Turkuaz drummer Michelangelo Carubba is doing it big for his birthday this year with a huge birthday bash featuring an impressive roster of talent. Drawing from bands like Snarky Puppy, The Nth Power, Dopapod, and RAQ, this is sure to be one of our best superjam lineups yet! It’s all going down at The Hall at MP on Thursday, July 28th. Get tickets here.
The full roster includes Michelangelo Carubba (Turkuaz) on drums, Robert “Sput” Searight (Snarky Puppy) on drums and keys, Steve Watkins (Allen Stone, Juno What) on keys and vocals, Nate Edgar (Nth Power) on bass, Craig Brodhead (Turkuaz) on guitar, The Turkuaz horns (Chris Brouwers, Greg Sanderson, and Josh Schwartz), Scott Flynn (formerly Pretty Lights Live Band) on trombone, Shira Elias (Turkuaz) on vocals, plus sit-ins from Sammi Garrett (Turkuaz) on vocals, Chuck Jones (Dopapod) on bass, Taylor Shell (Turkuaz) on bass, Fro (RAQ) on drums, and many more.
In addition to Carubba’s birthday, the event will celebrate the life of former Turkuaz keyboardist Stephen Malinowski, who tragically passed away recently at age 25. Malinowski has played with members of Dopapod and Papa Grows Funk, and toured nationally with the Cha Wa Band and Ana Popovic.
“Steve would be playing music right now if he were still alive. So we’re going to do just that,” said Mikey of his dear friend. “That’s the best way to honor him. By donating proceeds to music education through WWOZ in New Orleans, a city that he loved and I love, we can ensure that people are able to continue playing music for a long time.”
Proceeds from the show will go to benefit music education in Malinowski’s memory. Tickets are available here.
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