Queens Jazz Trail Concert: Brass Queens
Thursday, August 20, 2026
8:00 PM
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367
Scheduled
About This Event
At Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Brass Queens bring a New York brass‑band approach that sits between jazz and street‑band tradition, favoring groove, tight unison and ensemble‑focused arranging honed in downtown venues such as Nublu. The lineup also features trumpeter Wallace Roney Jr., heard at Dizzy’s Club and alongside Steve Turre, James Carter, Isaiah Thompson, Corcoran Holt and Orion Turre; his playing emphasizes precision, balance and collective interplay.
About the Artists
Brass Queens
Brass Queens is a New York City brass band working at the intersection of jazz and street-band tradition. Their appearances at Nublu place them in a downtown ecosystem where genre lines blur and the room shapes the set.
Wallace Roney Jr.
Wallace Roney Jr. is a jazz musician heard in New York City settings such as Dizzy’s Club, where he appears on bandstands that favor close listening and ensemble interplay. He has performed with artists including Steve Turre, James Carter, Isaiah Thompson, Corcoran Holt, and Orion Turre, moving between horn-led lineages and modern rhythm-section drive.