Nikara Warren Quartet LIVE @ Smalls Jazz Club
*** Doors open at 7 pm ***
*** 2 SETS****
7:30 PM - set 1
9:00 PM - set 2
Brooklyn’s own Nikara Warren is a vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator. Granddaughter of world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron, daughter of a half-Trinidadian soca/dancehall-loving father and a classic 90s Brooklyn “‘Round the Way” girl mother, Warren is taking vibes to the people with her postmodern patchwork of influences and cultural signposts, and her fearless musicality. Her bold quest comes from being well-versed in the vibraphone lineage, but seeking to adventure beyond it.
Warren’s debut album, Black Wall Street, represented a convergence of Nikara’s personal, cultural, familial, and musical journeys. In this album, she explored abstract sound-collage, hip-hop, jazz, neo-soul, Afro-Latino, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Bringing together an eclectic and cohesive study of how people’s identities are a product of their varied heritage and associations.
Her sophomore album The Queen of Kings County, which was made with support from a prestigious grant by the NYFA Women’s Fund for Music, is a deeply personal homage to Warren’s hometown of Brooklyn. In her own words, "this album emerges from the complex realities of Brooklyn. A place where dreams are pursued relentlessly against a backdrop of gentrification: affluence mixed with social struggle.”
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After the show, we're excited to launch the first 'Final Set' at Corner Bar. Before you head home, please join us for an exclusive late night menu. Grab a bite and a nightcap with us for a special food and drink menu available for Jazz Night only. You can reserve a table for Corner Bar Final Set here. Walk ins will be available for bar seating only. We look forward to continuing the night with you.
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Doors Open
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Nikara's Performance Starts
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Records by Stretch Armstrong
Join This Is A Movement (TIAM) for The Composer Clinic! This workshop series is for women and nonbinary musicians and will be presented every Sunday in March 2025 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
All experience levels are welcome to join. We are openly offering this session to the community thanks to the support of New Music USA's Organization fund. If you have the funds, we are accepting $35 or pay-what-you-can donations per session via PayPal.
Workshop sessions will be led by the following mentors on the date listed below.
March 2: Marta Sánchez
March 9: Arooj Aftab
March 16: Terri Lyne Carrington
March 23: Linda May Han Oh
March 30: Nikara Warren
If you have questions please contact us at tiamtowardsjustice@gmail.com
Join us for an unforgettable night celebrating the release of Hey Love… Presents: Vol. 1 by DJ OOOChild + YunieMo and the 3rd anniversary of preshift!, the beloved roaming wine pop-up redefining community and connection.
This special evening blends music, wine, and culture, bringing together creative minds and music lovers for a one-of-a-kind experience.
Listening Session + Trill Mega Jam + DJ Party:
The night kicks off with a listening session of Hey Love… Presents: Vol. 1, followed by a high-energy Trill Mega Jam, and closing with a DJ party to keep the energy flowing until late.
A Toast to preshift!:
Founded by Dante Clark & Julianny Gómez, preshift! has spent three years building a vibrant community around wine, creativity, and connection. To mark this milestone, preshift! is curating a special wine selection that pairs with the tracks on the album — because what’s a celebration without a great glass in hand?
Live Performances + DJ Sets:
Featuring an all-star lineup of artists and special guests:
YunieMo
DJ OOOChild
Zacchae’us Paul
Nikara Warren
AceMo
DJ RELLYRELL
… and more surprises in store.
Expect deep grooves, immersive vibes, and a space where music, wine, and community come together seamlessly.
Public Records aims to provide a safer space. We reject all forms of discrimination, including racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, and other aggressive behavior. Consent is paramount. Please exist with respect for yourself and those around you. Anyone found in violation of our rules or safer space policy will be removed from the venue.
To share feedback about an incident, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc or alert a member of our team.
Tickets may be available at the door based on capacity. A ticket does not guarantee entry; admission into the venue, including UPSTAIRS, is subject to capacity and the discretion of our staff.
This is a 21+ event.
Presented by Public Records.
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It’s within 24 hours of buying tickets
This event is rescheduled or cancelled
***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION (ON-SITE)***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***
Nikara Warren’s Black Wall Street knocked us out last year when they played here. If you missed it, here’s your chance.
Nikara Warren - vibraphone
Axel Tosca - keys
Parker McAllister - electric bass
TBC - drums/spd
NIKARA PRESENTS BLACK WALL STREET explores the rich tapestry of Black American Music including Brooklyn’s Caribbean heritage, blending feel-good melodies, improvisation, rap, and electronic elements to create a sound that is both reflective and revolutionary.
Vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator NIKARA WARREN is a Brooklynite, born and raised. Granddaughter of world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron, daughter of a half Trinidadian soca/dancehall lover father and a classic 90s “Brooklyn ’Round the Way” girl mother, Warren is taking vibes to the people with her infectious compositional sense, her post-modern patchwork of influences and cultural signposts, and her fearless musicality. Her quest comes from being well-versed in the vibraphone lineage, but seeking to adventure beyond it. Music critic Kira Grunenberg writes that NIKARA presents Black Wall Street “doesn’t project its versatility and creative range through scholarly jazz arrangements or covers chasing perfectionism. Instead, it offers original music converged around a stylistically fluid foundation.”
The Black Wall Street album, which was made with support from a prestigious grant by the NYFA Women’s Fund for Music, is a deeply personal homage to Warren’s hometown of Brooklyn. “This album emerges from the complex realities of Brooklyn, says Warren, “a place where dreams are pursued relentlessly against a backdrop of gentrification: affluence mixed with social struggle. Through my compositions and arrangements, I explore the rich tapestry of Black American Music including Brooklyn’s rich Caribbean heritage, blending feel-good melodies, improvisation, rap, and electronic elements to create a sound that is both reflective and revolutionary.”
NIKARA presents Black Wall Street will showcase their sophomore album The Queen of Kings County (October 18, 2024 release, Switch Hit Records). The album, which was made with support from a prestigious grant by the NYFA Women’s Fund for Music, is a deeply personal homage to Warren’s hometown of Brooklyn. “This album emerges from the complex realities of Brooklyn, says Warren, “a place where dreams are pursued relentlessly against a backdrop of gentrification: affluence mixed with social struggle. Through my compositions and arrangements, I explore the rich tapestry of Black American Music including Brooklyn’s rich Caribbean heritage, blending feel-good melodies, improvisation, rap, and electronic elements to create a sound that is both reflective and revolutionary.”
****There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum, per person, during every show at Joe's Pub.
***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***
LunÀtico is excited to present Nikara Warren’s Black Wall Street! BUY TICKETS HERE!
NIKARA PRESENTS BLACK WALL STREET explores the rich tapestry of Black American Music including Brooklyn’s Caribbean heritage, blending feel-good melodies, improvisation, rap, and electronic elements to create a sound that is both reflective and revolutionary.
Vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator NIKARA WARREN is a Brooklynite, born and raised. Granddaughter of world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron, daughter of a half Trinidadian soca/dancehall lover father and a classic 90s “Brooklyn ’Round the Way” girl mother, Warren is taking vibes to the people with her infectious compositional sense, her post-modern patchwork of influences and cultural signposts, and her fearless musicality. Her quest comes from being well-versed in the vibraphone lineage, but seeking to adventure beyond it. Music critic Kira Grunenberg writes that NIKARA presents Black Wall Street “doesn’t project its versatility and creative range through scholarly jazz arrangements or covers chasing perfectionism. Instead, it offers original music converged around a stylistically fluid foundation.”
The Black Wall Street album, which was made with support from a prestigious grant by the NYFA Women’s Fund for Music, is a deeply personal homage to Warren’s hometown of Brooklyn. “This album emerges from the complex realities of Brooklyn, says Warren, “a place where dreams are pursued relentlessly against a backdrop of gentrification: affluence mixed with social struggle. Through my compositions and arrangements, I explore the rich tapestry of Black American Music including Brooklyn’s rich Caribbean heritage, blending feel-good melodies, improvisation, rap, and electronic elements to create a sound that is both reflective and revolutionary.”
For the ninth year running, we’re campaigning on a platform of incredible music, immersive experiences, and unimpeachable food and drinks. No pollsters. No Super PACs. Just a 143-year old Victorian home in Park Slope and the best party of the year.
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Doors @ 7pm
Corey @ 8pm
NIKARA presesnts Black Wall Street @ 9pm
END @ 10pm
8-9pm
More information coming soon!
4-5pm
More information coming soon!
MAE.SUN album release show ft. Hailey Niswanger, Nikara Warren, David Frazier Jr, Aaron Liao, Axel Laugart & Asher Kurtz
with Opening Support from NIKARA presents Black Wall Street
**This is a 21+ event
**Presented by Nublu
Join us for a RSVP show in Jersey City at The Statuary presenting NIKARA presents Black Wall Street LIVE and outdoors!
1ST SET @ 7PM
2ND SET @ 8:30PM
END OF SHOW @ 10PM
SUGGESTED DONATION UPON ENTRY!
In celebration of Black History Month and Juneteenth, Social Soundtrack presents Intermissions & Interludes featuring 2-3 musicians including Nikara Warren. Join us for a beautiful evening of music followed by a panel discussion!
More information coming soon…
Jazz Power presents Uptown Festival @ Inwood Hill Park on Payson Ave. &, Seaman Ave featuring Nikara Warren on vibraphone.
More information coming soon…
JUNE 5-16 | 41ST ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL
2 SETS @ 7PM + 8:30PM
HOPE AGAINST HOPE extends beyond the individual artist’s practice and invites feminist poets, activists, musicians, and more to raise questions about how activist histories can inform radical presents. The weekend begins with a parade on May 4 at 2pm, co-presented by CARA and New York City AIDS Memorial. Weaving together pasts and futures of hope, participants form a chorus of voices calling for liberation from patriarchal oppression.
The parade opens at CARA with an invocation by poet Pamela Sneed, who will read work that honors the lives lost to AIDS through mourning and action. Her words will lead us into the streets, guided by the heart-beat of the parade: the percussion of Black-led, Afro Brazilian, all-women musical troupe Batalá New York. Joined by Brujas, a New York-based experimental union and skate collective, we will process towards St. Vincent’s Triangle (the New York City AIDS Memorial), which will act as a space for performances and gathering. At the memorial four artists from The Blacksmiths, a coalition of artists and organizers committed to using the arts to support direct action and civic engagement in the service of Black liberation and equity, will perform with vibraphone, trumpet, vocals, and percussion. Artist and writer Christen Clifford, whose work centers reproductive justice and organizing against gender-based violence, will perform. Free food will be available as an invitation for collective nourishment. The afternoon will be book-ended by a final offering from Sneed to close out the day.
Nikara Warren trio LIVE @ Bar Bayeux in Brooklyn, New York on March 20, 2024.
2 sets - 8pm & 9:30pm
featured players - TBA
Visit JazzPower.org for more information!
featuring Antoinette Montague, Dr. Eli Yemen, Nikara Warren & more!
Visit JazzPower.org for more information!
featuring Antoinette Montague, Dr. Eli Yemen, Nikara Warren & more!
**This is a closed, private event/workshop for upper school students attending Berkeley Carroll School.
The masterful young vibraphonist and composer Nikara Warren brings her Black Wall Street project that explores jazz, hip-hop, neo-soul, Afro-Latino and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, abstract sound-collage and more.
"Black Wall Street isn’t a record of jazz shaped by truths. It’s a record of truths shaped by jazz." – Downbeat Magazine.
Warren will peform works as part of a quintet from her debut project, Black Wall Street, named for the affluent black neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma that was burned to the ground during the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, as well as samples from her upcoming sophmore album Ode to the Sample. This event is co-hosted by Black + Society.
Band will be featuring Hailey Niswanger, Mike Blankenship, Gulio Xavier Cetto, & James Small.
featuring Hailey Niswanger, Mike Blankenship, Gulio Xavier Cetto, & James Small.
*7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00
*9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30
with Anne Drummond, Nikara Warren, John Patitucci, Rafael Barata, & Valtinho Anastacio
Kenny Barron’s third night brings the Bay Area premiere of a new sextet project embracing the music of Brazil and beyond. No stranger to Brazilian rhythms, Barron recorded his first album of samba-influenced compositions three decades ago with 1993’s Verve date Sambao.
He is joined for this special night by flutist Anne Drummond and percussionist Valtinho Anastacio from his 2002 Sunnyside release Canta Brasil, along with drummer Rafael Barata, whose scintillating playing propelled the pianist’s 2013 Rio-recorded session Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights. Rounding out the band is Barron’s granddaughter, the masterful vibraphonist Nikara Warren, and virtuoso bassist John Patitucci.
$35 | $55 | $75 | $100 | $110 —— FIND TICKETS HERE
MAE.SUN performs LIVE in Los Angeles @ Resident DTLA
featuring Nikara Warren on vibraphone
Arc Iris will be opening up for MAE.SUN
8pm
Tickets are HERE!
Nikara Warren Quartet LIVE @ Smalls Jazz Club on January 24th, 2023
featuring Mike King / Piano - Jonathon Muir-Cotton / Bass - Jonathan Barber / Drums
Set 1 - 7:30pm
Set 2 - 9pm
Tickets can be purchased HERE!
Jazz Night @ 333 Lounge
7-11:30pm
Check out www.333lounge.com for more information!
Vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator Nikara Warren celebrates Black excellence in music with her triumphant debut album, Black Wall Street, which she performed in City Hall Park in 2022. Like her grandfather (world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron) did with the piano,
Nikara is reimagining vibes. Warren is taking the instrument to the people with her infectious compositional sense, her post-modern patchwork of influences and cultural signposts, and her fearless musicality. Her bold quest comes from being well-versed in the vibraphone lineage, but seeking to adventure beyond it.
Ahead of Nikara’s 4 pm performance, join the artist at 2 pm in City Hall Park for her workshop Composing in Black. This clinic uses recorded music from the 1920s to the present day to explore composition trends in all music that descends from the African diaspora. This clinic will explore the history of Black humans in America, and how it affected the sound of the music. It will also explore specific harmonies and rhythms often used which are commonly used, and discuss the impact of sampling on Black music culture.
Vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator Nikara Warren brings her workshop Composing in Black to Jazz Lab. This free clinic uses recorded music from the 1920s to the present day to explore composition trends in all music that descends from the African diaspora. This clinic will explore the history of Black humans in America, and how it affected the sound of the music. It will also explore specific harmonies and rhythms often used which are commonly used, and discuss the impact of sampling on Black music culture.
And stay to hear Nikara in concert at 4 pm, as she celebrates Black excellence in music with her triumphant debut album, Black Wall Street, which she performed in City Hall Park in 2022. Like her grandfather (world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron) did with the piano, Nikara is reimagining vibes. Warren is taking the instrument to the people with her infectious compositional sense, her post-modern patchwork of influences and cultural signposts, and her fearless musicality. Her bold quest comes from being well-versed in the vibraphone lineage, but seeking to adventure beyond it.
