Nine Orchard Presents: Jazz with Nikara Warren

Join us for our April 7th Jazz Night in the West Room of Nine Orchard for our second show of 2025.

Brooklyn’s own Nikara Warren is a vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator. Granddaughter of world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron, daughter of a half-Trinidadian soca/dancehall-loving father and a classic 90s Brooklyn “‘Round the Way” girl mother, Warren is taking vibes to the people with her postmodern patchwork of influences and cultural signposts, and her fearless musicality. Her bold quest comes from being well-versed in the vibraphone lineage, but seeking to adventure beyond it.

Warren’s debut album, Black Wall Street, represented a convergence of Nikara’s personal, cultural, familial, and musical journeys. In this album, she explored abstract sound-collage, hip-hop, jazz, neo-soul, Afro-Latino, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Bringing together an eclectic and cohesive study of how people’s identities are a product of their varied heritage and associations.

Her sophomore album The Queen of Kings County, which was made with support from a prestigious grant by the NYFA Women’s Fund for Music, is a deeply personal homage to Warren’s hometown of Brooklyn. In her own words, "this album emerges from the complex realities of Brooklyn. A place where dreams are pursued relentlessly against a backdrop of gentrification: affluence mixed with social struggle.”

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After the show, we're excited to launch the first 'Final Set' at Corner Bar. Before you head home, please join us for an exclusive late night menu. Grab a bite and a nightcap with us for a special food and drink menu available for Jazz Night only. You can reserve a table for Corner Bar Final Set here. Walk ins will be available for bar seating only. We look forward to continuing the night with you.

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