STOOP SESSION 3 : Vanisha-Arleen Gould + jam session

Friday, November 11 at 7-9PM, doors open at 6:15PM.
At 1-800 Happy Birthday
7 Knickerbocker Avenue

Vanisha-Arleen Gould came to New York in 2015 from Simi Valley, California. Inspired by artists like Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Joni Mitchell, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald - she has successfully curated her own sound as a composer and band leader. Performing originals and music from the Great American Songbook on several groundbreaking stages both in New York and overseas, she aspires to continue sharing her voice with audiences in New York and beyond.

To attend, please register using the links below.

About Stoop sessions

Join us every other Friday at 7pm for Stoop Sessions at 1-800 Happy Birthday—the exhibition honoring Black and Brown lives killed by police. With these live jazz music events we are celebrating Black and Brown culture and legacy in America.

Stoop Sessions are organized in partnership with Ornithology Jazz Club and Gotham Yardbird Sanctuary who curated Stoop Sessions 2-5.

About 1-800 Happy Birthday

1-800 Happy Birthday is an exhibition honoring Black and Brown lives killed by police. Originally a voicemail project, now transformed into a large-scale exhibition in a 10,000 square-foot warehouse, 1-800 Happy Birthday is created by artist Mohammad Gorjestani and Even/Odd, curated by Klaudia Ofwona Draber, with artistic direction by Neil Hamamoto, and presented by arts nonprofit WORTHLESSSTUDIOS with the aim of honoring the lives of those lost too soon. The families of Dujuan Armstrong, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, Fred Cox, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant, Xzavier Hill, Donovon Lynch, Sean Monterrosa, Tony Robinson, and Mario Woods are participating in the exhibition.