Questlove - Prince DJ Set
About This Event
Questlove, the New York–based drummer, producer and co-frontman of The Roots, brings a Prince-focused DJ set to Brooklyn Bowl. His DJ work, informed by roles as a bandleader, producer and educator, treats sequencing like arranging—favoring narrative and groove over spectacle and folding pop and jazz-inflected selections into a coherent listening arc.
About Prince DJ Set
Prince DJ Set lands at Brooklyn Bowl as a live, club-sized program built around jazz continuity rather than nostalgia. With Questlove among the featured performers, the night treats the DJ booth as an archive and an instrument, tracing how grooves migrate between records, bands, and boroughs. No specific NYC premiere history is documented for this set, but it sits inside a local tradition where DJs function as historians in public. The clearest observation is that the sequencing favors lineage over spectacle.
About the Artist
Questlove
Questlove is a New York–based drummer, producer, DJ, and cultural commentator, widely known as the co-frontman of The Roots and as the house-band leader on late-night television. His work also extends to Broadway cast recording production, music journalism, and teaching at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute, alongside his long-running “Questlove Supreme” podcast.