A few weeks ago a bunch of Antibalas members served as the house band at the City Winery afterparty following the Music of David Bowie concerts at and Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall on 3/31 and 4/1/2016. Here are some audience videos from the night:
"Black Star"
"Fame" featuring Marcus Farrar, vocals.
"Golden Years" featuring Timothy Allen, vocals.
Here's one more, with the full Antibalas band, from January 19, 2016 from our residency at Brooklyn Bowl with special guest Miguel Zenón.
We are still reeling from a sublimely wonderful show two nights ago at Brooklyn Bowl with special guests Brian Jackson and Steven Bernstein. Thanks to everyone who came out and shared the pure joy of the evening. We did some Antibalas originals together and performed the Brian Jackson/Gil Scott-Heron classic's "It's Your World" and "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" and Steven Bernstein/ Sex Mob songs "Mothra" and "7 Bars" with Steven conducting the band in the way that only he can.
Our pal trumpeter Takuya Kuroda dropped in to play on a few numbers. El Imperio with members of the Antibalas and our extended musical family, opened and crushed it. Big shout out to Binky Griptite, of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings who brought his vinyl crates for the evening.
Our friend Craig Carpenter from Afrophonics was in the house with his camera and shared with us some pictures from the show.
Here's the first round:
We're participating in an event called "Strange and Beautiful" celebrating the musician/actor/painter John Lurie. It goes down in New York on 9/25 at Le Poisson Rouge. Don't know who John Lurie is? Read up HERE.
Since the early 1980s, Lurie has been a major force and inspiration in avant garde jazz, particularly in downtown New York, and has collected and composed for some of the wildest, most talented musicians New York has seen. You may have seen him in any number of films by Jim Jarmusch, or as host of the popular TV series "Fishing With John."
For the past dozen years or so, he has been focusing on painting which has revealed another aspect of his creative brilliance.
At Le Poisson Rouge, we'll be performing a selection of Lurie's compositions for the Lounge Lizards which intersect in various ways with our own music. We haven't done something quite like this before, so expect some beautiful surprises.
We'll be with the group Hellbent, which features several esteemed Lurie veterans including Steven Bernstein, Michael Blake, Calvin Weston, and Marcus Rojas.
The show is part of a week-long, four-show celebration of Lurie and his work. FESTIVAL info -> http://bit.ly/LURIEFEST