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Vienna Carroll & Friends: Black Roots Music and All That Jazz

LR1-postcard-frontwebVienna electrifies audiences with sparkling rhythms, energy and humor, sharing her beloved Black Roots music – spirituals, work songs, and early/prison blues – and jazz and pop favorites.

Friday May 1, 2015     7pm
Living Room, 134 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY
L train to Bedford Avenue
10$

She is joined by:
Hilliard GreeneHilliard Greene – Bass. A regular at Minton’s, Greene performed and recorded with Jimmy Scott for 20+ years, serving as his Musical Director from 1995 to 2011. Greene was also Cecil Taylor’s Concert Master for his group “Phtongos.”

 

Newman Taylor BakerNewman Taylor Baker – Washboard / Percussion. Best known for Singin’ Drums, his exploration of the washboard, and his work with musicians Henry Threadgill, Billy Bang, Henry Grimes and Leroy Jenkins.

 

Keith JohnstonKeith Johnston – Guitar. Artistic Director, American Theatre of Harlem. Co-founder, Back-A-Yard Theater. Musical Director, RUINED, Denver Center. Director BET 30 Anniversary Upfront! Program Director, CUNY Creative Arts Team.

 

At the Living Room (which is now in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – see map).  Check it out, lots of space, great sound, wonderful hosts.  Only 10$

Friday May 1, 2015.  7pm  Tickets

 

I Just Want To Make Love To You

Diaspora Art Mart Saturday February 14, 2015

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Join us, Vienna Carroll and Keith Johnston, on Valentines Day as we celebrate Black History Month, Love and the 4 Year Anniversary of the Diaspora Art Mart!

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton St, Brooklyn

Click on flier for details

 

Vienna and Friends at Harlem Arts Festival

Folk First: Black Roots Music is Vienna’s newest project.  Debuted at the recent Harlem Arts Festival, it was a fabulously entertaining and riveting musical experience!  It is no surprise that the intellectually gifted Vienna has a degree from Yale in African American Studies and Political Science.  What is so remarkable is how perfectly she and her excellent band (Newman Taylor Baker – washboard; Keith Johnston – guitar; Henrique Prince – fiddle) convey the contemporary meaning of Work Songs and Spirituals and Prison Blues so that both young and old are rapturously engaged.  You have to hear it for yourself.

Folk First: Black Roots Music with Vienna Carroll & Friends from Mark Johnson on Vimeo.

Vienna Carroll and Friends

FOLK FIRST: BLACK ROOTS MUSIC

Before there was jazz or blues or gospel, there was Black folk music, the foundation of American music today. Come enjoy songs from a time when you had to make music to hear it. Songs from your Granny’s country church down South (or the little church you pass by right here in Harlem); songs from the vegetable man every Thursday; songs that helped our ancestors endure prison and escape slavery; songs of joy. Enjoy, join in, sing and dance with us.

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Want to hear more? Come see Vienna Carroll & Friends, Featuring Keith Johston Henrique, Prince and Newman Taylor Baker perform live at the Harlem Arts Festival!
June 29, 2014 at 5:30pm. Main Stage. Marcus Garvey Park.

Festival Lineup: http://harlemartsfestival.com
Profile, Vienna & Friends: http://harlemartsfestival.com/portfolio/vienna-carroll-friends

Folk First: Black Roots Music

Vienna Carroll & Friends, Featuring Henrique Prince, Newman Taylor Baker & Keith Johnston

Before there was jazz or blues or gospel, there was Black folk music, the foundation of American music today. Come enjoy songs from a time when you had to make music to hear it. Songs from your Granny’s country church down South (or the little church you pass by right here in Harlem); songs from the vegetable man every Thursday; songs that helped our ancestors endure prison and escape slavery; songs of joy. Enjoy, join in, sing and dance with us.

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Richard Rodgers Amphitheater
Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem  – Map
Sunday, June 29, 2014
5:30 pm
FREE
http://harlemartsfestival.com

Festival Lineup: http://harlemartsfestival.com
Profile, Vienna & Friends: http://harlemartsfestival.com/portfolio/vienna-carroll-friends

Ms. Carroll is pleased and honored to be joined by:

Henrique Prince – Fiddle / Violin. Founder and leader of the internationally renowned Ebony Hillbillies, one of the last black string bands in the US (and NYC’s only).

Newman Taylor Baker – Washboard / Percussion. Best known for Singin’ Drums, his exploration of the washboard, and his work with musicians Henry Threadgill, Billy Bang, Henry Grimes and Leroy Jenkins.

Keith Johnston – Guitar / Music Director. Music Director, RUINED, Denver Center. Music Director, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. Artistic Director, American Theatre of Harlem. Co-founder, Back-A-Yard Theater. Director BET 30 Anniversary Upfront! Facebook.