The Brooklyn Jazz Underground will present its 8th annual festival over two dates this year,- Smalls on 8/12 and Shapeshifter Lab on 8/14. This year's festival will feature groups led by its seven members, as well as a CD release performance by the BJU Ensemble, celebrating the release of the group's second album 7X7. In addition to the NYC release concert, we have a 2nd east-coast release concert at An Die Musik in Baltimore on Aug 15th, 8 & 9:30pm. Get your tickets for that event here: [hidden] -Festival Schedule- Tuesday, Aug 12 @ Smalls Jazz Club, 7:30 pm - 1am: 183 west 10th St. NYC, 10014 7:30 David Smith Quintet David Smith- trumpet John O'Gallagher - saxophone Aruan Ortiz - piano Gary Wang - bass Anthony Pinciotti - drums 8:35 Anne Mette Iversen Quartet John Ellis - saxophone Sam Yahel - piano Anne Mette Iversen- bass Jochen Rueckert - drums 9:40 Adam Kolker Quartet Adam Kolker- tenor sax Steve Cardenas- guitar Matt Penman- bass Billy Mintz- drums 10:45 David Cook Quintet David Smith- trumpet John Ellis - tenor sax Matt Clohesy - bass Ross Pederson - drums 11:50 Owen Howard's Drum Lore Owen Howard - drums John O'Gallagher - alto sax Adam Kolker - tenor sax Frank Carlberg - piano Zach Lober - bass Thursday, Aug 14 @ Shapeshifter Lab, 7 - 11pm: 18 Whitwell Place; Brooklyn, NY 11215 (Between 1st and Carroll Str, off 4th Ave- Park Slope) [hidden] 7:00 Tammy Scheffer Sextet Tammy Scheffer- voice John O'Gallagher- alto Dan Pratt- tenor Chris Ziemba- piano Daniel Foose- bass Ronen Itzik- drums 8:15 Rob Garcia 4 Noah Preminger - tenor saxophone John Stetch - piano Johannes Weidenmeuller - bass Rob Garcia- drums 9:30 Brooklyn Jazz Underground release for '7x7' Adam Kolker- saxophone David Smith- trumpet Tammy Scheffer- voice David Cook- piano Anne Mette Iversen- bass Owen Howard- drums Rob Garcia- drums More Info below.