2019-20 SEASON
OUTLIER Presents:
Cecilia Lopez (electronics), Stefan Maier (electronics), Luke Stewart / Michael Foster Duo (Bass & Saxophone)
February 19, 2020
OUTLIER PRESENTS:
Pascal Niggenkemper & Shelley Hirsch
December 16, 2019
Vocal Concert
Featuring Amirtha Kidambi, Jean Carla Rodea, Jasmine Wilson, Judith Berkson and Stephanie Lamprea
(offsite, at the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew, Brooklyn)
July 11, 2019
2017-18 SEASON
Label Release Party: anticausal systems
Featuring performances by
Philip White/Chris Pitsiokos
Charmaine Lee
Paula Matthusen
Lester St. Louis
April 29, 2018
Ned Rothenberg & Mark Dresser
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Ayman Fanous with three ensembles
7pm: Ayman Fanous (guitars and bouzouki) with Tomas Ulrich (cello) & Mark Feldman (violin)
8pm: Ayman Fanous with Jason Kao Hwang (viola), Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds), Willam Parker (bass) & Michael Wimberly (percussion)
9pm: Ayman Fanous with Kali Z. Fasteau (reeds) and guests
February 9, 2018
Film screening: Xenophilia
by Zbigniew Bzymek
Live music by Andrew Maillet
December 11, 2017
2016-2017 season
Placa Base Col•lectiu Instrumental:
Music by Catalan and Balearic contemporary composers
Placa Base Col.lectiu Instrumental, a cultural organization from the Balearic Islands, partners with the Institut Ramon Llull to promote contemporary electroacustic music by Catalan and Balearic composers in New York. Founded in 2015 and formed by eleven instrumentalists specializing in vanguard music, Placa Base organizes events focused on technology and its relation to the creativity and the arts, mainly contemporary music. The international debut of Placa Base Col.lectiu Instrumental will include a performance by countertenor Javier Hagen and Ulrike Mayer-Spohn on recorders, with Joan Bagés and Mateu Malondra playing electronics.
Program:
Luis Codera Puzo: oscillation ou interstice (voice and bass recorder)
Octavi Rumbau: Cantiga vazia (voice, recorder + electronics)
Mateu Malondra: Sicut aedificationem (voice, recorder + electronics)
Javier Hagen: Peregrina (voice, recorder + electronics)
Joan Bagés: meta-morphe (voice, basset recorder + electronics)
June 25, 2017
Ensemble Pamplemousse
Chance & Circumstance Festival
Featuring Tyshawn Sorey, Object Collection, TAK Ensemble, Dan Weiss and more
May 11-14, 2017
Rick, Dave and Alec's Annual Schubertiad
Rick Burkhardt, Dave Malloy and Alec Duffy host a bevy of new music composers and musicians to re-mix Schubert's Schwanengesang song cycle, as well as Schubert's "greatest hits." With Gelsey Bell, Joseph Keckler, Joe White, Sam Kulik and many more.
April 3, 2017
Ensemble Pamplemousse
…This Is the Uplifting Part
Pamplemousse presents a video potpourri of proliferous and beautiful explosions through exquisitely intertwined introversion and exhibitionism. Playfully questioning traditional concepts of sound and music performance, Pamplemousse links acoustic and electronic sound worlds by blending innovative methods of sound production with extended instrumental techniques. Each of the Pamplemousse members specializes in a unique aspect of composition, from Greenwald’s micro-detailed instrumental writing to Marino’s experimental theatre with electronics to Jacobs’ electro-mechanical musical robotics. Their work plays with conventional perspectives of quality and taste with a critical eye and a whimsical grin.
February 27, 2017
Suzan-Lori Parks' band
Sula & the Noise
Featuring guitars, drums, found sounds and original songs, Sula & The Noise are making music with a distinctly Afro-Americana vibe.
Suzan-Lori Parks (vocals & guitar) aka “Sula” writes plays, movies, songs and stuff for TV. Has worked with folks from Oprah to Brad Pitt to Spike Lee. Awarded Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, MacArthur “Genius” Grant and more.
Julian Rozzell Jr.(percussion, vocals) performs and makes paintings and beats for YOU.
Christian Konopka (guitar) fled Germany in the 80s, deep up in it ever since. Playing guitars, pianos, basses, electronica and nerdy stuff; composing and recording.
January 29, 2017
Ensemble Pamplemousse
with Parlour Tapes+
December 19, 2016
The moon show
A performance series aiming to create an anti-racist, queer, trans, intersectional, intergenerational, feminist space. Featuring:
Cat Fitzpatrick, reading
CHRYSALISAMIDST featuring Athena Archange and the house of REALITÉ.
decibelists: (Emma Alabaster -- voice, bass, guitar, Leo Ferguson -- drums, Ora Batashvili -- guitar, violin, Seradin Engram -- voice, Hannah Temple -- keyboards, Theo Baer -- keyboards)
and The Full Moon Choir!
December 11, 2016
Makoto Kawabata (guitar) + Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) with TALIBAM! with Tamio Shiraishi & David Watson
TALIBAM! (matt mottel, synthesizer & kevin shea, drums)
Tamio Shiraishi - alto saxophone
David Watson - bagpipes and electric guitar
December 4, 2016
Jadele McPherson
La Sirene: Rutas de Azucar
For four days, singer/performer Jadele McPherson offers a cosmic sonic journey through black liberation figures, conjurers and spiritual leaders from Haiti and Cuba, surrounded by fellow performers Val Jeanty, Maxine Montilus, Yomaira Gonzalez, Caridad Paisan Garbey and Daniel Gil.
December 1-4, 2016
Playlist Showcase
Featuring:
Arc Waves
Daphne
Sleeples
November 5, 2016
The Gentleman Rests
An opera by Dave Ruder
A concert performance of a new opera depicting the special session of congress in 2001 in which the Congressional Black Caucus attempted to halt the certification of Florida’s votes for the contested presidential election due to alleged disenfranchisement of tens of thousands of Floridians.
October 27-29, 2016
Playlist Showcase
Featuring Ashni, Jess Best, Peter Wise
September 9, 2016
2015-2016 season
thingNY: Works by Rick Burkhardt and Gelsey Bell
July 17, 2016
Group Work IV: Room Sounds
Room Sound is the fourth installment of performances curated by Group Work, focusing on both the sonic and social space of the concert environment. The concert features the premiere of pieces by Matthew Gantt, Ivonne Paredes, Dave Koenig, and Abraham Z. Morrison, as well as an interactive sound installation by Cesspool
June 26, 2016
Brooklyn Experimental Song Carnival
The previously itinerant Brooklyn Experimental Song Carnival moves fully into JACK for its second year, curated by Valerie Kuehne and featuring artists who orbit the notion of song as a creative medium that surpasses and/or undermines popular notions of what songs “do”. Over the course of three nights, musicians, composers, performance artists, and songwriters will question what "song" is and present work that unifies sound, voice, and narrative in surprising and innovative ways, presenting performances with care, abandon and absolute celebration for the human narrative, in all its bizarre and loving incarnations.
June 16-18, 2016
Charmaine Lee and guests
PROGRAM:
8 pm
Henry Fraser (bass), solo
8:30 pm
Joanna Mattrey (violin)
Leila Bordreuil (cello)
Sean Ali (bass)
9:15 pm
Charmaine Lee (voice)
Chris Pitsiokos (sax)
June 12, 2016
Heroes are Gang Leaders
8 pm: Singer/Songwriter Lindsey Wilson and the Human Hearts Trio –
Reggie Sylvester (drums) and Michael Trotman (bass), with special guest, spoken-word artist, Rachel Righteousluv
9 pm: Heroes are Gang Leaders
Fronted by poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, this 8-person ensemble combines elements of poetry, spoken word, jazz, and their own brand of stage theatrics in its performances.
Performers:
Thomas Sayers Ellis (voice, poems)
James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone)
Janice Lowe (piano, voice)
Luke Stewart (bass)
Heru Shabaka-ra (trumpet)
Randall Horton (voice, poems)
Devin Brahja Waldman (synthesizer)
Warren "Trae" Crudup III (drums)
Curated by Cisco Bradley
June 7, 2016
Thurston Moore
An evening with hero guitarist/songwriter Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), joined by Tom Surgal (White Out) and an opening set by
Gene Moore + James Sedwards (guitars) + Weasel Walter (drums) trio
April 27, 2016
Dennis Sullivan curates
SET 1
Radical 2 (Dennis Sullivan and Levy Lorenzo)
- Altered States of Elasticity .... Dennis Sullivan
popebama (Erin Rogers and Dennis Sullivan)
- Shedding Waste .... Dennis Sullivan (world premier)
Trash Stack (Ed RosenBerg, Jay Sorce, Dennis Sullivan)
SET 2
Amirtha Kidambi, Leila Bordreuil and Alice Teyssier
-Voices and Cello .... Morton Feldman
- Structured Improvisation .... Amirtha Kidambi, Leila Bordreuil
SET 3
Sam Kulik
The Broadcast .... Sam Kulik Live Screening!!!!
April 24, 2016
Rick, Dave and Alec's
End-of-Winter "Die Schöne Müllerin" Party
Join the creators of the OBIE-winning play Three Pianos for their now-annual boozy Schubertiad with special guests, in a benefit to support JACK's community efforts, including Justin Hicks, Alaina Ferris, Brent Arnold, Brian McCorkle, Jean Rohe, Amirtha Kidambi, Gelsey Bell, Nick Choksi, Sam Kulik, Meaghan Burke, Ross Karre, Alice Teyssier, Or Matias, Jadele McPherson, Starr Busby, Kim Mayo, Lacy Rose, Catherine Brookman, Ian Axness and Brett Umlauf
March 5, 2016
Iktus Duo, Ashcan Orchestra and Pretty Monsters
An eclectic night of musical experimentation by three innovative music ensembles.
Iktus Duo: Hristina Blagoeva, flute, Chris Graham, percussion
Ashcan Orchestra: the work of composer p. spadine, a large collection of toy and real instruments, and a revolving performance ensemble.
Pretty Monsters is Mike Pride - drums, Erica Dicker - violin, Owen Stewart-Robertson - guitar, Katherine Young - bassoon/electronic
March 4, 2016
Karma Mayet Johnson
Rootwoman Concert
March 2, 2016
Brent Arnold
You Are Psychic: Music for Strings and Metals
February 29, 2016
Leonid Galaganov, William Parker and Anaïs Maviel
Leonid Galaganov - drums, percussion
William Parker - bass, n'goni, flutes
Anaïs Maviel - voice, percussion, n'goni
with Lester St. Louis Group
Curated by Anaïs Maviel
February 24, 2016
Weasel Walter Large Ensemble
Featuring: Weasel Walter (drums)
Elliott Sharp (guitar)
Chris Welcome (guitar)
Michael Foster (saxophones)
Chris Pitsiokos (saxophone)
Matt Nelson (saxophone)
Peter Evans (trumpet)
Jaimie Branch (trumpet)
Steve Swell (trombone)
Leila Bordreuil (cello)
Tim Dahl (bass)
Brandon Lopez (bass)
February 23, 2016
Two quartets
Chris Pitsiokos - alto sax, compositions
Andrew Smiley - guitar
Henry Fraser - bass
Jason Nazary - drums
Peter Evans - trumpet
Aaron Burnett - tenor saxophone
Brandon Lopez - bass
Weasel Walter - drums
February 21, 2016
Karma Mayet Johnson
Rootwoman Concert
February 1, 2016
Ensemble Pamplemousse
Ensemble Pamplemousse creates and performs new works that question traditional notions of quality and performance practice by presenting compositions that intrigue the mind and tickle the soul. Through their quirky lens, Pamplemousse will explore sound production and the musicality of movement with the following compositions:
Cathy Van Eck : Wings
3 PERFORMERS, FEEDBACK AND MOVEABLE FOAM BOARDS
Bryan Jacobs : New Piece *
Chris Bailey : Composition for S#!++\/ Piano With Drum Samples, Concrete Sounds, and Processing
PIANO & ELECTRONICS
Simon Loeffler : b
3 PERFORMERS, LIGHTS AND ELECTRICITY
David Alan Broome : Together Again. Again! *
2 KEYBOARDISTS & PERCUSSION
* Brand-new
January 9, 2016
Okkyung Lee Residency
Three nights of concerts featuring experimental cellist Okkyung Lee, featuring fellow musicians Chris Corsano, Ches Smith, Mat Maneri, Stephan Crump as well as the dancer Michelle Boulé
January 6-8, 2016
Jasper Stadhouders (guitarist of Cactus Truck)
Featuring Jaimie Branch - trumpet, Michael Foster - saxophones, Chris Pitsiokos - alto saxophone, Austin Julian - electric guitar/electronics, Valerie Kuehne - cello, Harald Austbro - cello (from Holland), Joanna Mattrey - viola, Brandon Lopez - bass, Tim Dahl - electric bass, Andrew Barker - drums, Weasel Walter - drums, David Grollman - percussion. Curated by Michael Foster
January 4, 2016
Four Pianos Festival
Featuring Ron Stabinsky, Sylvie Courvoisier, Craig Taborn, Cory Smythe and Brian Marsella. Co-presented by International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
December 17-19, 2015
Curated by Peter Gannushkin
First set: drummer Ståle Liavik Solberg (Norway), Michael Foster, Leila Bordreuil
Second set: Ståle Liavik Solberg, Joe McPhee, Pascal Niggenkemper
December 13, 2015
Sarah Bernstein + Stuart Popejoy duo
Red Metal:
Patrick Breiner - tenor saxophone and clarinet
Anais Maviel - voice
Sana Nagano - violin
Chris Hoffman - cello
December 6, 2015
Ikue Mori and Sam Pluta (electronics)
Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam), in duo with guitarist Travis Reuter.
Peter Evans' Zebulon trio, with bassist John Hébert and drummer Kassa Overall
December 5, 2015
Wemilere: Songs & A Just Meditation
Lullabies, slave songs, resistance and Ancestral Memory by extraordinary singer Jadele McPherson, with several accompanying musicians from the Afro-Cuban tradition. Reflecting on the importance of holding community space in a time of grieving, crying out, calling out amidst trauma, violence, and poverty sweeping the world. Tambor meets rally, meets living room rumba, a revival, a recharging, sending energies to the areas in need and suffering from Chicago to the solares de Habana. Featuring Dayramir Gonzalez Vicet (Piano), Miguelo Valdes, Diosvany Valladares & Charles Hart (Percussion). Lead/Chorus Vocals: Melvis Santa, Ernesto "El Gato" Gatell, Yudisleidy Valdes
December 4, 2015
Curated by Ron Anderson:
Collapsible Shoulder: Chris Cochrane, guitar and vocals, Kevin Bud Jones, electronics, Kato Hideki, bass, Brian Chase, drums
PAK or Not - Ron Anderson (guitar), Stuart Popejoy (bass), Sarah Bernstein (violin), Alex Cohen (drums)
November 29, 2015
Weasel Walter Large Ensemble
weasel walter (drums)
chris pitsiokos, michael foster, jim sauter, matt nelson (saxophones)
jaimie branch (trumpet)
steve swell (trombone)
leila bordreuil (cello)
tim dahl, brandon lopez (basses)
brandon seabrook, alan licht (guitars)
November 22, 2015
Curated by Michael Foster:
First set: Zevious (guitarist Mike Eber, drummer Jeff Eber and bassist Johnny DeBlase)
2nd set: Twins of El Dorado (Joe Moffett: trumpet, Kristin Slipp: voice)
3rd set: Voice Coils (Kelly Moran: synthesizer, Sam Garrett: guitar, composition, Caley Monahon-Ward: guitar, Kevin Wunderlich: bass, Cameron Wisch: drumset)
November 15, 2015
Curated by Stuart Popejoy:
James Ilgenfritz / Jeremiah Cymerman / Larry Kwartowitz
Jessica Pavone solo
Ava Mendoza / Daniel Carter / Kim Cass / Andrew Barker
November 8, 2015
Curated by Peter Gannushkin:
Set 1: Herb Robertson, Mia Dyberg, Oscar Noriega
Set 2: Chris Pitsiokos, Nate Wooley, Paul Lytton
November 1, 2015
Patrick Breiner's Double Double
Will McEvoy - bass
Adam Hopkins - bass
Flin Van Hemmen - drums
Patrick Breiner - tenor saxophone
Curated by Cisco Bradley
October 25, 2015
Sean Ali presents "The Slow Uncoil"
-Erica Dicker (violin)
-Fung Chern Hwei (violin)
-F.L. (viola)
-Joanna Mattrey (viola)
-Leila Bordreuil (cello)
-Valerie Kuehne (cello)
-Sean Ali (bass, text)
Wenxin Zhang - photography
Curated by Michael Foster
October 18, 2015
Chris Welcome Quartet & Air Ceremony
Chris Welcome quartet (Shayna Dulberger, Mike Pride, Jonathan Moritz)
Air Ceremony (Dustin Carlson, Mike Baggetta, Nathaniel Morgan, Danny Gouker, Kate Gentile)
Curated by Stuart Popejoy
October 11, 2015
Bob Bellerue (electronics) with Ed Bear (saxophone)
Jason Anthony Harris (voice, electronics, objects), Johnny Butler (saxophone), Valerie Kuehne (cello), Jeanann Dara (viola)
Curated by Jason Anthony Harris
October 4, 2015
Evan Parker/Ned Rothenberg duo
(Dual saxophones)
Opener: Maxime Petit/Brandon Lopez duo
(Double Bass/Electric bass)
September 25, 2015
Valerie Kuehne Curates:
Lipchitz (David Grollman/Ryan Krause), Jonathan Wood Vincent, Emilie Lesbros, Laurie Amat and Naked Roots Conducive
September 22, 2015
Andrew Lamb/Andrew Drury duo (Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Woodwinds/Drums, Multiple Percussion)
September 27, 2015
Jeremiah Cymerman's Pale Horse (Jeremiah Cymerman, Brian Chase, Christopher Hoffman)
plus Greg Fox solo (drums)
September 20, 2015
Curated by Francisco Bradley:
Jaimie Branch's Crooks with John Welsh, Brandon Lopez, Sam Ospovot
Thomas Helton Band (Thomas Helton, Tony Malaby, Whit Dickey)
September 13, 2015
Curated by Michael FOster:
The Gate (Dan Peck - tuba, Tom Blancarte - double bass, Brian Osbourne – drums) + Domestic Noise + Erica Dicker
-Michael Evans: percussion/performance
-Susan Hefner: dance/performance
+Erica Decker: violin
September 6, 2015
2014-2015 season
Hampus Öhman-Frölund, Mats Dimming and guests
A visit from some young Swedish masters, with American guests
Mats Dimming - double bass
Hampus Öhman-Frölund - percussion
Joanna Mattrey - viola
John Lindaman - guitar
First set: Anders Nilsson (solo guitar)
August 18, 2015
Don Dietrich/Camille Dietrich + guests
1st set: acoustic Don Dietrich (saxophone) + Camille Dietrich (cello)
2nd set: amplified: Don + Camille + Nate Wooley (trumpet) + Samara Lubelski (violin) + Brandon Lopez (contra-bass)
August 17, 2015
Mat Maneri and Guests
8 pm - Mat Maneri-Tanya Kalmanovitch Duo (two violas)
9 pm - Mat Maneri-Randy Peterson Duo
July 26, 2015
Michael Foster Curates:
Tony Malaby / Carlo Costa duo
Sean Ali / Leila Bordreuil / Joanna Mattrey trio
Anais Maviel / Michael Foster duo
July 25, 2015
Tristan Shepherd: solo & duo
first set: solo turntables/electronics
2nd set: tristan shepherd/carlo costa duo
July 21, 2015
The Undermine Trio:
Chris Pitsiokos, Brandon Lopez, Tyshawn Sorey
Each artist is going to open with a short solo set. Tyshawn Sorey will play solo trombone but then play drums in the trio.
July 20, 2015
NOISE Night
-Leila Bordreuil solo (amplified cello)
-Anthony Saunders solo (modular synthesizer)
-Michael Foster / Ben Bennett Duo (sax/objects) (percussion/membranes)
-Zero Player -- Austin Julian / Cybelle Collins (electronic amplified bass object) (violin)
July 7, 2015
Dennis Sullivan Curates:
Three nights of theatrically-driven contemporary music curated by percussionist/composer Dennis Sullivan, featuring Radical 2, Vomit Fist, Iktus Percussion, The Adelphi University Percussion Ensemble and more performing works by Sullivan, Nick and Leo Didkovsky, Thomas Meadowcroft, Steve Snowden and Rick Burkhardt.
May 28-30, 2015
Gerald Cleaver, Nels Cline, and Larry Ochs
May 26, 2015
OpenICE:
Music of Pauline Oliveros
May 18, 2015
Henry Kaiser/Weasel Walter Large Ensemble
Henry Kaiser: guitar
Weasel Walter: drums
Alan Licht: guitar
Tim Dahl: bass
Brandon Lopez: bass
Jim Sauter: saxophone
Chris Pitsiokos: saxophone
Matt Nelson: saxophone
Michael Foster: saxophone
Peter Evans: trumpet
Dan Peck: tuba
Steve Swell: trombone
April 22, 2015
Brooklyn Raga Massive
"In C," by Terry Riley
April 18, 2015
Kojo Roney Residency
For three nights, JACK gives the space over to 10-year old phenom jazz drummer, Kojo Roney, who will perform with his father, saxophonist Antoine Roney, bassist William Parker and two nights with multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore and one night with trumpeter Nate Wooley. Roney is electrifying the jazz world, and we see this as an opportunity to offer him a home to develop his skills with top musicians of our time. Kojo Roney residency at JACK was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from the Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.
April 9-11, 2015
TILT Brass:
TILT Brass kicks off its Spring 2015 season at JACK! The program revisits TILT’s creative music origins with work highlighting the improvisational skill and experience of its players. The program features a wide range of recent and classic graphic and strategic scores. Composers include Berlin-based English composer and electronic musician Richard Barrett, an early composition by legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton, and selections from Cornelius Cardew‘s touchstone graphic score Treatise.
PROGRAM
Anthony Braxton 8KN-(J-6) [aka Comp. 18] (1971)
1
R10
Richard Barrett Codex XII (2013)
Cornelius Cardew: Treatise
March 31, 2015
Ensemble Pamplemousse
New and recent works by and for inventive new music group Ensemble Pamplemousse, featuring:
Andrew Greenwald (drums)
Natacha Diels (flutes)
Bryan Jacobs (electronics)
Dave Broome (piano)
Jessie Marino (cello)
Kiku Enomoto (violin/viola)
March 29, 2015
Isabelle Duthoit/Franz Hautzinger
French vocalist/clarinetist Isabelle Duthoit and Austrian trumpeter Franz Hautzinger make an NYC appearance with Ron Anderson (bass) and Michael Evans (drums). FIrst set: Duthoit/Hautzinger duo. Second set: Quartet with Anderson and Evans.
March 10, 2015
Which side are you on, friends?
A Freedom Songs Festival
Featuring The Peace Poets, Justin Hicks, Chaney Sims and Equality for Flatbush
In the wake of continued racial injustice in America, JACK provides a platform for contemporary artists to revisit and reinterpret songs of the Civil Rights era, in an effort to fill our city with activist energy.
February 18-22, 2015
Hypercolor / Dither Tzadik CD Release Party
Two of New York's great experimental music bands celebrate brand new CDs, both released in January 2015 on Tzadik Records. Spastic skronk-shred trio Hypercolor (Lukas Ligeti, drums; Eyal Maoz, guitar; James Ilgenfritz, bass) celebrate their self-titled debut, and stellar electric guitar quartet Dither celebrates the release of "John Zorn's Olympiad - Vol 1: Dither plays Zorn", featuring the quartet's distinctive renditions of Zorn's early game pieces. Iconoclastic electronics whiz Philip White opens with a solo set.
February 9, 2015
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Scorching Norwegian bassist lands at JACK with special guests.
1st set: Pascal Niggenkemper, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Duo
2nd set: Daniel Levin, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Duo
3rd set: Tony Malaby, Gerald Clever, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Trio
Curated by Peter Gannushkin
January 12, 2015
duo kodra
duo kodra is:
Kora Ly, laptop
Sandra Weiss (pictured), saxophone / bassoon
Featuring
Carlo Costa on drums and Mei Mei Chang on live video
December 29, 2014
Saadet Türköz
Saadet Türköz, vocal
Satoshi Takeishi, percussion
Avram Fefer, sax
Shahzad Ismaily, e-guitar
Raul Rothblatt, cello
December 27, 2014
John Dikeman, Onno Govaert,
Joe McPhee & William Parker
John Dikeman (sax) and Onno Govaert (drums), of the Netherlands-based free-improv band Cactus Truck, make their only NYC appearance on a wider U.S. tour, playing with local legends William Parker (bass) and Joe McPhee (winds and brass).
Opener: Barker Trio:
Andrew Barker, drums
Michael Foster: saxes
James Ilgenfritz: bass
December 15, 2014
Mission Eye & Ear
The NYC debut of a hot program that Lisa Mezzacappa has curated in the Bay Area and Europe, featuring experimental musicians providing the live improvised soundtrack to experimental short films from Bay Area filmmakers. The films, ranging in length from three to 30 minutes, explore political and social commentary, documentary storytelling, dreamlike cinescapes, psychedelic excursions, and formal abstraction using found, archival and newly-shot footage. For Mission Eye & Ear: BKLYN, the series makes its NY debut, with musicians:
Mike Pride - drums/percussion
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Chris Welcome - guitar
Mark Chung - violin
Jonathan Moritz - saxophone
John Finkbeiner (SF) - guitar
Jen Baker - trombone
Fay Victor - voice
Lisa Mezzacappa (SF) - acoustic bass
November 25, 2014
Alan Sondheim/Azure Carter/Chris Diasparra/Edward Schneider
Support bands: Mike Pride (Public Eyesore), Ras Moshe (Straw2Gold), Theoretical Mustache
Album Release Party for: Alan Sondheim/Chris Diasparra/Edward Schneider's Cutting Board (ESP-Disk) &
Azure Carter/Alan Sondheim's Avatar Woman (Public Eyesore)
Between-sets DJ: Coeruleum (MechaBenzaiten)
November 12, 2014
Maxime Petit, James Corrigan and Ava Mendoza
Maxime Petit (bass), Daniel Carter (horns, winds), Ron Anderson (guitar)
James Corrigan: "B-Line," a piece is for 6 electric guitars, 1 electric bass, and one percussionist
Ava Mendoza (guitar)/Tim Dahl (bass)/Levy Lorenzo (percussion, electronics)/Max Jaffe (drums)
November 2, 2014
Immix
Christopher Yohmei Blasdel & Sasha Bogdanowitsch with special guests
New original works & improvisations for shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) , voice, world instruments & electronics, intermingling ancient instruments alongside contemporary creations.
October 20, 2014
Carnatic Violin Masters
Mysore Nagaraj & Dr. Mysore Manjunath
On a tour from south Asia, this is a rare opportunity to see these brothers perform in New York. With Srimushnam Raja Rao on mridangam and Giridhar Udupa on ghatam. Presented by Brooklyn Raga Massive.
October 9, 2014
Natura Morta, BDM and David Commander
Object junkies Natura Morta (Sean Ali, Carlo Costa and F.L.), BDM (Ben Bennett, David Grollman and Michael Foster) and David Commander (with his piece, IN FLIGHT) play a triple bill in what promises to be a well-stocked evening of musical and sound intrigue.
October 7, 2014
ICElab at JACK
Rick Burkhardt's Warka Vase
Alvin Lucier's Opera with Objects
This extraordinary ICElab double bill features the world premiere of Rick Burkhardt's Warka Vase, alongside American icon Alvin Lucier's Opera with Objects. Warka Vase, which takes its name from an ancient vase looted from Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad after the fall of the Iraqi government in 2003, is a musical cycle inspired by the long and circuitous journey of some of these smuggled objects of great cultural importance, including the US’s tangled history in both the loss and recovery of these objects. Delivered as a mysterious and captivating audio tour through the National Museum, Rick Burkhardt's captivating piece conjures the sights, sounds and cultural associations of these objects.
Alvin Lucier's Opera with Objects in an experiment in elevating the sound of objects to a theatrical scale, by emphasizing the natural amplification inherent in physical things. ICE's collaborations with Lucier have been transformative for the group, and this presentation incorporates objects which have been collected on recent tours to Greenland and Brazil.
Featured performers: Ross Karre, percussion, Nathan Davis, percussion, Joshua Modney, violin, Kyle Armbrust, viola, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
October 6, 2014
ICElab at JACK
Songs Beyond the Margin
Commissioned through ICElab, Songs Beyond the Margin is a new song cycle from composer Juan Camilo Hernández Sánchez (pictured) inspired by the texts of Depression-era poet Herman Spector, mapping the poverty and indignation permeating urban life. Juan Camilo's unique musical take on these texts incorporate a stage band modeled after 20's era jazz bands, and headed by superstar tenor Peter Tantsits.
Featured musicians: Peter Tantsits, voice, Peter Evans, trumpet, Ryan Muncy, sax, Cory Smythe, piano, Tony Flynt, bass, Ross Karre, percussion
October 5, 2014
Peter Evans Quintet at JACK
JACK welcomes trumpet phenom Peter Evans in this very special three-night residency featuring he and his Quintet in performance with special guests Evan Parker (Sept. 26) and Joe McPhee (Sept. 27).
September 26-28, 2014
JACK has a baby grand for a weekend!
So we programmed three of our favorite pianists, joined by three of our favorite writers.
Friday, September 5: Angelica Sanchez and poet Christian Hawkey
Saturday, September 6: Cooper-Moore and writer Carl Hancock Rux
Sunday, September 7: Connie Crothers/Ken Filiano and poet Eileen Myles
September 5-7, 2014
Resonant Bodies Music Festival
An annual festival of contemporary vocal music
Tuesday, September 2nd
7:30 pm: Christie Finn & Neus Estrellas, piano; Helmut Lachenmann’s Got Lost
8:15 pm: Mellissa Hughes and Caroline Chin, violin; György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments, Part I
9:20 pm: Gelsey Bell; Pieces by Robert Ashley, Kate Soper, Tom Swafford, and Gelsey Bell
Wednesday, September 3rd
7:30 pm: Jane Sheldon; Pieces by Georges Aperghis, Beat Furrer, and Olga Neuwirth
8:15 pm: Ben Hjertmann & the Grant Wallace Band; Grant Wallace Band originals!
9:20 pm: Ariadne Greif; “Dreams & Nightmares,” a fantastical staged vocal work the length of a long nap–a theater piece, or perhaps an opera, made up of outrageous dream episodes each composed and curated by a different composer.
Thursday, September 4th
7:30 pm: Dennis Sullivan; Pieces by Alexander Schubert, Georges Aperghis, and Dennis Sullivan
8:15 pm: Sharon Harms with Katherine Dowling, piano; Pieces by François Couperin, Oswaldo Golijov, Jesse Jones, and world premieres by Michel Galante and Aaron Helgeson.
9:00 pm: Roundtable discussion with festival soloists, composers, collaborators, and advisors
9:30 pm: Megan Schubert; Pieces by Hayes Biggs, Bernard Rands, and Megan Schubert
September 2-4, 2014
2013-2014 season
Gold Bolus Recordings Release Party
Performing sets from their new albums:
Why Lie?
ellen o
Panoply Performance Laboratory
Woody Leslie
Invisible Circle
Gold Bolus Recordings provides a home for a particular genus of contemporary sounds that range from bubblegum to classically experimental. The inherent similarities between the songs, pieces, improvisations, speech, etc you'll hear here are made apparent through the explorative, humor-filled, beauty-seeking attitudes of Gold Bolus's creative roster.
July 26, 2014
Solos: Lea Bertucci and Bhob Rhainey
JACK is proud to present two solo performances by woodwind improvisors and electronic composers:
Lea Bertucci - solo amplified bass clarinet
Bhob Rainey - solo soprano sax.
Bhob Rainey is an award-winning composer / performer with a long and well-regarded history as an improviser, known for a masterful yet often understated technique that transforms the soprano saxophone into an electronic-like, textural, or percussive device.
Lea Bertucci is an interdisciplinary artist, composer and improviser who works with installation, sound, and video. As an instrumentalist, she focuses on the Bass Clarinet in an electro-acoustic context.
Photo by Doron Sadja. Underwriting support provided by Robert D. Bielecki.
July 13, 2014
Keir Neuringer
Solo record release for Ceremonies out of the Air
Keir Neuringer has been called a “drum-pounding prophet of doom, keyboard playing last poet and sax marathonist” whose “percussive riffs and musical spitfire sermons disrupt neurons and reorient thinking - and hit the gut.” His solo performances weave together experimental rock, political folk, free improvisation, psych/drone, and spoken word. He performs on saxophone, in intensely physical circular breathing improvisations that honor and build upon diverse music-making traditions, or on a vintage Farfisa organ, while simultaneously drumming and singing. Underwriting support provided by Robert D. Bielecki
July 9, 2014
Tatsuya Nakatani and Steven Leffue
Nakatani (percussion) and Leffue (saxophone, electronics) shred one big set of improvised music in a concert connected with The Play Company's production of the new Toshiki Okada play, The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise. Underwriting support provided by Robert D. Bielecki.
June 13, 2014
Birthday Concert of Two Raga Legends
Pt. Krishna Bhatt - Sitar, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee - Tabla
Brooklyn Raga Massive, Gurukul and ACST are honored to be hosting a birthday celebration and concert for Pt Krishna Bhatt and Pt Anindo Chatterjee. Witness the beauty and power of Indian Classical Music in the hands of true Masters. Don’t miss this amazing rare opportunity to wish these two living legends Birthday blessings, and experience what promises to be an unforgettable night of live music!
June 8, 2014
Aural Dystopia
NEW HARDCORE IMPROV
10p -- LOUISE D.E. JENSEN/ RON STABINSKY/ MIKE PRIDE/ ANDREW DRURY
9p ---- DAFNA NAPHTALI/ CHUCK BETTIS/ LEVY LORENZO/ HANS TAMMEN
8p ------- CHRIS PITSIOKOS/ STUART POPEJOY
May 18, 2014
Michael Foster Presents:
William Hooker Trio Red / Yoni Kretzmer Group
First act: William Hooker Trio Red
-Matt Lavelle - trumpet/flugelhorn/alto clarinet
-Mark Hennen - piano
-William Hooker - drums/voice (pictured)
Second Act: Yoni Kretzmer Group
-Yoni Kretzmer - tenor saxophone
-Steve Swell - trombone
-Reuben Radding - bass
-Juan Pablo Carletti - drums
May 10, 2014
Ches Smith: These Arches
Featuring:
Ches Smith, drums
Tim Berne, alto sax
Tony Malaby, tenor sax
Mary Halvorson, guitar
Andrea Parkins, accordion/electronics
May 4, 2014
Bang on a Can
Summer Festival Benefit Party
Join new music collective Bang on a Can as they celebrate the Second Annual "Banglewood Benefit," raising fun and funds for the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA! This year’s festivities include an informal concert followed by a wild and wooly dance party featuring a smorgasbord of great musical bits from alums Ruby Fulton and Adam Cuthbert to New Thread Quartet to Nouveau Classique and more. And then DJ Jacob Cooper will "tear the roof off the sucka."
April 30, 2014
Carlo Costa Quartet | Andrew Barker Trio
Carlo Costa Quartet: Carlo Costa | Sean Ali | Steve Swell | Jonathan Moritz
Andrew Barker Trio: Andrew Barker | Michael Foster | James Ilgenfritz
Underwriting support provided by Robert D. Bielecki Presented by Michael Foster
April 29, 2014
Foster/Bordreuil Duo and "Friends"
Michael Foster / Leila Bordreuil Duo
Ryan McGuire Solo Double Bass
Michael Evans/Susan Hefner: Domestic Noise
Presented by Michael Foster
April 26, 2014
Eisa Davis
Eisa performs songs, new and old, from her musical in progress, Flowers Are Sleeping. With special guest Rebecca Naomi Jones.
Eisa Davis is an songwriter, singer and actor. She was recently in The Call, Luck of the Irish, The Piano Lesson, This, Passing Strange, and her own play Angela's Mixtape, and lots of other plays. She has been on TV shows like The Wire, The Good Wife, The Blacklist, and Hart of Dixie, and in films like Welcome To The Rileys, Free Angela, Jack Ryan, and The Volunteer. Her plays include Ramp, The History of Light, Six Minutes, Bulrusher, Warriors Don't Cry, as well as several short plays and collaborations. Albums of her original music, Something Else and Tinctures, are hanging out on the web, waiting for you.
April 23-25, 2014
AURAL DYSTOPIA
a little less evil, a little more ego
NEW HARDCORE IMPROV with:
ANGUS TARNAWSKY [SOLO DRUMS & ELECTRONICS] -- 8PM
BRANDON SEABROOK/STUART POPEJOY/KEVIN SHEA -- 9PM
MARC EDWARDS SLIPSTREAM TIME TRAVEL -- 10PM
April 24, 2014
Jooklo Duo w/guests
Virginia Genta and David Vanzan with Bill Nace (guitar) and Tamio Shiraishi (sax)
April 6, 2014
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia - sax
Nate Wooley - trumpet
Ken Filiano - bass
Michael TA Thompson
March 31, 2014
AURAL DYSTOPIA
Electronic mayhem meets improvised music
3 awesome groups enter the squared circle. The absolute finest improvisors New York has to offer. You've got to hear this to believe it.
Chris Cochrane | Alex Holden | Brian Chase
Ron Anderson | Isabelle Duthoit | Franz Hautzinger
Chris Pitsiokos | Peter Evans | Sam Pluta | Philip White
Curated by Stuart Popejoy
March 17, 2014
Charles Gayle Trio
Bern Nix Quartet
Sponsored by the Jazz Foundation of America
Charles Gayle Trio
Charles Gayle - tenor saxophone/piano | Francois Grillot - bass | Reggie Sylvester
Bern Nix Quartet
Bern Nix - guitar/compositions | Matt Lavelle - trumpet/alto clarinet | François Grillot - bass | Reggie Sylvester - drums
The post New Thing lineage is a sacred thing. In the fields sown by Ayler and Coltrane and Sanders and Shepp, the music is free and flowing without ego but with purpose. It’s a judgment call of course, but the proponents are arguably few. Without attaching too many words to it, it’s a style of playing that’s something spiritual, something other, a connectivity between the players and with the listener. And without overly delineating who’s in and who’s out, it’s certain that Gayle is a master of the form. Deeply committed to free improvisation and the jazz tradition in all its manifestations, Gayle is a blazing saxophonist, a fluent pianist and, has more recently been playing the double bass. Here he is heard at his best, in classic form on the tenor horn with an exhilarating trio.
The Bern Nix Quartet is everywhere and exactly-where and the overall effect is dizzying in the best possible way. This is the next obvious step in the harmolodic world. To the uninitiated, this visionary music can be somewhat confounding. To those who know better, this stuff is pure sustenance.
-John Pietaro "The Cultural Worker"
Curated by Michael Foster
March 11, 2014
Ellery Eskelin Trio
Ellery Eskelin Trio (2 Sets)
|Ellery Eskelin - tenor saxophone|
|Drew Gress - bass|
|Billy Mintz - drums}
For the past thirty years, Ellery Eskelin has been at the forefront of the global creative improvised music scene. Based in New York City, he has traveled widely performing, recording, and amassing a very personal and iconoclastic body of work. And yet Ellery Eskelin has always remained deeply committed to the traditions of jazz and American music. Eskelin embodies this seeming contradiction with ease. He does not see jazz as a style or idiom but as a process. Further, a process of creative development that has great relevance to our time. In this pursuit, Eskelin consistently delivers to the listening public unadulterated, passionate music with no excuses and no apologies.
Curated by Michael Foster.
March 10, 2014
Hag+Dan Peck
Ryan Jewell Solo
MF/ME+PN
HAG+Dan Peck (Brad Henkel, Sean Ali, Dave Grollman)
Ryan Jewell solo Percussion
MF/ME+PN (Michael Foster/Michael Evans/Pascal Niggenkemper)
February 25, 2014
Ava Mendoza Trio
Easy coast new arrival Ava Mendoza has been blazing a course through the NYC music scene often accompanied by bassist Tim Dahl and percussionist/keyboardist Nick Podgurski. The last time this group played JACK, we were stunned. We're glad she's back for more!
8:00pm
SHEA/PITSIOKOS/JOHNSON
Kevin Shea - drums
Chris Pitsiokos - sax
Max Johnson - contrabass
MENDOZA/DAHL/PODGURSKI
Ava Mendoza - guitar
Tim Dahl - bass
Nick Podgurski - drums
Presented by Kevin Reilly
February 24, 2014
Aural Dystopia
Grind, crunch, slam, bam, crackle, groan, growl, whine, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
You know the rest.
AGAIN! COLD CONQUERING CACOPHONY ...with your friends.........
8PM - PERILOUS ONESIE (MATT NELSON | STUART POPEJOY)
9PM - WEASEL WALTER | CHRIS PITSIOKOS
10PM - TIM DAHL | DANIEL CARTER | WILL CAMERON | KEVIN SHEA
Weasel insists this "might be your only chance for a while" to see him "go off" because he doesn't "really play drums in new york anymore".
February 23, 2014
Max Johnson Trio: CD Release Event
A special CD release concert celebrating the release of the Max Johnson Trio's 2nd album, "The Invisible Trio" on Fresh Sounds Records. They will be playing music off the album, mixed in with old & new tunes, and a few classics. www.maxjohnsonmusic.com
Max Johnson Trio:
Kirk Knuffke - Cornet
Max Johnson - Bass
Ziv Ravitz - Drums
February 10, 2014
Sweet Banditry: CD Release Concert
featuring Pulverize the Sound & Anderson/Mendoza
Join us for SB's release of their debut album. Super group Sweet Banditry is a New York/Danish quartet existing in the wake of no wave, free improvised and punk music featuring saxophonist Louise DE Jensen, bassist Tom Blancarte, guitar/banjo Brandon Seabrook, and percussive mad scientist Kevin Shea. With Danish lyrics.
As if that was not enough, joining the bill will be Pulverize the Sound (Peter Evans, TIm Dahl, Mike Pride) and a exciting new duo of electric guitarists Ron Anderson (a JACK bedrock) and Ava Mendoza. Trust us, come to this show.
February 7, 2014
Nakatani Gong Orchestra
Tatsuya Nakatani brings the richness and magic of his 11 piece gong orchestra to New York for two exclusive shows at JACK in Brooklyn, ending a monumental cross country tour. This collaboration presents ensembles forged of local musicians, dancers, theater artists, late night talk show hosts, PhD students, visual artists and more.
January 30-31, 2014
Duos@JACK: Parkins/Shepherd:
Bernstein/Millions
SARAH BERNSTEIN (violin/vocals) and KID MILLIONS (drums - pictured) (8:00pm)
followed by
ANDREA PARKINS (accordion/electronics) and TRISTAN SHEPHERD (turntables/electronics) (9:00pm)
CURATED BY STUART POPEJOY AND MICHAEL FOSTER
January 20, 2014
Phillip Greenlief
Saxophonist/composer Phillip Greenlief will host an evening of music featuring a performance of his graphic scores for wind quartet and improvisations with two contrasting ensembles. Curated by kevin reilly - relative pitch records
8 pm
WENDY
jen baker - trombone
phillip greenlief - tenor saxophone
kyoko kitamura - voice
dan peck - tuba
Perform improvisations and graphic scores by greenlief
9 pm
phillip greenlief - saxophone
tom rainey - drums
Perform duo improvisations
January 5, 2014
Michael Foster presents:
Chris Corsano - Bill Nace - Okkyung Lee (pictured) Trio
Greg Kelley Solo
January 4, 2014
Michael Foster presents:
PARKER|NICHOLSON DUO
COOPER-MOORE|NIGGENKEMPER DUO
November 26, 2013
Aural Dystopia
FEATURING:
Chris Pitsiokos/Philip White
Superlith (Dan Blacksberg/Julius Masri)
Brandon Seabrook/Pascal Niggenkemper/Mike Pride
Ron Anderson/Stuart Popejoy/Michael Evans
November 30, 2014
SOUNDS MusicFest:
SOUNDS is JACK's first major music festival, drawing from the rich artist community of New York. The mix of styles over the different nights -- blues, no wave, Indian classical, free improv and electronic music -- reflects our desire to cross-pollinate the avant-garde. Underwriting support provided by Robert D. Bielecki
NOVEMBER 12
Chris Pitsiokos, Mike Pride, Tim Dahl
2 sets 8PM & 9:30PM
NOVEMBER 13
Absinthe & Vermouth CD Release Feast part 1 presented by Fay Victor
$15 for the whole evening
7:30PM Roy Nathanson & Friends
9:00 Fay Victor Ensemble Present
ABSINTHE & VERMOUTH CD Release
Fay Victor, Anders Nilsson, Ken Filiano
10:30PM Marika and Morley
Morley Morley - voice, guitar
Marika Hughes - voice, cello
NOVEMBER 14
Subgenre 3, curated by Ron Anderson
PAK - Ron Anderson/Alex Cohen
Insect Ark - Dana Schecter
Ava Mendoza/Tim Dahl/Matt Nelson
Anthony Coleman
NOVEMBER 15
JACKtronics: New electronic experimental music
Jeff Snyder/Cenk Ergün/Federico Ughi - drums/electronics trio
Radical 2 - percussion/electronics duo
Nathan Davis - solo works for electronics, joined by
Steven Leffue (saxophone)
NOVEMBER 16
Brooklyn Raga Massive
An evening of music inspired by raga and Indian rhythms but wandering across many territories.
8PM
House of Waters:
Max ZT, dulcimer
Luke Notary, drums
Moto Fukushima, bass
9:30PM
Neel Murgai Ensemble:
Neel Murgai, sitar
Arun Ramamurthy, violin
Trina Basu, violin
Marika Hughes, cello
Ehren Hanson, tabla
NOVEMBER 17
ESP-Disk' 50th Anniversary Concert
3 PM - 9 PM
Benefit for the Sun Ra Music Archives
Kali Fasteau
Giuseppi Logan
Alan Sondheim
Bruce Eisenbeil
Tiger Hatchery
Michael Anderson
8 PM jam session including non-ESP artists (Ras Moshe and others)
November 12-17, 2013
ORGAN|SAX|CELLO|SAX|BASS
Tamio Shiraishi | Cammisa Buerhaus Duo
alto saxophone | pipe organ
Michael Foster | Leila Bordreuil Duo
amplified tenor saxophone | cello/preparations
Sean Ali
solo double bass & preparations
The electric duo of Michael Foster and Liela Bordreiul is joined by resident subway shredder Shirashi in duet with sound artist Cammissa Buerhaus and a solo appearance by bassist Sean Ali.
November 11, 2013
Philip White & Nate Wooley
On Tuesday, October 29, JACK hosts from here it seems, an evening of performances focusing on electronic sound, light and text. The program features Korean-born writer and performer Bonnie Jones in duo with sound artist Richard Garet who was recently featured at the MOMA. Avant trumpeter Nate Wooley will premiere a duo with feedback performer Philip White. Electronic artist Phillip Stearns presents abstract analog and digital hybrid computation + light. A performative electronic event.
October 29, 2013
Aural Dystopia
Your favorite bunch of extra loud improvisors is back in action, featuring new combinations of the usual suspects (Andrew Hock/Jeremiah Cymerman, Sarah Bernstein, Chuck Bettis, Mick Barr/Stuart Popejoy/Kid Millions). Aural Dystopia delineates a new path forward for fans of improvised music bringing both vivacity and immediacy to overdriven noise. Heavy, thick, and brimming with feedback, this series is one of JACK's first and finest.
Curated by Stuart Popejoy.
October 15, 2013
Mette Rasmussen/Chris Corsano
Michael Foster/Steve Swell/Kid Millions
JACK curator Michael Foster brings another evening of the freshest free music featuring Kid Millions, veteran Steve Swell, the pyromaniacal Chris Corsano and Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen!
October 8, 2013
Stanley Zappa, saxophone
Canadian saxophonist Stanley Zappa teams up with house saxophonist Steven Leffue, percussionists Mike Pride and Michael Evans, and special guest Tamio Shiriashi in what is sure to be a formidable quintet. Let the paint peel for a night of improvised music.
October 6, 2013
Ned Rothenberg & Mark Dresser
Two greats of the improvisational music field, together at JACK
September 9, 2013
Brooklyn Band Bash 2: Peptalk and Balun
Peptalk is a new band in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with Angélica Negrón (Balún), Shayna Dunkelman (Xiu Xiu), and Preshish Moments (Tyondai Braxton). Balún was formed in San Juan, Puerto Rico by José Olivares and Angélica Negrón. Currently based in Brooklyn the group now includes Andrés Fontanez, Noraliz Ruíz and Shayna Dunkelman.
September 15, 2013
AYCH
(Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson, Jim Hobbs)
Anyone who knows these names won’t want to miss the New York debut of their new trio AYCH. What can we say: we haven’t heard them together, but if their past work is any indication this is going to be one heck of a show.
September 16, 2013
2012 season
Peter Evans & Sam Pluta
October 6, 2012
EuroLatinJazz with singer Rebeca Vallejo
October 5, 2012
The Georges (8 pm) and saxophonist Jack Wright (10 pm)
September 26, 2012
New Hardcore Improv – Stuart Popejoy, Kevin Shea, Weasel Walter et al
September 14, 2012