Brooklyn Bowl Week 4 Recap with Lee Fields, Quantic, Kalmia Traver and Sahr Ngaujah

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Thanks to everyone who came out for our final week of the residency at Brooklyn Bowl. This week, we had openers Raja Kassis's Humanbeing, and guest artists Lee Fields, Quantic, Sahr Ngaujah, and Kalmia Traver of Rubblebucket. It was a beautiful night.

Here are some highlights from Instagram:

The calm before the storm. 11/18/2015 at Brooklyn Bowl

Preshow #brooklynbowl #nyc #antibalas

A photo posted by Emily S. (@emmajah79) on

 

Lee Fields “Lady” 11/18/2015 at Brooklyn Bowl

Last Wednesday night. R&B with #leefields #antibalas #ladies #awesome @leefieldsandtheexpressions @antibalas A video posted by Emily S. (@emmajah79) on

 

Lee Fields “Lady” 11/18/2015 at Brooklyn Bowl

 

Lee Fields “She's a Love Maker” 11/18/2015 at Brooklyn Bowl

 

Antibalas with Sahr Ngaujah 11/18/2015 at Brooklyn Bowl

 

“Mi Swing Es Tropical” with Will Holland aka Quantic: (feat Ray Mason: trombone) 11/18/2015

Yessss! #cumbia #worldmusic #willholland #antibalas @antibalas @quanticmusic @ray_jay_may A video posted by Emily S. (@emmajah79) on

 

Crowd Shot:  11/18/2015 at Brooklyn Bowl

Antibalas horns at Carnegie Hall Bill Withers Tribute (VIDEO)

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Last month, the Antibalas horns Martín Perna, Jordan McLean, Raymond Mason and Jas Walton were part of an all star cast recreating Bill Withers's legendary 1974 "Live at Carnegie Hall" concert. The band was composed of Greg Phillinganes, Steve Jordan, Willie Weeks, Felicia Collins, Bashiri Johnson, David Delhomme and an amazing massive string section.

Singers included Aloe Blacc, Dr. John, Gregory Porter, Michael McDonald, Anthony Hamilton, Jonathan Butler, Keb Mo, Valerie Simpson, Ledisi, Amos Lee, Kori Withers, Kathy Mattea, and Ed Sheeran.

Rolling Stone wrote about it HERE.

Okayplayer was on the scene documenting it. Photos and writeup HERE.

Okayplayer also put together this video from the rehearsals:

 

Also on the internet:

Here's a shaky fan video of Dr. John performing "Use Me." Here's a fan video from Carnegie Hall of us performing "Lonely Town, Lonely Street" with Ed Sheeran.

 

Another fan video of "Let Us Love" with Kori Withers and Kathy Mattea:

 

And the encore "I Wish You Well" with Keb Mo and the entire cast of singers:

Final Brooklyn Bowl Residency 11-18-2015 / Weeks 1-3 Recap

Time flies when you're having fun. We have our final Brooklyn Bowl Residency show coming up this Wednesday, November 18. We'll be joined by special guests Lee Fields, Quantic, Sahr Ngaujah (lead in the FELA! musical) and some other musical friends. Raja Kassis's HUMANBEING will open.

The shows have been amazing so far, each one sold out to capacity. Brooklyn Bowl has been taking good care of us and we've enjoyed working with our own sound engineers Drew Thornton and David Liles, who you can hear mixing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, among others. We'll be posting highlights from each show to our Soundcloud Live Archives page soon.


 

In the first week, we invited Lorenzo Cherubini aka Jovanotti and performed two songs "Libera" and Melagioco from his latest album 2015cc featuring Antibalas.

See Tina Berardi's photos of the show HERE.

Jovanotti and Amayo of Antibalas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the second week, Saul Williams came through. He added verse to Fela's It No Possible, and our originals "Pay Back Africa" and "Indictment."

Saul Williams and Antibalas Brooklyn Bowl 11-4-2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the third week, Santigold arrived in full force. We did arrangements of her songs "Shove It" and Disparate Youth."

Santigold with Antibalas, Brooklyn Bowl 11-11-2015