
Vocalist Mike Houston and his group The 5th Edition (featuring Sam Kinninger) played three funky shows in the World Beat Pavilion.
Vocalist Mike Houston and his group The 5th Edition (featuring Sam Kinninger) played three funky shows in the World Beat Pavilion.
Solazzo, Tamar, Kininger, Brown and Lorick of Brownskin (World Beat Pavilion, Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival)
There was a certain stylish vendor vibe outside the World Beat Tent for the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival.
Jazz Brown sang with Root Shock in the World Beat Pavilion.
Jamel Lorick (right) and Tamar Smithers sang with Brownskin in the World Beat Pavilion on Saturday.
The Brownskin Band did three shows for Day 2 of the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival last weekend. The band featured several interchangeable members, but we noticed that the trio of Jamel Lorick, Tamar Smithers and TC Carter also formed a nucleus for one of our all time favorite bands from back in the day, Electric Relaxation. We saw ER for the first time at the old OnaJava Cafe. On Saturday Brownskin slowly built an audience inside the World Beat Pavilion until it became a sweatbox, sort of like Electric Relaxation used to do at OnaJava. The more things change, the more they can often sound the same.
Sam Kinninger played at the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival’s World Beat Pavilion last night.
It seems Lettuce and Soulive sax player Sam Kinninger is popping up all over the area. He played with The Dave Matthews Band at the Lakeview, and last night we saw him jamming with Brownskin in the World Beat Pavilion for the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival. Believe it or not, we first met Kinninger when he had a gig in Hanover Square back in the day when the Jazz & Wine Festival was known as Jazz in the Square. He invited us into his show (at a bar) and we’ve been following him ever since.
Deep in the Tent from Syracuse in Focus on Vimeo.
Here is a short clip of the Western/Country Swing band,Skiffle Minstrels, who performed in the World Beat Pavilion on Day 2 of the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival last week.
Brownskin Can Make You Dance
Mike and Jeff Houston (Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival, Day 1)
The J Project brought R&B and Classic Soul to Day One of the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival last night. They performed on the World Beat Pavilion stage.