Friday June 25 9:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

The members of Brooklyn’s tightest soul outfit Soul Cycle have played with everyone from Alicia Keys to Q-tip and Kenny Garrett, and the diversity shows; their tunes range from vacuum-packed funk to alluring turntable-tinged grooves, all of which will be on display at BAMcafé Live as the guys perform tracks from their junior release, Mosaic. For more info on the band, visit soulcyclemusic.com.

After Soul Cycle’s set, BAMcafé Live throws a blowout dance party before going on summer hiatus. Stay up late with House DJ Idlemind & DJ Jeannie Hopper, host of Liquid Sound Lounge (LSL), the longest running prime time radio show supporting independent soul-infused grooves from down-tempo to House.

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Friday June 18 9:30 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

It wouldn’t be the summer solstice without the tireless TamarRaqs ushering in the year’s longest day with the bi-annual hafla (“celebration” in Arabic) series at BAMcafé Live. Guest host Kaeshi Chai fills in for this year’s fete with guest dancers Altagracia, Janelle Cortes and musical guest Shusmo.

Featuring BAMcaféLive House DJ: DJ Idlemind “The Appropriate Agent”

FREE!

Friday June 4 9:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Not many R&B singers can claim performance art and free jazz as influences. But both are apparent in M.Nahadr’s recent release Eclecticism, heralded as “the soul album of the year” by the BBC “for its challenge to the genre itself.” With addictive beats and esoteric soundscapes alike, R&B has rarely been this interesting.

Featuring BAMcaféLive House DJ: DJ Idlemind “The Appropriate Agent”

FREE!

Friday May 21 9:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

A musical giant throughout Latin America who’s supremely-schooled in combining Mexican, Cuban, Brazilian, and jazz styles into the most compelling amalgamations, Magos Herrera is a treasure, writing “poetic, astonishingly beautiful songs…[that are] bold, thrilling and effortlessly global” (NPR).

Featuring BAMcaféLive House DJ: DJ Idlemind “The Appropriate Agent”

FREE!

Friday May 14 9:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Burr Johnson is a terrifyingly good guitar player, blowing through innovative, lightning-quick fusion and funk licks with masterful ease. His band—a regular at the Montreux Jazz Festival—is no less formidable, laying down energetic sets of jazz, rock, and blues that match the fire of their fearless leader note for note. More

Featuring BAMcaféLive House DJ: DJ Idlemind “The Appropriate Agent”

FREE!

Friday May 7 8:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Syrian singer Gaida is at the apex of New York’s bourgeoning Arabic music scene, with a stunning voice that billows casually over sultry guitars, congas, and ouds. Catch her singing in the 2008 movie Rachel Getting Married, and at BAMcafé Live performing tracks from her debut record, Levantine Indulgence. More

Featuring BAMcaféLive House DJ: DJ Idlemind “The Appropriate Agent”

FREE!

Friday April 30 9:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Argentine pianist/composer/arranger Emilio Teubal and his ensemble La Balteuband perform meticulously orchestrated amalgams of Argentine music and introspective jazz. Their latest album, Un monton de notas, translates as “a bunch of notes,” but don’t be mistaken; this group is as much about breathtaking subtlety and instrumental color as it is flashy virtuosity. Come to BAMcafé Live to hear them master both. More

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Friday April 23 9:00 PM

BAM café
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Part of the 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Named after Freddie Hubbard’s seminal 1965 Blue Note album Night of the Cookers, BAMcafé Live favorites The New Cookers keep the hard bop flame burning brightly while making it unmistakably their own. Hear them perform standards and originals alike at BAMcafé Live as part of Brooklyn’s longest-running festival dedicated exclusively to jazz. More

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