As jazz fans know, some of the greatest moments in jazz come during the unrehearsed, spontaneous meeting of minds that occurs during a jam session, and this new session promises to deliver! Having led an exciting session for 1 1/2 years at the recently closed Puppets Jazz Bar, Fahie & McNeil will draw some of Brooklyn's finest jazz musicians to a meeting of the minds in one of the hippest locations in the Slope.

Cassendre Xavier is an acoustic pop singer-songwriter-guitarist described as “a cross between Tracy Chapman, Sade & Enya” (Steven M. Wilson, Borders Music). Her 6th album "Live at Tin Angel" was honorably mentioned as the #9 of the “Top 21 Local EPs of 2007” (M.J. Fine, Philadelphia City Paper). When not performing music, this "renaissance negresse" is also a publishing author, actress, fine artist, and the award-winning founder/director of Philadelphia's annual Black Women's Arts Festival (est. 2003).
http://cassEndrExavier.com

With a voice “like butter” and an array of original, bluesy melodies, Juliet's depth of sound, unparalleled musicality, and high energy fusion of folk and soul, accompanied by rhythmic piano, ukelele, and an eclectic band, provides a unique, and infectiously uplifting musical experience.
An Oakland, California native, Juliet has a background in Folk, Classical and Jazz piano and voice. Having grown up in the California Bay Area folk scene, Juliet has been influenced by traditional Balkan, Turkish, Flamenco, Old Timey Folk, Irish, Indian and Brazilian, music and dance. She has spent a lifetime absorbing these styles in a traditional folk setting, supplementing it with her love of Bebop, Soul, Funk and R&B. The result is a unique sound often likened to that of Norah Jones, Carol King, Regina Spektor and Carly Simon.

Put together a great big powerhouse soul singer with world class players/singers/people...flavor liberally with roots music,class,sass,and soul.....you have-Dave Rudbarg & Friends!

Straight out of Philly, years of vagabonding throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America, now living in Brooklyn, Lucas has been writing, performing, collaborating and setting his own unique musical path for the past 6-7 years now. A relative "Johnny come lately" to the music scene, his songs draw from a broad range of influences and lived experiences. A regular at local venues in the NYC area (Sidewalk Cafe, National Underground, The Folk Art Museum, Banjo Jim's, The Red Horse Cafe, Googies, to name a few), Lucas got his start as a member of the New and Used Songwriter's Collective created by the amazing songwriter/performer Ruth Gerson who also produced his CD "Where the Day Goes". His newly formed band, "The Melodic Miners" with Pauline David on violin, Mike Chiaramonte on Guitar and Sarah Caswell on vocals are taking Lucas' music to another level of depth and intimacy often lacking in the noise and clatter of today's music scene. Working full-time as an elementary teacher for the past 20 years, much of Lucas' professional work has involved using music and songs to inspire and motivate kids to develop their language skills and creativity. Recently this has also included ongoing fund-raising and volunteer work in Kenya as part of the organization Litworld International (www.litworld.org) where he has been working with kids and teachers at the Red Rose School in Kibera.

Myles Manley comes from Ireland and plays solo rocknroll music, with a clear interest in literary songwriting and dance music. Central influences are PJ Harvey, Elvis Costello, Radiohead, Neil Young and Nancy Griffith.

In early 2011 he recorded and self-released a 'live-in-the-studio' solo album Live (Alone in Dublin) and promoted it with regular gigs in Dublin and a European tour in the Summer of 2011, visiting Spain, France, Germany and England.

In Ireland he has assembled a 3-piece band, and has just finished recording a 7-track EP with full band production, set to be released in early 2012 with an array of gigs in Ireland and abroad.

The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts presents it's annual combo performance at the Tea Lounge. The students will be performing original compositions and feature guests from the New School and the Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Noriko Ueda is originally from Hyogo, Japan. She currently performs and tours with various groups including the legendary singer Grady Tate Quintet, Ted Rosenthal Trio, Satoshi Inoue quartet, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, DIVA Jazz Trio and Five Play. She is the winner of the third annual BMI Foundation/Charlie Parker Jazz composition Prize for her original big band piece "Castle in the North" (2002). Fresh off a successful appearance at the Blue Note, the Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra returns to Noriko’s longtime neighborhood of Park Slope. http://www.norikoueda.com/

As jazz fans know, some of the greatest moments in jazz come during the unrehearsed, spontaneous meeting of minds that occurs during a jam session, and this new session promises to deliver! Having led an exciting session for 1 1/2 years at the recently closed Puppets Jazz Bar, Fahie & McNeil will draw some of Brooklyn's finest jazz musicians to a meeting of the minds in one of the hippest locations in the Slope.

Pushing the depths of the underground music scene with cutting edge experimental funk and jazz, New York City based Out to Lunch fuses groove music with improvisational imagination creating a sound that hits both the mind and feet. Generating synergy between these two features, OTL feeds us irresistible fodder for dancing, while continuously challenging the listener’s aesthetic sensibility, as evidenced by tracks such as “To The Queen” and “Captain Stilts.” Out to Lunch moves effortlessly from the world of funk to breakbeat, from dub to improvised house, captivating its audience everywhere.

Native of Haiti, Monvelyno learned from the creators of the Haitian roots music grabbed his guitar at the age of 18 and matured into a skilled musician made ethnological research at sacred places in Haiti as Soukri, Badjo, Souvnans . The innovators of this movement guided the young musician helping him understand the language of the drum relating to his guitar. He moved to the US to study music as a well rounded musician in search of an original sound when this quest made him merge all these influences and offers listeners a New Music Movement for the Legacy of the Haitian Tradition. He names this new sound the Kod ak Po Project to strengthen the Haitian culture.

Meet me in Norway met through their church band. They started playing coffee shops around Williamsburg and decided to record some demos. Faithful, humble and excited they welcome and cherish the future!

Classical opera singer turned jazz rock songstress, Elisa Lovelie has always had a taste for blending musical genres. Whether she’s fronting her blues rock band (Elisa Lovelie & The Device,) or dazzling audiences with stripped acoustic sets featuring her original songs backed only by virtuosic cellist Brian Sanders, the lush textures of lead electric player Ben Chuchinsky and awe-inspiring classical/rock guitarist and banjo player Nick Throop; every show holds a little surprise. A love of vaudvillian cabaret and a flair for theatrics have become her live performance trade marks; after all, one never knows when Miss Lovelie will forsake her guitar mid-song in favor of a little belly dancing, or throw in a classical interpretation of a rock standard. Facebook.com/elisalovelie
www.Elisalovelie.com

Join us every Sunday for our Open Mic, a great relaxed environment with zero judgment perfect for beginners. Performers will get happy hour prices all night!!! (Bring five friends and they will get all get happy hour prices too!)

Aggressive, explosive, and epic, the Awakening Orchestra runs the table from avant-rock to contemporary classical, with all points in between. Heavy-handed yet remarkably agile and adaptable, the 20-piece ensemble is conducted and led by impassioned and incendiary composer Kyle Saulnier, combining a dark harmonic sense of humor and aleatoric techniques with back-breaking grooves and moments of thunderous convergence. Since 2006 the Awakening Orchestra has played venues as varied as Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (at Lincoln Center), the Bowery Poetry Club, and theNassau Coliseum as part of the Vans Warped Tour.

http://www.awakeningorchestra.com

As jazz fans know, some of the greatest moments in jazz come during the unrehearsed, spontaneous meeting of minds that occurs during a jam session, and this new session promises to deliver! Having led an exciting session for 1 1/2 years at the recently closed Puppets Jazz Bar, Fahie & McNeil will draw some of Brooklyn's finest jazz musicians to a meeting of the minds in one of the hippest locations in the Slope.