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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Collective
Daniel Kelly
Guilherme Monteiro
Randy Ingram
Rob Garcia

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Collective

Latest Releases

BJU Sampler Vol. 2

Anne Mette Iversen
Alexis Cuadrado
Ted Poor
Sunny Jain
Benny Lackner
Dan Pratt
Jerome Sabbagh
Alan Ferber
Shane Endsley
Tanya Kalmanovitch

The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is an association of independent bandleaders with a shared commitment to improvised music. Through cooperative effort, members of the BJU strive to create greater awareness of their work.

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 critics tell it like it is:
“The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is a coalition of artists united by aesthetics as well as geography.”
 – The New York Times

“The Brooklyn Jazz Underground had its launch last week at Small's in Manhattan, but the spirit of the organization is firmly rooted in Brooklyn. All of the members reside there, and they wanted to give a nod to the vitality of its scene.”
– The Wall Street Journal

“10 New York-based artists have formed the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a collective of 10 bandleaders who are pooling their resources to forge increased awareness of their individual projects.” – Billboard/Reuters

“There’s power in numbers, and a bunch of local musicians have united to share their ideas and enhance their visibility”  “ . . . the breadth (and singularity) of these up-and-comers will be obvious” – The Village Voice

“Consider this the opening shot in the latest revolution to hit New York's improv scene.” – Time Out New York

“Think of it as a mix-tape, a calling card from artists who operate in a small world but like to think big.” – JazzTimes (on the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Compilation, Vol. 1)

“ . . . in the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, jazz has ten different definitions.” – All About Jazz.com

“Brooklyn jazz is happening and those who venture across the bridge will be delighted by the hard-edged ethnically-flavored jazz that they find on the other side.  Two great places to start exploring the new artist collective known as “The Brooklyn Jazz Underground” are Sign of the Times and This is my House, the latest from keyboardist Benny Lackner and bassist Anne Mette Iversen respectively.” – All About Jazz New York
“Brooklyn’s best jazz artists are benefiting from an exciting new fusion of business and music.”  “Ten of the borough’s top talents have joined forces . . .” – 24/7

BJUR005
Brooklyn Jazz Underground
Sampler, Vol3.

BJUR001
Brooklyn Jazz Underground
Sampler, Vol2.

Listen Now

Sunny Jain - Sialkot
© Sunny Jain (Sapana Music, BMI)

Tanya Kalmanovitch - The Kid on the Mountain
© Tanya Kalmanovitch & Myra Melford (Sun On The Sound & Fifth Instrument, GEMA, BMI & SOCAN, ASCAP)

Shane Endsley & Kneebody - Song 4
© Shane Endsley (Endsley Music, ASCAP)

Dan Pratt Organ Quartet - Uncle underpants (Live)
© Dan Pratt (DaPratt's Music, BMI)

Alan Ferber Nonet - North Rampart
© Alan Ferber (Nethermead Music, SESAC)

Links

Brooklyn Jazz Underground website

BJU on MySpace