From Operation Gig!
Olivia Ellen Lloyd & Christian Apuzzo
Friday July 12 6:00-8:00 PM
444 E 17th St, Brooklyn
Classic country music duets with two bright lights of the NYC country music scene, Olivia Ellen Lloyd and Christian Apuzzo. With Kells Nollenberger on bass and Andrea Asprelli on fiddle!
The Jay Sawyer Quartet
Saturday Jul 13 4:00-6:00 PM
460 E 18th St, Brooklyn
Drummer Jay Sawyer has shared the stage with artists including Freddy Cole, John McNeil, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stefon Harris, Donny McCaslin, Benito Gonzalez, and Shai Maestro among others. He'll be playing his own compositions along with some favorite jazz standards by artists including Wayne Shorter, Billy Strayhorn and Cole Porter.
Saturday Jul 13 4:00-6:00 PM
460 E 18th St, Brooklyn
Drummer Jay Sawyer has shared the stage with artists including Freddy Cole, John McNeil, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stefon Harris, Donny McCaslin, Benito Gonzalez, and Shai Maestro among others. He'll be playing his own compositions along with some favorite jazz standards by artists including Wayne Shorter, Billy Strayhorn and Cole Porter.
Miss Maybell
Sunday Jul 14 4:00-6:00 PM
131 Buckingham Rd Brooklyn
Miss
Maybell & Charlie Judkins play a large repertoire of early Jazz,
Ragtime and Blues from the 1890’s - 1920’s. They source their tunes from
dusty old 78 records and antique sheet music, trying to give new life
to songs created over 100 years ago! With this unique sound and
dedication they were recently featured on The NPR Show “Person, Place,
Thing” with Randy Cohen. They have played and sold out residencies at
the legendary Birdland Theater. They also have played on festival bills
throughout the country and abroad. In Europe, they recently headlined
‘Sevilla Swing’ in Seville, Spain and they sold out a week of shows at
Marian's Jazz Room in Bern, Switzerland.
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Operation Gig! provides live music performances outdoors on weekends.
The series, held on the porches of private houses in Ditmas
Park, started in July 2020 to offer a venue where musicians could
perform during the pandemic. This gives them a source of income and provides a safe space for people to
gather to enjoy live music.
Although
the performances are free, a suggested $10 donation to the musicians is
more than welcome. You can donate either at the performance itself or
to the tax-deductible Operation Gig Musician Guarantee Fund on GoFundMe.
Purchase an Operation Gig t-shirt here, and the proceeds will go to the Operation Gig Musician Guarantee Fund.