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2016 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon: Over 100 different groups, 500 musicians, 2 nights, 11 venues // Night One 2016 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon: Over 100 different groups, 500 musicians, 2 nights, 11 venues // Night One

with Joey Arias: Basic Black, Sexmob @ 20 & Red Baraat

Fri January 15th, 2016

6:00PM

Main Space

Minimum Age: 18+

Doors Open: 5:00PM

Show Time: 6:00PM

Event Ticket: $45/$75/$145

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The signature Winter Jazzfest Marathon is scheduled for Friday January 15th and Saturday January 16th. This two-night event straddles venues on the North and South ends of Greenwich Village, taking over five stages at The New School and six stages South of Washington Square Park including returning venues Le Poisson Rouge, Judson Memorial Church, Zinc Bar, The Bitter End, Greenwich House Music School, and an added stage at the Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR. More than 100 groups will perform over the two nights including returning festival performers Amir Elsaffar, Jose James, Takuya Kuroda, Marc Cary, Lakecia Benjamin, Dawn of Midi, Cyrus Chestnut, Julian Lage, Sexmob and more. Winter Jazzfest is pleased to showcase performers making their festival debuts including Chargeaux, Gogo Penguin, Cory Henry, James Francies, Sarah Neufeld, and jazz veterans Christian McBride and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Other new projects will include Burnt Sugar performing the music of Ornette Coleman, Sun-Ra, and Wayne Shorter, and Joey Arias’s Basic Black. Continuing a tradition of supporting like-minded jazz presenters Winter Jazzfest is pleased to again feature the unique programming visions of Revive Music and New York Hot Jazz Festival who will each curate their own stages during these two-nights.
 
Friday January 15th 2016 (at multiple Venues in Greenwich Village)
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Saturday January 16th 2016 (at multiple Venues in Greenwich Village)
 
12th Season of the NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon features over 100 groups performing over two days at multiple different venues around Greenwich Village.
Check winterjazzfest.com for the full lineup, schedule updates, and more details.
 
5pm – Box Office Opens, Passes Available for Purchase and Pickup (Pickup Locations TBA)
 
$45: Single Day WJF Marathon Festival Pass
$75: Two Day Marathon WJF Pass
$145: 5 Day WJF Full Festival Five-Day Pass ($125 early bird special until Oct 22, includes shows from Jan 13-17)
 
This is a general admission, standing event.

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2016 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon: Over 100 different groups, 500 musicians, 2 nights, 11 venues // Night One

Joey Arias: Basic Black

Joey Arias – vocals / Brandon Seabrook – guitar / Allison Miller – drums / TBA – bass

Sexmob @ 20

Steven Bernstein – slide trumpet / Tony Scherr – bass / Briggan Krauss – saxophone / Kenny Wollesen – drums

Red Baraat

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The ever evolving Red Baraat is a pioneering band from Brooklyn, New York. Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its merging of hard driving North Indian Bhangra with elements of funk, go-go, rock, and jazz – fueled by master rhythm makers, the muscle of horns, raucous guitar, and a booming sousaphone. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, the band’s effortless outlook empowers their audience in a near hedonistic celebration of music and dance. “A knitted blend of poly-rhythmic panache exploring what it means to communicate music between individuals and across cultures,” states SPIN Magazine, and NPR has dubbed them “the best party band in years.”

On the heels of a new album release, Sound The People, Red Baraat are very much taking their sonic signature to a new astral realm, while firmly placing it within the context of a globalized generation. All Songs Considered called their latest release “wildly infectious, soul-grooving music.” and Stereogum premiered the title track featuring Heems (Das Racist / Swet Shop Boys), “Red Baraat delivers an explosion of sound. A frenzy of funk, jazz, hip-hop, and Indian bhangra.”

Red Baraat has released five albums prior, including 2017’s Bhangra Pirates (#4 on World Music Charts Europe), 2012’s Shruggy Ji (debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music Charts) and their debut release in 2010, Chaal Baby, which was featured in FX TV show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  Their infamous live show has criss-crossed the globe including stops at Bonnaroo, Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD Festival (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Spain), Austin City Limits, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Luxembourg Philharmonic, New York City’s iconic Bowery Ballroom and Vienna Concert House. The band has performed at the request of The White House, TED, and the Olympic Games, and they’ve been curating their multi-city Red Baraat Festival of Colors for the past 7 years, based on the Hindu holiday of Holi.

Photo Credit: Mark Jaworski

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