Drummer Gerald Cleaver will lead a trio with bassist Brandon Lopez and guitarist Brandon Seabrook. Photo by Eva Kapanadze.
David Mills | Gerald Cleaver Trio
October 18, 2019 7:30pm
Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
The first day of our partnership with Weeksville Heritage Center in Central Brooklyn features poet David Mills and the trio of Gerald Cleaver, Brandon Lopez, and Brandon Seabrook.
Click the button to buy tickets, and read below for more from these artists.
October 18, 2019 7:30pm
Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
The first day of our partnership with Weeksville Heritage Center in Central Brooklyn features poet David Mills and the trio of Gerald Cleaver, Brandon Lopez, and Brandon Seabrook.
Click the button to buy tickets, and read below for more from these artists.
7:30pm David Mills
David Mills reading at AFA's Evolving series in 2016. By Don Mount
David Mills' art lies at the intersection of poetry and theater. For three years, he resided in Langston Hughes' landmark home, authoring a one-man dramatic interpretation of Hughes' poetry and short stories. We are excited to welcome Mills to open our series at Weeksville to share another energetic, insightful, and often hilarious reading.
Check out the above video of David Mills reading at AFA's 2016 Evolving series.
David Mills - poetry
Check out the above video of David Mills reading at AFA's 2016 Evolving series.
David Mills - poetry
8:00pm Gerald Cleaver Trio
Gerald Cleaver with Brandon Lopez, David Virelles, and Chris Potter from Vision Festival 2018. By Don Mount
Drummer Gerald Cleaver will lead a trio with his frequent collaborators, bassist Brandon Lopez and guitarist Brandon Seabrook. Cleaver and Lopez have proven to be a particularly versatile tandem, delivering many standout sets over the past few years of AFA programs. At the last two Vision Festivals they have performed together in a quartet with pianist David Virelles and saxophonist Chris Potter, and in an interdisciplinary ensemble with poets Fred Moten and Edwin Torres. Throw guitarist Brandon Seabrook into the mix, who shares deep history with both players - including in Cleaver's popular Black Host band - and this ensemble's potential for wildly inventive improvisation is unmatched.
Check out the quartet performance with Cleaver, Lopez, Virelles, and Potter in the video above.
Gerald Cleaver - drums / Brandon Lopez - bass / Brandon Seabrook - guitar
Check out the quartet performance with Cleaver, Lopez, Virelles, and Potter in the video above.
Gerald Cleaver - drums / Brandon Lopez - bass / Brandon Seabrook - guitar
Building on their 2018 collaboration, Arts for Art returns to Weeksville Heritage Center to bring the contemporary sound of free jazz which, like Weeksville Heritage Center, was first birthed in black communities during the Civil Rights era. AFA and Weeksville have partnered together to ensure that New York’s jazz history is not only respected, but extended into the future and in the service of the neighborhood and communities who helped birth it.
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