Brooklyn Academy of Music Summer 1999 !~tyjs or.sAo_'~a.I\JB- p~M June 10 Booker T & the MG's June 17 Average White Band June 24 Irma Thomas

Hailing from the legendary Stax Records, For the better part of the 1970s, AWB was The ''Soul Queen of New Orleans· has one Booker T. Jones and the MG's have more Scotland's great contribution to the of the great sultry voices and she sings like than earned their place in the Rock and American scene. Their she knows it. Her classic Time is on My Roll Hall of Fame. The groovy swing and synthesis of , Memphis, jazz and Side made millions for another band, but sway sound of their funky rhythm and disco produced a breakthrough number-one Irma Thomas has the pipes to sell it again blues defined the Memphis style for hit Pick up the Pieces, and a string of and again. Expect to hear tunes by decades. The good news is they sound others like Cut the Cake, If I Ever Lose This legendary Allen Toussaint and even better today than they did in the Heaven, School Boy Crush and Queen of Dan Penn and Irma's biggest hit Ruler of 1960s when Green Onions made them My Soul. Get up and boogie! My Heart. Get ready to be blown away by stars, and songs like Sou/ Dressing, the awesome power of a voice that still Boot-Leg, Hip Hug-Her and Hang' Em rocks after forty years at the microphone. High had fingers snappin' and everybody This show is part of the 1999 New York gettin' merry like Christmas. JVC Jazz Festival.

July 1 Henry Butler July 8 The Staple Singers July 15 N'Dea Davenport July 22 War

Born in the musical hotbed of New Orleans Roebuck 'Pop' Staples comes from the Former Brand New Heavies frontwoman A funky fusion of rock and soul with Latino and blind since infancy, Henry Butler is a blues-rooted Mississippi delta. He moved to N'Dea Davenport made a big splash last accents, War brought the sound of the Los virtuosic jazz and rhythm and blues pianist Chicago during the depression and in the summer with her sultry eponymous solo Angeles streets to the airwaves with as well as a singer with strong gospel roots. early 1950s he formed his musically album. Her single Bring It On and a bluesy massive hits like The World is a Ghetto, He is a distinctive, intensely powerful talented family into a gospel group. After cover of Neil Youngs Old Man are two of Slippin' Into Darkness and Why Can't We player who has gigged with everyone from years on the gospel circuit, The Staple the highlights you just might hear in this Be Friends? Their classic grooves have the Crescent City to Motown in a career Singers landed in Memphis at Stax Records must-see show. Born in Atlanta and based been sampled in countless rap and hip-hop that stretches back to 1974. Dr. John put it and soon hit number one on the Billboard in New Orleans, she's a state-of-the art, hits giving The Cisco Kid and Low Rider this way, "Henry is the pride of New charts with I'll Take You There. Pop, Mavis, retro-soul master of moody slow-burn funk. fresh appeal for a whole new audience. Orleans and a visionistical down-home cat Cleo and Yvonne remain one of the greatest She has collaborated with everyone from and hellified piano plunker to boot." vocal groups of all time and when you hear Natalie Merchant to Malcom Mclaren and Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom her sound is a del icious mix of jazz, gospel Boom), you'll say Oh La De Da and Let's and rhythm and blues. Do It Again. Respect Your~e lf, see this show, If You're Ready (Come Go With Me).

July 29 The Barkays August 5 Confunkshun August 12 Nona Hendryx Another legendary house band from Sandra St. Victor Memphis' mighty Stax Records, The Heroes of new wave funk with a taste for Barkays blasted onto the charts in 1967 strong melodies, a big bad backbeat and All you really need to know is that Nona with Sou/ Finger. Their tight, funky sound killer horn arrangements, Confunkshun Hendryx was one of the three women in became the backbone of countless releases represents yet another evolution in the Stax Labelle, a Philadelphia 'girl group' that including sides by The Staple Singers, Carla sound. Just like Booker T. and the MGs and broke all of the rules and hit number one Thomas and Isaac Hayes. They hit the the Barkays before them, this band soaked with the phenomenal Lady Marmalade charts again in the 70s with Shake Your in the Memphis scene under the watchful (Voulez Vous Goucher Avec Moi Ce Soir?). Rump to the Funk and in the 80s with eye of Rufus Thomas and other soul giants. She has since become a New York rock and Freakshow on the Dance Floor and Get ready to experience blistering workouts soul star in her own right. Sexomatic. If you want to have a funky, like Chase Me and timeless grooves such as sexy, thunderous good time in the middle of Love's Train and Straight From the Heart. Sandra St. Victor has gone solo after a six­ the day with all your clothes on, this is the year run with the critically-acclaimed group show for you! which scored big with the now classic Ghetto Heaven. Two truly gifted performers-one sensational double bill.

Getting to Metro Tech

Directons: MetroTech Center is situated in the Civic Center I Borough Hall area of Downtown Brooklyn .

By Subway: @@} to Hoyt Street and walk two blocks north on Bridge Street. @@} 0 0 to Borough Hall station and walk five blocks east. (D ~ (i) to Lawrence Street Station. 0 ~() to Jay Street/Borough Hall, exit at Myrtle Promenade.

By Bus: B25, B26, B38, B41, B45, B51, B52, B54, B61, B63, B67, B75 stop within a 3 block radius of MetroTech Center.

By Car: Public Parking is available at One and Two MetroTech Center. Entrance to Parking Lots P on Lawrence and Bridge Streets between Willoughby Street and the Myrtle Promenade or at The Gallery at Metro Tech. Entrance to the Parking Lot is at the intersection of Flatbush, Willoughby & Gold Streets.