04/28/2008 check out the interview with Anne Mette Iversen and Alexis Cuadrado from Jazz Improv Magazine

Read the full interview in our press section!

04/21/2008 Jerome Sabbagh Kennedy Center video

Jerome Sabbagh and his quartet with Ben Monder, Joe Martin and Ted Poor recently completed a tour in France and a 3 day stint in Washington and Baltimore. The concert they gave at the Kennedy Center on April 14 is documented on video HERE.

04/21/2008 Jerome Sabbagh gets CMA/FACE grant

Jerome Sabbagh was recently awarded a grant from CMA/FAJE for French-American jazz projects for a trio recording with bassist Ben Street and drummer Rodney Green. The project is to be recorded this summer for Bee Jazz in Europe and Sunnyside in the US. The band will tour upon the release in the Fall.

04/15/2008 2008 Press

Check out the press section for coverage of the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival that was held at Smalls Jazz Club, NYC from Jan. 17-19, 2008. Features in "Jazztimes", "The New York Sun", "All About Jazz", "Time Out", "The Village Voice", "New York Press", "The New Yorker", and "Midwest Record".

02/27/2008 WHAT BENNY IS UP TO....

I am in Europe right now working as a musical director for a play called "FREAKS" in Jena, Germany. Its fun as hell because i get to teach a bunch of actors how to play punk rock...something i have always wanted to do but never did because i was a "Jazz Musician". Then i am off to ireland to play with this great , young guitarist Mark Mcknight..hard and interesting music. Then I am in Portugal 3 times this year playing with David Binney and Joao Lencastre as well as Hugo Antunes and my band. Then I have to get to NYC for a CD release for a new band I am in with grammy nominated guitarist, Will Bernard and Andy Emer and Mark Ferber. Really good collective where we all contribute original material. After that, my trio will play festivals and clubs in Greece, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, France in Matthieu Chazarenc's home town...he is a drummer from Paris that I have been playing with a lot..awesome guy and great drummer...on top of that I am doing some concerts with the German singer, Lisa Bassenge (who is on Universal Records). We are also recording a live record this year to document the trio's progress...will let you know more about that later. I am very excited about 2008...things are getting better every year. Please check back for updates soon...AT www.bennylackner.com

01/08/2008 BJU Sampler Vol 2 Now Available

The second volume of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground sampler is now available. This Cd features 10 tracks, one for each of the BJU band leaders-composers. The Cd will be available for sale at the annual BJU festival at Smalls, and very soon at the BJURecords website.

12/12/2007 2nd BJU Festival

January 17-19 '08 Smalls Jazz Club will host the 2nd BJU festival. BJU artists will present their current projects and groups, and will also also release the CD/sampler: BJU Volume 2.

12/11/2007 Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Sunny Jain performs at the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.

11/01/2007 BJU Benefit for Public Schools

The BJU benefit concert for Public Schools, held at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn, was a success. we are pleased to announce that we were able to fully fund music teacher Quana Rochelle's proposal "The Harmonious Hand Bell Band and Colorful Composers", through www.donorschoose.org.

08/25/2007 BJU Tea Lounge Residency prolonged

The BJU Monday night residency at the Tea Lounge, Union Street, Brooklyn, is extended through-out 2007. We are pleased to continue our collaboration with the Tea Lounge and hope to see many of you there.

08/11/2007 BJU Launch Festival at Small's, 1/13/07

Click this headline to see a slideshow of Saturday night of our launch festival!

06/01/2007 BJU Monday-night residency at the Tea Lounge

Every Monday night in June and July, a member of the newly formed collective, Brooklyn Jazz Underground, will be featured playing live music with their bands at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. A movie selected by that band member will then be screened immediately following the performance.

05/19/2007 Podacst 4 is up

The 4th Episode of the BJU podcast features Benny Lackner interviewed by Jerome Sabbagh

04/12/2007 Benny Lackner Trio Cd Release For

Stray Dog Music (http:www.straydoghaus.com) is releasing the BLT's 3rd album Pilgrim...Ths Album is a new direction for the band...they cover two songs by Feist and present nine originals written both as a collective and individually. Most of the songs are under four minutes and the arrangements are very through composed.

04/02/2007 Anne Mette Iversen on www.radioIOjazz.com

Anne Mette Iversen's CD "This Is My House" has been added to the playlist on www.radioIOjazz.com. To receive a complimentary 30-day Soundpass, send Anne Mette an email (see musicians page)

03/19/2007 Pocast #3 is up!

Bassist-Composer Alexis Cuadrado interviewed by Alan Ferber

03/11/2007 Jerome Sabbagh's new CD

"Pogo", Jerome Sabbagh's follow-up to "North", featuring Ben Monder, Joe Martin and Ted Poor, is coming out on Sunnyside in the US on April 24 and on Bee Jazz in Europe on April 12.

03/10/2007 Jerome Sabbagh teaching at the Wheeler Jazz Camp

The Wheeler Jazz Camp takes place from June 18 to June 22 in Providence, RI. For five days, fifty students will be immersed in jazz. World renowned trombonist and educator Hal Crook will do a one-day masterclass as part of the camp. For more information, please contact Francisco Cardoso, Jazz Camp Director by phone at (401) 528-2233 or by email .

Wheeler Jazz Camp

02/19/2007 Upcoming: Alan Ferber Nonet CD

My new nonet CD entitled "The Compass" will be available soon on Fresh Sound New Talent.

01/17/2007 Sunny Jain and Tanya Kalmanovitch featured in DownBeat

BJU members Sunny Jain and Tanya Kalmanovitch are featured in Dan Ouellette's column "The Question" in the February 2007 issue of DownBeat.

01/17/2007 BJU in the Wall Street Journal

BJU member Alan Ferber was featured in today's Wall Street Journal in Martin Johnson's article on the new Brooklyn jazz scene.

01/12/2007 Podcast 2 is up

Podcast #2 is up, as this post's title imaginatively suggests. Bassist/composer Anne Mette Iversen is interviewed by drummer and grapefruit connoisseur Ted Poor. Check it out right now by clicking on our Podcast Page menu button or download it very soon on iTunes!

12/07/2006 Listen to the BJU on WNYC'S SOUNDCHECK

BJU Members Dan Pratt and Alexis Cuadrado talk about collaborative efforts in music. You can listen to the whole show by clicking on this link.

12/06/2006 BJU on WNYC Soundcheck

Alexis Cuadrado and Dan Pratt will represent the BJU on WNYC's "Soundcheck" (93.9 FM) on Wed, Dec 6th live at 2pm!

12/04/2006 Anne Mette Iversen - November Artist Residency

Read Anne Mette's BLOG about her inspiring stay in Italy.

11/27/2006 The Brooklyn Jazz Undergound Surfaces!

The Brooklyn Jazz Underground Surfaces!

11/26/2006 Sunny Jain Awarded a Chamber Music America New Works Grant

Sunny Jain Awarded a Chamber Music America New Works Grant.

11/26/2006 Brooklyn Jazz Underground on Myspace

Be our friend on MySpace! Visit us at: myspace.com/
brooklynjazzunderground

11/25/2006 The Brooklyn Jazz Underground Launch Festival @ Smalls, January 11-14 2007

The Brooklyn Jazz Underground launches with its first annual Brooklyn Underground Jazz Festival to be held at Smalls in Greenwich Village, New York City, from January 11-14 2007.

11/20/2006 Alexis Cuadrado- New Film Soundtrack