Fulton Street Beat

[Lois Gilbert]

FULTON STREET BEAT
PRESENTS
THE NEW COOKERS (HARD BOP JAZZ)
KEITH LOFTIS, DANNY GRISSETT, RICHIE GOODS, E. J. STRICKLAND
&
KENYATTA BEASLEY


OPENING ACTS-LEX GREY and the URBAN PIONEERS (blues)
& BROOKLYN TABERNACLE YOUTH CHOIR (contemporary gospel)



ALBEE SQUARE - FULTON STREET MALL
Dekalb Ave between Albee Square West & Flatbush Ave. Extension
(NEAR JUNIOR'S RESTAURANT)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19,2006
OUTDOOR RAIN OR SHINE CONCERTS
1:00 - 5:00 PM / FREE

FULTON STREET BEAT is sponsored by T.G.I. FRIDAYS and NORTH FORK BANK.
Series produced in cooperation with Up Over Jazz Productions. Technical assistance provided by Kennedy Event Services, Inc.

BY SUBWAY:
B / M / Q / R to DeKalb Ave.
2 / 3 to Hoyt St.
A / C / G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn
4 / 5 / F to Jay St.-Borough Hall

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 718.488.8200


UP OVER JAZZ PRODUCTIONS
Bob Myers
718.467.1527
upoverjazzpromo@aol.com

[Hudson Boy]

We went down to this show earlier today, and got there right before the New Cookers' set. The band's name is dedicated to the Freddy Hubbard album Night of the Cookers, which included Lee Morgan. Night of the Cookers was recorded live, in 1965, at the Club La Marchal, Brooklyn.

The New Cookers are excellent, and I hope that they are going to record soon. I ran into (trumpeter) Kenyatta Beasley in the mall after the show, and told him that we'll be seeing more of their band. It's refreshing to see young people that are committed to good jazz, and have studied the greatest players' styles to help form their own sound, which this group has obviously done. They closed the day's set with a rousing version of Caravan. It was very apparent that the New Cookers have done their woodshedding. See them if you get a chance - they burn!.