Annual Brooklyn performance is a "melding of jazz, power tools, and pyrotechnics."

By Doug Doyle

Published May 19, 2023 at 10:35 AM EDT

Mecha Sonic Sessions is taking place in Brooklyn Friday and Saturday night (May 19 and 20)

This weekend a unique performance is taking place in Brooklyn. A combination of professional musicians, amateurs and metal shop workers collaborate on something that has come to be known as the Mecha Sonic Sessions. There’s music coming from flame-spewing brass instruments and some unconventional percussion instruments.

WBGO’s Jon Kalish dropped by as a run through was under way…

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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