September 23rd is John Coltrane’s hundredth birthday. We’re playing his records all night and giving away copies of the new Ten Speed Press photobook, edited by his son Ravi.
New Land's four-LP box of Charles Mingus' 1961-1962 Birdland radio broadcasts, remastered from the original reels and issued officially for the first time. We play the whole thing on Wednesday, September 30th.
Liana Flores plays her new Verve EP And so it goes... in full at Kissa Kissa on Thursday, September 3, a day before release. Doors 5:30 PM, free, no cover. Crown Heights.
Brooklyn pianist Chris McCarthy plays his new album Too Late to Quit front to back at Kissa Kissa on Tuesday, September 22. Doors 5:30, free, no cover. Crown Heights.
Tenor saxophonist Bennie Wallace brings French Postcard to Kissa Kissa on Tuesday, September 8, with bassist Peter Washington. Free, no cover, Crown Heights Brooklyn.
Two nights of bossa nova on vinyl at Kissa Kissa with Verve Records — August 25 and 26. Doors 5:30, featured records at 7. Free, no cover. Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Two nights at Kissa Kissa playing all seven albums Nina Simone cut for Philips between 1964 and 1967, front to back. Free, no cover, Crown Heights Brooklyn.
Five Verve reissues light up Mondays in August 2026 at Kissa Kissa -- Roy Ayers Ubiquity, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Shelly Manne, and Art Farmer -- including a George Benson pre-release advance listen. Heard on vinyl, every Monday night in Crown Heights.
