Harriet Tubman

***FourOneOne returns to the Sultan Room!***

***The raucous liberatory collective Harriet Tubman, formed by guitarist-vocalist Brandon Ross, bassist Melvin Gibbs, and drummer JT Lewis in 1998, advances a brash, enveloping, danceable sound fusing “genres” of Black music—“the digging of everything,” in the words of Amiri Baraka. Naming themselves after the great Black abolitionist Harriet Tubman, the collective expresses their commitment to social and political liberation through breaking the “chains” of received aesthetic labels of Black musical forms, as Lewis has put it. Harriet Tubman will be joined for this performance by their friend and fellow traveler, the shape-shifting bandleader, composer and musician Graham Haynes.***

***Harriet Tubman is widely regarded for their astonishing and transporting live and recorded performances, with their 2018 album, The Terror End of Beauty, landing on the year end lists of The New York Times and Rolling Stone. Tubman’s wide-ranging musical collaborations include albums with Cassandra Wilson, who collaborated with them on Black Sun, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Wadada Leo Smith, on their album Araminta, and a forthcoming release with producer/composer/singer Georgia Anne Muldrow. Individually, the group’s members have performed with a who’s who of 20th-century musical figures, including Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Henry Threadgill, the Rollins Band, Tina Turner, Archie Shepp, Femi Kuti, Tony Williams, Sonny Sharrock, Lou Reed, Muhal Richard Abrams, dead prez, and Lawrence Butch Morris. Graham's musical voyages span the 1980s co-founding of the seminal M-Base Collective; collaborations with performers in African, Arabic, and South Asian idioms; works with drum 'n' bass DJs; and, most recently, his opus Requiem for Young Black Men Assassinated by Police in America.***

***History Dog is a NYC-based band that transmutes the pulse of New York's improvised music community, bringing voice, trumpet, bass, and drums into a fierce dialogue with electronics, poetry, and collective improvisation. Founded by Shara Lunon (vocals/electronics), Lesley Mok (drums), Chris Williams (trumpet/electronics) and Luke Stewart (bass/electronics) shortly after the start of Israel's most recent campaign in Gaza, the group is a response to the sorrows of the present moment, and deeply rooted in the improvised music community's spirit of exploration, where raw expression and collaboration thrive. History Dog's debut album, Root Systems, is due out in February of 2025 and invites listeners to confront humanity's fractures and connections, creating realms that feel both intimate and powerful. For this concert, History Dog will appear as a trio without Luke Stewart.***

***FourOneOne is a New York-based non-profit organization supporting performance.***

Valid identification is required for entry. Acceptable forms of ID include an unexpired US government-issued ID such as a driver's license or passport. Foreign passports are also accepted. Please note that expired IDs, photocopies, photographs, or digital copies of IDs will not be accepted.

Join us for dinner at The Turk’s Inn before or after the event. Ticket holders receive 50% off their first round of drinks with purchase of an entree! Turk’s Inn is open Weds, Thurs & Sun 6-11pm and Friday & Saturday 6pm-12am.Make reservations via Resy to secure your table. https://resy.com/cities/ny/the-turks-inn

Please note our venue is standing room only, with very limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. We recommend arriving early to secure one of the few seats. If you require special accommodation, please inform our staff.

We strive to create an inclusive, safe space here at The Sultan Room. We do not tolerate any acts of harassment, aggression, racism, bigotry or hatred of any kind.

Our venue is completely wheelchair accessible, with an entry ramp, ADA bathrooms in each space, and an elevator to the rooftop.

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Harriet Tubman

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