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Tonite, Monday September 7thDuduka Da Fonseca Quarteto Universal
It’s Brazil Independence Day and this master of samba j...
09/07/2026

Tonite, Monday September 7th
Duduka Da Fonseca Quarteto Universal

It’s Brazil Independence Day and this master of samba jazz drumming is on our bandstand. This band is a perennial feature for a reason — because it’s SO sublime. Join us!

Duduka Da Fonseca ~ Drums
Helio Alves ~ Piano
Gili Lopes ~ Bass
Marcio Philomena ~ guitar

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

Born in Rio de Janeiro, DUDUKA DA FONSECA is a 4-time GRAMMY® Award Nominee Drummer. He has appeared on over 250 albums alongside American Jazz icons as well as Brazilian Jazz Icons, including 25 albums as a leader/co-leader, making him one of the most recorded Brazilian drummers in this idiom.

Tonite, Sunday September 6thSeamus Blake Quartet ft. Vinícius Gomes | Joe Martin | Mark Whitfield JrLunÀtico warmly welc...
09/06/2026

Tonite, Sunday September 6th
Seamus Blake Quartet ft. Vinícius Gomes | Joe Martin | Mark Whitfield Jr

LunÀtico warmly welcomes maestro Seamus Blake to our bandstand with this crew of crushers. Buckle up!

Seamus Blake ~ Saxophone
Mark Whitfield Jr ~ Drums
Vinicius Gomes ~ Guitar
Joe Martin ~ Bass

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

SEAMUS BLAKE is a renowned tenor saxophonist and composer celebrated for his virtuosic playing and innovative contributions to contemporary jazz.

In 2002, Blake won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. Known for his bold improvisations and sophisticated compositions, he has released over a dozen albums as a leader, including *The Call* (1993), *Way Out W***y* (2007), and *Guardians of the Heart Machine* (2019), showcasing his versatility across post-bop, fusion, and electronic jazz. In June 2026 Seamus will release “EH!” that is a tribute to Eddie Harris on the Cellar live label.

In addition to leading his own bands Seamus has toured recently with Roger Waters (Pink Floyd). Past collaborations include artists such as John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bill Stewart and the Mingus Big Band. Blake’s dynamic performances and masterful technique have solidified his reputation as one of the most influential saxophonists of his generation.

Tonite, Saturday February 5thÀlvaro Benavides GroupÁlvaro Benavides always brings the cream of the NYC Cuban scene. You ...
09/05/2026

Tonite, Saturday February 5th
Àlvaro Benavides Group

Álvaro Benavides always brings the cream of the NYC Cuban scene. You don’t want to miss it!

Alvaro Benavides : bass, vocal
Jhair Sala : percussion, vocal
Ariacne Trujillo : piano, vocal

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

Originally from Venezuela, bassist ÁLVARO BENAVIDES resides in New York City where he performs with some of the most renowned Cuban bands. A brilliant soloist with unshakeable timing, he can shoulder the groove alone when the other musicians drop out or power the band to a devastating bomba climax. Expect wicked thumps, slaps and slides that congeal and combust with the cajón to produce an uplifting powerful rhythmic surge. For eight years he performed at home and internationally with the Pedrito Martinez Group — earning a Grammy nomination — as well as with with Wynton Marsalis, John Scofield, Steve Gadd, Ruben Blades and Issac Delgado. Check out this exceptional lineup of musicians and then join us!

Tonite, Friday September 4thOrgan Monk Trioft. Greg Lewis
Organist Greg Lewis with his Hammond A1 and Leslie cabinet has...
09/04/2026

Tonite, Friday September 4th
Organ Monk Trio
ft. Greg Lewis

Organist Greg Lewis with his Hammond A1 and Leslie cabinet has been a staple on the LunÀtico bandstand for a decade now. Guitarist Kevin McNeal puts the icing on the cake. You know what to do.

Gregory Lewis ~ Hammond Organ
Taru Alexander ~ Drums
 ~ Guitar

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNÀTICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

Bar LunÀtico wholeheartedly agrees with this rave review from Ben Ratliff in the New York Times:

“Thelonious Monk’s sense of harmony was so fresh and savory that it would be nice to have individual moments of it frozen, expanded and prolonged, just to let the sounds get deeper in the ear, to let those mixed colors intensify and explode. One could do it digitally, feeding Monk’s music through the right tools, but an organ player can do it in real time by keeping the keys pressed down. The New York-area organist Greg Lewis has made a recent project out of transferring Thelonious Monk’s repertory to the Hammond C3 organ. He plays in a quartet with tenor saxophone, guitar and drums. Two years ago he released “Organ Monk” on his own label, with Cindy Blackman on drums. Part 2 of the idea, called “Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black,” with Nasheet Waits on drums instead, has just come out. It’s a feast. This has been done before. Mr. Lewis likes Larry Young, the organist who pushed against the standard clichés of jazz organ playing in the 1960s and ‘70s, and the spirit of both these albums might have come out of a version of “Monk’s Dream” from Young’s 1965 album “Unity.” But it hasn’t been done a lot, and Mr. Lewis floods the music with swing and volume-pedal ministrations. The best are the Monk ballads “Ugly Beauty” and “Crepuscule With Nellie”: slow and distorted, filthy and graceful.”

Tonite, Thursday September 3rdMaryam Turkey
Iraqi-American artist Maryam Turkey returns with this ultra-hip ensemble. Th...
09/03/2026

Tonite, Thursday September 3rd
Maryam Turkey

Iraqi-American artist Maryam Turkey returns with this ultra-hip ensemble. The evening blends soulful improvisation with songs from Maryam’s debut EP—groovy, danceable, and deeply moving. Expect a genre-blurring set of Arabic and English vocals woven with live percussion, drums, guitar, and more. Intimate, raw, and rhythmically alive.

Maryam Turkey مريم تركي ~ Vocals
Adam Brisbin ~ Guitar
 ~ Percussion
David Flaherty ~ Drums
James Buckley ~ Bass

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

MARYAM TURKEY is an Iraqi-American musician and visual artist based in New York. Her music flows between Arabic and English, drawing from her roots in Baghdad and her life in the U.S. Blending haunting vocals, raw storytelling, and hypnotic rhythms. Her live performances often feature the SP-404 sampler, live percussion, and rich collaborations with some of New York’s most renowned experimental musicians, including Shahzad Ismaily, Will Graefe, Kenny Wollesen, and Jesse Harris.

Maryam’s debut EP was released in 2024, and she is currently mixing her first full-length album—an emotional and genre-fluid project that reinterprets Iraqi folk melodies through a contemporary, dreamlike lens.

Tonite, Wednesday September 2ndYacouba Sissoko & SIYAYacouba Sissoko & SIYA are a beloved LunÁtico staple. If you’ve ne...
09/02/2026

Tonite, Wednesday September 2nd
Yacouba Sissoko & SIYA

Yacouba Sissoko & SIYA are a beloved LunÁtico staple. If you’ve never seen them, it’s time to correct that. And if you have….see you later tonite!

Yacouba Sissoko ~ Kora, Vocals
- N’goni 
Kayode Kuti ~ Bass
Elijah ~ Drums
Mamoudou Konate Simbo - Percussion

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

Yacouba Sissoko is a kora master from Mali who widely regarded as one of the premier exponents of Mali music in the world. Playing with jazz, Latin and R&B bands as well as traditional African songs. In addition to performing as a soloist and with his band SIYA, he has toured with a variety of well-known artists such as Regina Carter, Baaba Maal, and Roberto Fonseca. Yacouba has also recorded with Lauren Hill, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, and Ami Koita

“It’s a rich man’s game no matter what they call it And you spend your life putting money in his wallet”Lyric by Dolly P...
09/01/2026

“It’s a rich man’s game no matter what they call it
And you spend your life putting money in his wallet”

Lyric by Dolly Parton
Posters by Donna Katya

Ely Perlman cows Yacouba Sissoko Maryam Turkey مريم تركي Gregory Lewis Alvaro Benavides Seamus Blake Duduka Da Fonseca sol liebeskind Wayne Tucker Sarah Cabral MODUPE B R I A N N A 🤍 T H O M A S Vanisha-Arleen Gould Asher Kurtz Jeremy Gustin _nickjoz sheila anozier Rufus Cappadocia | Sheila Anozier Bonga Jean-Baptiste Chris McCarthy Junior Scaife Eduardo Belo Living Language Max Light Sam Steve Ryan Keberle Camila Meza Jorge Roeder Michael LaValle Lex Korten Diallo House The Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout Ari Hoenig Tal Mashiach Kazemde George Rez Abbasi

Tonite, Tuesday September 1stcows: Ely Perlman | Yoni Ben Ari | Salim Charvet | Chris Napoleon A version of the effects-...
09/01/2026

Tonite, Tuesday September 1st
cows: Ely Perlman | Yoni Ben Ari | Salim Charvet | Chris Napoleon

A version of the effects-driven outfit led by guitarist Ely Perlman enchanted our audience last spring. Now cows has a record and tonite they play it for 🫵🫵🫵. 

Ely Perlman - Guitar
Yoni Ben Ari - Bass
Salim Charvet - Saxophone and Synth
🆗Christian - Drums

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!*** 

Brooklyn-based DIY jazz quartet ‘cows’ emphasizes melody, raw energy, and unscripted interplay, creating accessible yet undiluted music. The band, featuring Ely Perlman, Salim Charvet, Yoni Ben Ari, and Christian Napoleon, developed their unique  musical chemistry while playing weekly during their studies at Berklee College of Music. After a two-year hiatus pursuing individual paths, they reunited to release their debut self-titled EP in July 2026. The band’s live approach is heavily informed by their experiences as improvisers and producers.

Tonite, Monday August 31stRogério Boccato QuartetoBrazilian percussion master Rógerio Boccato celebrates the ten year an...
08/31/2026

Tonite, Monday August 31st
Rogério Boccato Quarteto

Brazilian percussion master Rógerio Boccato celebrates the ten year anniversary of his opus NO OLD RAIN with the original lineup of Nando Michelin, Dan Blake, & Jay Anderson. Sparks WILL fly. Please join us!

Rogerio Boccato ~ Drums / Percussion
Fernando Michelin ~ Piano
Daniel Blake ~ Sax
~ Bass

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

Brazilian percussionist and educator ROGÉRIO BOCCATO plays/recorded in projects led by some of today’s leading jazz artists, among them Maria Schneider, John Patitucci, Fred Hersch, Brian Blade, Kurt Elling, Danilo Perez, Renee Rosnes, and many others. He has also collaborated with top-ranking Brazilian artists, such as Toninho Horta, Moacir Santos, Zé Renato and Vinicius Cantuária. As a longtime member of the “Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo”, Rogério Boccato has played with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, Milton Nascimento, Egberto Gismonti, João Bosco, Joe Zawinul, among many others.

Tonite, Sunday August 30thOTHERLANDS TRIO: Stephan Crump | Darius Jones | Eric McPherson Otherlands trio returns to our ...
08/30/2026

Tonite, Sunday August 30th
OTHERLANDS TRIO: Stephan Crump | Darius Jones | Eric McPherson

Otherlands trio returns to our bandstand! Last turn here was sublime. Join us!

Stephan Crump • acoustic bass
Darius Jones • alto saxophone
Eric McPherson • drums

***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!***

OTHERLANDS TRIO is a new creative formation featuring veteran instrumentalist/composers STEPHAN CRUMP, DARIUS JONES, and ERIC MCPHERSON. Their dynamic, ever-evolving, magnetically charged music emerges from a pursuit of ego dissolution and spiritual communion. They are celebrating the arrival of Star Mountain, the new album on Intakt Records.
“A massive veteran trio...bassist Stephan Crump and alto saxophonist Darius Jones are not just immense players, they’re also two of the city’s great creative music composers, pushing it into wondrous, unexpected but also inviting spaces.” — DadaStrain
“As a bassist and composer, Mr. Crump avoids obvious routes but manages never to lose his way” — New York Times

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486 Halsey Street
Brooklyn, NY
11233

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Monday 10am - 12:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 12:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 12:30pm
Thursday 10am - 1:30pm
Friday 10am - 1:30pm
Saturday 10am - 1:30pm
Sunday 11am - 4:30pm

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