FYI Washington, DC ☛ The Brandee Younger Jazz Harp Quartet to Play at Bohemian Caverns 5/31 & 6/1!

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NYC Harpist Brandee Younger brings her swingin’ jazz harp quartet to DC for a rare appearance. Younger will play at Bohemian Caverns with young heavyweights EJ Strickland on drums, Dezron Douglas on bass and Stacy Dillard on saxophones – each of whom are bandleaders in their own right.

Heavily influenced by Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, Younger has developed a beautiful, fresh sound all her own. Equally at home with classical music and jazz, Brandee Younger emerged from the same Long Island music milieu as her elder contemporaries Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, Public Enemy, EPMD, and Rakim, and has incorporated hip-hop and other diverse genres into her musical vocabulary.

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NYTimes piece on Bill Lee: Jazz legend and father of Spike Lee

A Twitter friend, Alex Kantrowitz, recently interviewed Brooklynite Bill Lee, father of (movie director, producer, writer and actor) Spike Lee. He shares his history and advice for young musicians.

The videos and text are original content from The Local Fort Greene and Clinton Hill blog on the New York Times website. (Thank you, Alex!).  

Hot summer days in Brooklyn inevitably invoke Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” — a movie set in Brooklyn’s sweltering summer heat. Lee wrote, directed, produced and acted in the film. And his father, Bill Lee, composed the score.

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