Nagano: violin
Gil Selinger: cello
Jack DeSalvo: guitar
Francois Grillot: bass
Jeremy Carlstedt: drums

Iris Ornig's IO-5
Iris Ornig: bass, compositions
Jonathan Powell: trumpet
Jeremy Powell: tenor saxophone
Glenn Zaleski: keyboards
Allan Mednard: drums

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Jacob Garchik: trombone
Jacob Sacks: piano
David Ambrosio: bass
Vinnie Sperrazza: drums

David Binney Fifty Five
David Binney: alto saxophone
Matt Mitchell: piano
Eivind Opsvik: bass
Dan Weiss: drums

Matthew Garrison
Matthew Garrison: bass, electronics
Kenny Grohowski: drums

See you in June for Year 10!

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