@Rizzoli_Bkstore
5pm
Rizzoli
1133 Broadway
A one-of-a-kind brass band with a downtown attitude.
Conjuring music from the curbsides and corners of cultures far and wide, Blake and Brassreverberates with the spirit of street music from around the world. Michael Blake’s arrangements reveal a restless adventurer and his all-star band mates know how to spur one another on. Stalwart members of the New York City creative scene, these musicians have collaborated with everyone that matters, from Sonny Rollins to the Lounge Lizards, Robert Altman, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Bill Frisell, Sting, Prince, Nick Cave, Ray Lamontagne and Nathalie Cole and tons more.
To listen to highlights of Michael Blake’s discography and some unreleased Blake and Brass music, please go here.
Rizzoli Music Aperitivo is sponsored by Mionetto Prosecco and curated by Mondo Jazz, the weekly Radio Free Brooklyn show dedicated to international jazz.
RSVP: mhuston@rizzoliusa.com.
Tickets may be purchased at the door for $20 and include complimentary prosecco.
