Sistas' Place/Amiri and Amina Baraka's Blue Ark/Saturday,

Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue at Jefferson Avenue (where Jazz:=C2= =A0 A=20 Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is a Weapon), continues its 16th= Season=20 with WordMusic, Amiri and Amina Baraka's Blue Ark featuring vocalist=20 Dwight West, saxophonist Rene McLean, pianist Alan Jay Palmer, bassist= Calvin=20 Jones and drummer=C2=A0 Rudy Walker, Saturday, October 16@ 9 and 10:30pm= . =20 =20 Amiri and Amina Baraka are artists who have long been on the cutting edg= e=20 of cultural, social and political awareness. They bring with them both= a=20 depth of understanding and the mastery/mystery to express it.=C2=A0 With= Rene=20 McLean, Alan Jay Palmer, Calvin Jones and Rudy Walker and Dwight West,= as=20 accompanying musicians, there must be close to a combined hundred and fi= fty=20 years of high level music experience. =20 =20 Don't Miss This! =20 Check out the web-site at www.sistasplace.org =20 Coming Events: Saturday, October 23-Dick Griffin Quartet Saturday, October 30 -Don Braden Saturday, November 6-Blue Coda Saturday, November 13-Charenee Wade Saturday, November 20-Vanessa Rubin Saturday, December 4-The Group Re-done with Ahmed Abdullah, Billy Bang,=20 Andrew Cyrille, Bob Stewart, and D.D. Jackson Saturday, December 11-Dwight West Saturday, December 18-Eddie Allen's Jazzy Brass for the Holidays Saturday, January 8-Vincent Chancey Saturday, January 15-TBA Saturday, January 22-A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln featuring James Weidman=20 with Jay Hoggard Saturday, January 29- Neil Clarke Group Saturday, February-5-Onaje Allen Gumbs Saturday, February 12-TBA Saturday, February 19- A Tribute to Benny Powell featuring TK Blue

Call 718 398-1766 for reservations. To check out the blog for the last performances at Sistas' Place go to http://www.ahmedian.com/sistas.html For more information on Jazz: A Music of the Spirit---(www.ahmedian.com

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Great Things Are Happening at Sistas'= Place!

SISTAS=E2=80=99 PLACEeTThell as educating and creating new opportunities= for=20 emerging artis

YOU=E2=80=99VE GOT TO CHECK OUT SISTAS' PLACE IT=E2=80=99S REALLY SUCH A GROOVY SPACE THE VIBES ARE WARM, THE MUSIC=E2=80=99S HOT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU=E2=80=99LL LOVE THIS SPOT. JUST IN NEW YORK FROM OUT OF TOWN? TAKE MY ADVICE GET BROOKLYN BOUND. DON=E2=80=99T HESITATE--JUST COME AND CHECK OUT SISTAS=E2=80=99 PLACE!..= .. =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A9=C2=A02001 James Phillips=C2=A0 =20 Programs at Sistas' Place are produced by The CODE Foundation in=20 association with Shamal Books & Melchizedek Music Productions. =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20

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