Brooklyners Reggae Band

Brooklyners Reggae Band, identified with New York City's The Brooklyners, plays Red Rooster Harlem on Lenox Avenue. The available listing does not specify the night's lineup, guests, or a special program, but the band works in flexible configurations of four to seven musicians. Expect a set drawn from Jamaican roots reggae, ska and rocksteady, with Caribbean rhythms, original songs and occasional French classics, alongside the restaurant's regular live-music dining setting.

The Brooklyners began in Brooklyn under French-born musician David “Jahwid” Langlois, bringing together players from different countries and cultural backgrounds around Jamaican music. A six-piece description has included keyboards, saxophone, melodica, percussion, bass and vocals. South Orange Performing Arts Center describes the group as blending “Jamaican standards, French classics, and original conscious tunes,” and notes collaborations with “some of reggae’s most respected names,” without naming them. The band has also performed Bob Marley tribute shows with Rock and Roll Playhouse Productions. One Red Rooster diner called them “fabulous,” adding that it was “wonderful to see customers get up to dance.”