Cindy Blackman Santana
Blue Note131 West 3rd Street, New York 10012
Cindy Blackman Santana is billed at Blue Note for this Manhattan date. No additional performers or concert description have been published, so the night’s formation and exact program have not been confirmed. Her work moves across jazz and rock, with solo and band projects that have also encompassed funk. At Blue Note, the focus will be on Blackman Santana’s playing rather than a billed release, tribute, guest appearance, or other stated theme.
Blackman Santana first worked as a busking street performer in New York City during the 1980s. She is known for what her official bio calls “the nuances and colors” of her beats and fills, alongside “the sheer power of her soulful playing.” Pop audiences also know her from her tenure with Lenny Kravitz and her collaboration with Carlos Santana. Her collaborators include Pharoah Sanders, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Laswell, Joss Stone, Joe Henderson, Buckethead, Don Pullen, Hugh Masakela, and Angela Bofill. Jazz Times called Works on Canvas “an amazing portrait of one of this generation’s most colorful drummers,” while Bandcamp Daily described Coherence as “very much a drummer’s record” with her “unrelenting super power.”
Blue Note Jazz Club is a dedicated listening room in the heart of Manhattan's jazz district, where the music is the focus and the space is designed to let the sound fill the room. The club features a stage with a small audience area, and the atmosphere is one of quiet concentration on the music. Shows typically begin at 8:00 PM with a second set at 10:30 PM, and the audience sits on chairs close to the stage. The club has a bar, and drinks are available. The experience is primarily about listening to live jazz, with occasional gospel and soul performances, and the audience often stays to talk and enjoy the music after the sets.