UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES
Dec
13
6:00 PM18:00

UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES

6 pm

Kaelen Ghandhi - Sax
Sandy Ewen - Guitar
Evan Palmer - Bass
Michael Larocca - Drums

7 pm

Sam Newsome - Sax/Objects
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
T.J. Borden - Cello
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

8 pm

Stan Zenkov - Multi Windwoods
Jeong Lim Yang - Bass
Willy Rodriguez - Drums

$20

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Anthony Coleman Trio/Roots To Shoots Play Coltrane
Dec
20
8:00 PM20:00

Anthony Coleman Trio/Roots To Shoots Play Coltrane

Anthony Coleman Trio - 8 pm

Anthony Coleman, piano
Adam Lane, bass
Patrick Golden, drums

Michael Moss' Roots To Shoots - 9 pm

Michael Moss, Reeds
Alexis Marcello, piano
Adam Lane, bass
Jackson Krall, drums

$20

Anthony Coleman continues to celebrate his 70th birthday with a new trio fresh from the recording studio. Outrageous improvisations and toe tapping free jazz flow to blow the mind and renew the goodness of human kind. Set two Michael Moss brings his quartet with drum legend Jackson Krall in tow to perform all of Coltrane's Love Supreme.

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Siren Xypher end of the year Concert & Holiday Celebration!
Dec
23
7:30 PM19:30

Siren Xypher end of the year Concert & Holiday Celebration!

Siren Xypher Collective - 8 pm (doors at 7:30)

Kyoko Kitamura - Voice & Synth
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano & Voice

$15-20

Siren Xypher Collective is a New York City-based collective of three established performing composers Melanie Dyer (vla), Mara Rosenbloom (p) and Kyoko Kitamura (v), presenting intricate original works which combine art songs, spoken words and free-flowing improvisation. Their love for, and extensive experience in, these musical genres generate deep sonic conversations full of humor, warmth, surprises and fire.

Debuting in early 2022, Siren Xypher Collective has since performed in various music series including Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum Jazz Poetry Month and the InGardens series at Governors Island supported by Arts for Art and West Harlem Art Fund, and was featured on the BBC3 Freeness podcast “Peace Pieces“. DownBeat Magazine recently described the group as “speculative improvising at its finest with a cohesive, inspired set of original works in which all three women sang their songs, animated their texts and improvised virtuosically with intelligently controlled abandon.”1

Siren Xypher Collective is the production and curatorial team behind Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival of which Mara Rosenbloom serves as the artistic director, with Kyoko Kitamura and Melanie Dyer as production consultants and co-producers. Now in its third year, Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival is scheduled for July 11 & 12 at Ibeam. Above photo by Mariana Meraz.

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Double Bill: LaFrae Sci + William Hooker Quartet
Jan
24
7:30 PM19:30

Double Bill: LaFrae Sci + William Hooker Quartet

8 pm

LaFrae Sci - SOLO

LaFrae Sci - Drums & Electronics

9 pm

William Hooker Quartet

William Hooker - Drums
Jair-Rohm Parker-Wells - Bass
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano
Charles Burnham - Violin

$20

Half a century ago, free jazz liberated William Hooker; he has never gone back, only forward into wide-open improvisation, into music that feels every time like a new explosion of the spirit. Hooker was raised in Connecticut, his father a preacher in Beulah AME Zion Church. But when Hooker took to the drums at age 7, his parents didn’t circumscribe him to gospel music; he gigged constantly, whether backing Dionne Warwick or playing weddings. But during a stint in psychedelic California, he began to understand how personally emancipatory music could be, and he never played anyone else’s songs. He went back to Connecticut and then to New York, joining a vital scene that was interested in joining the explosive spirits of free jazz and noise rock. From records with Thurston Moore and Christian Marclay to Ava Mendoza and James Brandon Lewis, Hooker has built a massive catalogue of these testaments to freedom.

Hooker has also built dozens of ever-changing ensembles over the decades, from an orchestra to intimate duos. In them all, he combines restless drumming that speaks to the revelatory early works of Milford Graves with the spoken-word poetry Hooker began writing in California. His work is informed by mysticism and American history, by deep spirituality and family bonds. Tonight he brings a particularly fascinating Quartet—lauded pianist and composer Mara Rosenbloom, legendary violinist Charles Burnham, and exploratory bassist Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells. Hooker never plays the same thing or even the same way twice, a quest that has kept his mission stirring for nearly 60 years.

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Novoa / Jones: Synesthesia
Dec
10
8:00 PM20:00

Novoa / Jones: Synesthesia

Novoa / Jones Duo

Eva Novoa, piano, drawings, synth & Chinese gongs
Art Jones, visuals & multiple instruments/ effects

$20

Synesthesia is a duo collaboration where music and improvisation merge with visuals, video, color, shapes and drawings. Expect a sound and visual experience which will connect and activate your aural and visual senses.

Art Jones works with film, video, and sound. His performances involve the use of modified analog instruments with electronics and video as raw material in live improvisation. His films and performances have been presented at venues including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate Modern, and Roulette Intermedium. He lives in the Bronx, New York City.

Eva Novoa:
"A vivid sense of drama and its intrinsic, minute shadings of light upon dark places animate pianist Eva Novoa's work. Barcelona bred and keening with Brooklyn bravura, Novoa swaps the fore and backgrounds with uncompromised glee. Expressionistic, Impressionistic, and forthright, she aligns and upsets the edges to her liking. (...) the whole of Novoa/Gress/Gray Trio, Vol. 1 is a distinctly engaging and fascinating listen". Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz **** February 2024.
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Isak Hedtjärn and John Welsh and friends
Dec
9
7:30 PM19:30

Isak Hedtjärn and John Welsh and friends

Isak Hedtjärn and John Welsh duos and trios - 7:30 pm

Isak Hedtjärn - clarinet
John Welsh - guitar
Guillermo Gregorio - clarinet
Madison Greenstone - clarinet
John Blum - piano
Lesley Mok - drums
Chuck Roth - guitar
Brandon Lopez - bass

Isak Hedtjärn is visting from Sweden and John Welsh is visiting from Arizona. This will be a collection of duos and trios with new and old friends in NY.

$20

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Shinya Lin's DIVINE PIVOT / Yuko Fujiyama Trio
Dec
6
8:00 PM20:00

Shinya Lin's DIVINE PIVOT / Yuko Fujiyama Trio

Divine Pivot - 8:00

Shinya Lin - piano
Leo Chang - piri and electronics
Evan Palmer - bass

Yuko Fujiyama Trio - 9:00

Yuko Fujiyama - piano
Reggie Nicholson - drums
Stephanie Griffin - viola

$20

Divine Pivot is a collaboration between Shinya Lin, Leo Chang, and Evan Palmer, exploring the intersection of acoustic and electronic sound through electroacoustic performance. The instrumentation includes prepared piano, acoustic bass, oboe, piri, suona, VOLCONORI—an amplified gong system developed by Leo Chang—synthesizers, and sample manipulation using MaxMSP by Shinya Lin.

Each performer contributes a distinct approach informed by their research and instrument customization. Rather than adhering to a fixed structure, the project evolves through interaction, allowing the acoustic and electronic elements to shape the music in real time. By integrating traditional and experimental techniques, Divine Pivot examines how sound traditions adapt within electronic sonic environments.
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Yuko Fujiyama on piano with Stephanie Griffin on viola and Reggie Nicholson on drums.
Fujiyama founded non-profit organization, Contemporary East, to introduce a beauty of Eastern expression in improvisational music. Tonight's performance is a part of its activity.

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Alone Not Lonely
Dec
5
7:30 PM19:30

Alone Not Lonely

Yoon Sun Choi - voice/piano
Sally Gate - guitar
Sara Ontaneda - voice
Mary Prescott - piano/voice

$20

Yoon Sun Choi, born in South Korea, raised in Canada and now a New York-based improvising vocalist and pianist using her vocal prowess that transitions effortlessly from resonant, haunting melodies to deep, resonant wails. Yoon has made significant contributions to the music scene over her twenty-year-long career performing and collaborating with esteemed artists including Mark Dresser, Darius Jones, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wheeler, on prestigious stages such as The Blue Note, Birdland, and Carnegie Hall.

Sally Gates is a New Zealand guitarist and composer based in New York. Known for her avant-rock quartet, Titan to Tachyons (Tzadik records), Gates has toured internationally, scored short films, and was a recipient of the Wellington Composer Commission (NZ). Her albums include original works and free-jazz collaborations. Gates’ second Stone Residency is slated for 2026.

Sara Ontaneda is an Ecuadorian-American singer-songwriter based in New York City whose bilingual music fuses Latin rhythms with folk, pop, and electronic influences. Blending English and Spanish lyrics, her songs reflect her multicultural background and emotional storytelling. Her debut album Entre Espacios y Colores (2017) earned acclaim across the U.S. and Latin America. With her recent releases, Ontaneda continues exploring vibrant, soulful sounds that celebrate identity, love, and cultural connection.

Mary Prescott is a Thai-American interdisciplinary artist, composer, and pianist who explores the foundations and facets of identity and social conditions through experiential performance. Featured in “21 for ‘21: Composers and Performers Who Sound Like Tomorrow,” The Washington Post describes Mary’s work as “a bright light cast forward... uncompromising,” and “masterfully envisioned.” Mary is an awardee of a Jerome Fellowship in Music, McKnight Composer Fellowship, Princess Grace Award in Theater, NPN Creation and Development Fund and many more. Her residencies include Loghaven, Bogliasco, Camargo and VCCA. Mary is a Steinway Artist.

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Instrumental Underground
Nov
29
7:00 PM19:00

Instrumental Underground

Beyond Flute Group - 7 pm

Cheryl Pyle - c flute/alto flute
Sylvain Leroux - c flute, fula flute
Gene Coleman -bass flute, piccolo
Michael Eaton - soprano sax
Roberta Piket - piano
Jeong Lim Yang - bass

Unchambered Jazz - 8 pm

Sarah Bernstein -violin
Sunjay Jayaram - viola
TJ Borden - cello
Nicholas Christenson - bass
Audoine Amazan -trumpet
Jeff Pearring - sax
Daniel Carter - multiple instruments

$20

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UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES
Nov
22
6:00 PM18:00

UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES

6pm

Jeff Pearring Alto - Sax
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Shogo Ellefson - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

7 pm

Matt Knoegel - Tenor Sax/Soprano Sax
Colson Jimenez - Bass
Nick Neuburg - Drums

El Duo - Eric x Eric - 8 pm

Eric Plaks - Piano
Eric Shorter - Saxophone, Electronics, Bells & Whistles

$20

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Lucumí and Improvisation Eisenstadt/Glassmeyer/Moran plus Todd Caldwell / Chris Parker Duo
Nov
20
8:00 PM20:00

Lucumí and Improvisation Eisenstadt/Glassmeyer/Moran plus Todd Caldwell / Chris Parker Duo

Lucumí and Improvisation - 8 pm

Harris Eisenstadt - batá
Matt Glassmeyer - Wurlitzer, reedless saxophone, percussion
Sean Moran - guitar

Todd Caldwell / Chris Parker Duo - 9 pm

Todd Caldwell - Organ
Chris Parker - Guitar

Re-imagining Cuban Lucumí plus the lyrical duo of Caldwell and Parker.

$20

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Poetic Voice in Jazz - album release concert, Lena Bloch Quintet
Nov
15
8:00 PM20:00

Poetic Voice in Jazz - album release concert, Lena Bloch Quintet

Kyoko Kitamura - voice
Lena Bloch - saxophone
Jacob Sacks - piano
Ken Filiano - bass
Michael Sarin - drums

"Acclaimed Russian-born saxophonist and composer Lena Bloch’s new album Marina, showcasing a commissioned jazz suite for ensemble and voice and out November 14, 2025 via Fresh Sound Records, could not be more timely. “Throughout my life, Tsvetaeva has been a model of resilience as an immigrant, an artist and a woman,” says Bloch, “all of which have been under siege in modern political discourse, all the more reason to amplify her voice for a modern audience.”

The album features Bloch’s quintet with vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, pianist Jacob Sacks, bassist Ken Filiano, and drummer Michael Sarin. The jazz suite, which sets Bloch’s own English translations of Tsvetaeva’s works, was commissioned in 2022 through a grant from Chamber Music America."

$20

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Instrumental Underground
Nov
13
6:00 PM18:00

Instrumental Underground

Webster/Lopez - 6 pm

Katie Webster - sax
Brandon Lopez - bass

Pearring Sound - 7 pm

Jeff Pearring - sax
Jon Elbaz - piano
Evan Palmer- bass
Lou Grassi - drums

Jason Kao Hwang/Resonance - 8 pm

Jason Kao Hwang - composer/violin/viola
Andrew Drury - drum set
Ken Filiano - string bass
Bryan Carrott - vibraphone
Christopher Gordon Forbes - piano

$20

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Minimal Direction
Nov
1
8:00 PM20:00

Minimal Direction

8 pm - Intro of Themes

Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Claire De Brunner - basson
Calvin Sexton - trombone
Virg Dzurinko - piano
Evan Crane - bass
John Loggia - drums

8:45 pm - Shocking Discovery

Elijah Shiffer - alto sax
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax
Dave Sewelson - bari sax
Calvin Sexton - trombone
Claire De Brunner - bassoon

9:30 pm - Anbaric Aftermath

Eric Plaks - piano
Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax
Sandy Ewen - guitar
Jeong Lim Yang - bass
Yuko Tagami - drums

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Caine/Dick/Chang + No Egrets
Oct
30
8:00 PM20:00

Caine/Dick/Chang + No Egrets

Dick / Caine / Chang Trio - 8 pm

Robert Dick, flutes
Adam Caine, guitar+synth
Tiffany Chang, percussion

No Egrets - 9 pm

Cheryl Richards, voice
Virg Dzurinko, piano
Claire Debrunner, bassoon
Nick Lyons, alto sax

$20

Robert Dick, whose "Imagination and Technical resources seem limitless" (NY Times) has also been called "Revolutionary" by Jazz Times. Tonight, we hear his improvising trio with Adam Caine and Tiffany Chang, two longtime collaborators. No Egrets is the improvising project of Cheryl Richards, Virg Dzurinko, Claire Debrunner, and Nick Lyons.

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Voices Only
Oct
26
7:30 PM19:30

Voices Only

Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Elena Camerin - voice
Noa Fort - voice

$20

An ensemble of three vocalists exploring the boundless potential of the human voice through spontaneous composition. Blending elements of jazz, experimental, and contemporary music, the trio crafts each performance in real time — weaving sound, silence, and emotion into a sonic conversation.

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The Notet - Sanford/Green/Udden/Ambrosio
Oct
23
7:30 PM19:30

The Notet - Sanford/Green/Udden/Ambrosio

JC Sanford - Trombone
Jeremy Udden - saxophone
Andrew Green - guitar
David Ambrosio - bass

$20

The NOTET is a musical collective organized by guitarist Andrew Green. The group ethos is reflected in the name: no drums, no arrangements, no planning, no rehearsals, no clichés, no edits. Spontaneous and unplanned, ears open and willing and able to adapt at a moment’s notice, the players consistently bring fresh ideas to familiar material, and bring collective improvisation to the forefront.

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Ben Garnett Trio feat. Ben Plotnick & Nate Sabat with guests Adam Levy / Grant Gordy / Joel Harrison / Matt Glassmeyer
Oct
16
7:30 PM19:30

Ben Garnett Trio feat. Ben Plotnick & Nate Sabat with guests Adam Levy / Grant Gordy / Joel Harrison / Matt Glassmeyer

Ben Garnett Trio (feat. Ben Plotnick & Nate Sabat) - 7:30 pm
Ben Garnett - Guitar
Ben Plotnick - Fiddle
Nate Sabat - Bass

Adam Levy / Grant Gordy / Joel Harrison / Matt Glassmeyer - 8:30 pm
Adam Levy - Guitar
Grant Gordy - Guitar
Joel Harrison - Guitar
Matt Glassmeyer - multiple instruments

$20

Guitarist/composer Ben Garnett’s sophomore studio album, Kite’s Keep (2025), reimagines the acoustic guitar not as a lead voice, but as a cinematic landscape—an evocative space where fiddle, bass, and ensemble interplay bring guitar-born ideas to new life. With a dream team of acoustic virtuosos and a composer’s eye for drama and narrative, Garnett crafts songs that feel like short films—shifting fluidly from folk to bluegrass, pop to jazz, classical to avant-garde. For listeners ready to explore the guitar’s untapped world-building power, Kite’s Keep is an invitation to lean in and look again.

Adam Levy, Grant Gordy, and Joel Harrison will bring to the evening the variety of rich guitar sounds for which they are known. Matt Glassmeyer, who played piano on the album, will present something from his wide palette of sounds.

“You think you’ve heard it all until a Ben Garnett comes along to show us how much more there might be.”
— PREMIER GUITAR

“Garnett has a beautiful, curious, deep mind.”
— CHRIS ELDRIDGE (PUNCH BROTHERS)

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Intertwined
Oct
14
8:00 PM20:00

Intertwined

Sujae Jung - Piano and Synthesizer
Wolf Robert Stratmann - Double bass
Ned Rothenberg - Alto saxophone
Satoshi Takeishi - Drums

$20

Intertwined is a quartet led by pianist and composer Sujae Jung, combining contemporary jazz with elements of Korean traditional music. The group features Satoshi Takeishi on drums, Ned Rothenberg on alto saxophone, Wolf Robert Stratmann on double bass, and Sujae Jung on piano and synthesizer.

The music is based on two important elements of Korean traditional music, called Gug-ak: Jangdan (rhythmic patterns) and Sigimsae (musical ornamentation). These traditional elements are blended with contemporary jazz to create original compositions that reflect Sujae’s personal background and musical voice.

Inspired by the beauty of Korean nature, Intertwined creates a sound that feels honest, spacious, and connected. The band’s name reflects its spirit: different traditions, emotions, and people coming together through music.

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Title: Kuba Cichocki -“Flowing Circles”/Subatomic Pigeons/ Leibson/Attias Duo
Oct
3
7:45 PM19:45

Title: Kuba Cichocki -“Flowing Circles”/Subatomic Pigeons/ Leibson/Attias Duo

7:45pm
Leibson/Attias Duo
Santiago Leibson - piano
Michael Attias - saxophone


8:45
Subatomic Pigeons
Sana Nagano - violin, compositions
Danny Sher - drums
Matt Hollenberg - guitar


9:45
Kuba Cichocki - “Flowing Circles”
Kuba Cichocki - piano, compositions
Kenny Warren - trumpet
Jake Henry - trumpet
Noah Garabedian - bass
Flin van Hemmen - drums

$15 Cover

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AND FRIENDS (Elena Moon Park, Nathan Koci, Brett Parnell) Album Release Concert + Vinnie Sperrazza and special guests
Sep
29
7:30 PM19:30

AND FRIENDS (Elena Moon Park, Nathan Koci, Brett Parnell) Album Release Concert + Vinnie Sperrazza and special guests

Vinnie Sperrazza and Special Guest - 7:30 pm
Special Guests bass and saxophone

And Friends: Elena Moon Park, Nathan Koci, Brett Parnell - 8:30 pm
Elena Moon Park: violin
Nathan Koci: accordion
Brett Parnell: guitar

$20

Celebrate "Come Here To Me", the new release from And Friends, with Elena Moon Park, Nathan Koci, and Brett Parnell, on Adhyaropa Records. Vinnie Sperrazza opens the night with a set of free music with special guests.

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