6/26/25: Hooker/Braufman/Lewis @ Tubby's Kingston, NY

[clifford_thornton]

It gives me the great honor and pleasure to announce the June installment of "So What Do You Think?" a little bit early. In conjunction with Valley of Search, who are issuing a 1977 archival LP featuring the trio of drummer William Hooker and saxophonists Alan Braufman and David S. Ware (1949-2012),Tubby's is hosting a revival concert celebrating this music with Hooker, Braufman, and tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis. It's a bit of a "pinch oneself" moment, and this concert promises to be a throughline of vitality between the loft era's churn and our contemporary landscape. 

 

The details:

 

Tubby's Kingston, 26 June 2025

Doors 7 music at 8 (one set, and I'll probably DJ before/after)

$20 presale here

 

The LP is out now, so if you can't make the gig, please listen and purchase the record in whatever form you wish. It's a monumental piece of music!

 

A great interview and overview of William and his work (published in 2018) can be read here.

 

Alan and his music can be read about/listened to via this link.

 

James Brandon Lewis -- who has played Tubby's a few times, including with The Messthetics -- has music and words here.

 

Really looking forward to this one, and we hope to see you there!

[mjazzg]

I'll be there for the London edition...

Meanwhile, congratulations on securing such a great event

[T.D.]

Congratulations echoed!

Will be there.

[cliffpeterson]

Already bought a ticket

[clifford_thornton]

They're also playing Union Pool the night before, so NYC folks can get in on it.

Thanks, all!

 

[T.D.]

Something I just noticed today, probably can't make it:

Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble at Tubby's this Thursday (17 April).

 

Also heard about a May event:

Thursday, May 15 Philadelphia's Bark Culture will be performing at Tubby's on a bill with Blue Lake (Denmark/Texas) and Ezra Feinberg (ye olde Hudson Valley).

Edited April 16 by T.D.