Quarantine Jams: 5/20/2021

WHEN:
5/20/2021
6:30pm

WHERE:
Open Source Gallery (306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215)

WHAT:
Open Source will be hosting again in 2021 our famous “Quarantine Jams” at the gallery on 17th and 6th ave. Putting together some of the neighborhood’s great musicians, for casual jam sessions, Open Source will be putting these on at various times this season. With no inside gigs, let’s take advantage of summer and of Open Source’s wide open gallery space.  Wander by, give a donation and maybe dance!

Quarantine Jam 5/20

Francis Jacob, Lily White, Jim Whitney, Rob Garcia

Francis Jacob is a French born traveling musician, who lived in France, Switzerland, Brasil and, for
the past 20 years, New York.
Initially a Jazz artist, he has been playing with an impressive variety of West African artists. Kine
Lam, Sekouba Kandia Kouyate, Ibro Diabate, to name a few. While being a core member of various
African related bands in New York City, he also works on his personal project, the band “IF”, based
in France. His latest band, interrupted by Dr.Covid, is called “BrassBrook”, and is devoted to playing
the Music of composer Georges Brassens, along with Nigerian Percussionists and Senegalese Bass.
Twice nominated for the Grammys awards for his compositions, Francis Jacob has been releasing
CD’s with the labels Universal, Sunnyside and Naïve.

Lily White is a professional saxophone player living in the New York area. Playing with various
groups of her own and composing her own music for over twenty years, she has won many awards
including, Meet the Composer, National Endowment for the Arts, and a DCA grant last year for
composing for treble choir.  She makes her living teaching piano, sax and flute and performs all over
the world.  She has produced three CDs of her original quintet music along with a CD of her organ
band, Big Blue Line.

Jim Whitney—bass

Rob Garcia—drums