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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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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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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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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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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Life Between Plagues
Sep
14
6:00 PM18:00

Life Between Plagues

Chris Bacas - soprano sax
Tammy Scheffer - voice
Stefan Bauer - vibes marimba.
Matt Pavolka - bass
Satoshi Takeishi - percussion
Lukas Bauer - sound and visual effects

$20

Veteran vibist/composer Stefan Bauer pays a visit with his ensemble VOYAGE and a mixture of long-standing collaborators, new contributors and music based on the question: "how do we live under the impending doom of environmental disaster, pandemic and the formation of an authoritarian state?" The idea is not to conjure up even more doom and gloom! We have to live in, with and against difficult circumstances. We need positioning, balance, health, clarity and especially: ideas! Good art of any genre spawns ideas. Who has not left a theatre, an exhibition, a concert etc after a good performance with the distinct sense of having changed in a (not so) subtle way? Suddenly the world looks like a place full of opportunities yet to be discovered - even in the face of adversity. It's our hope to contribute to the necessary energy to continue living.

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Nick Lyons Band
Sep
13
8:00 PM20:00

Nick Lyons Band

Nick Lyons - alto saxophone
Michael Coleman - piano/synth
Kurt Kottheimer - bass/synth
Hamir Atwal - drums

$15

An evening of improvisation and mutual exploration and listening featuring a quartet of first-rate creative instrumentalists.

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Alone Not Lonely Season IV
Sep
12
7:30 PM19:30

Alone Not Lonely Season IV

Yoon Sun Choi - voice/piano
Meaghan Burke - cello/voice
Allegra Levy - voice
Yuko Togami - drums

$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.

Hailed as “outstanding,” with a “street-smart, feline voice” (The New York Times), Meaghan Burke is a cellist, singer-songwriter, and composer working in spaces between contemporary music, improvised music, and song. Meaghan is a founding member of contemporary feminist string quartet The Rhythm Method, avant-grunge band Forever House, and Viennese songwriting collective Loose Lips Sink Ships. Meaghan’s latest album of songs with The Rhythm Method, “A Few Concerns” (Gold Bolus Recordings) was described as “a smart, feisty album that is both provocative and a pleasure to listen to.” (I Care If You Listen) Meaghan is a frequent guest performer with many of NYC’s contemporary ensembles, including International Contemporary Ensemble, TAK, and S.E.M. Ensemble, aswell as Miho Hazama’s Grammy-nominated jazz chamber band m-unit, and just completed a run of Gypsy on Broadway as principal cellist.

Yuko Togami is a drummer, composer, and improviser based in New York, originally from Japan. Since moving to NYC in 2013 and graduating from The City College of New York, she has performed at renowned venues including the Blue Note (NY), Roulette Intermedium, and Sunset Sunside (Paris). Her debut album Dawn (2018) earned a Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards, showcasing her individual voice as a bandleader and composer.

Jazz singer, songwriter, and lyricist, Allegra Levy, has been called everything from “sophisticated, worldly, and swinging” to “the new pin-up girl for cool.” She has released five albums on SteepleChase Records and is at the helm of “Songs for you and me- a kid’s-swing-a-long”. A big jazz band for little ears. Allegra is on the leadership team of the Women in Jazz Organization and is the Program Administration Manager of Jazz at The New School.

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STANDARD DECONSTRUCTIONS: Two Sets of Reimagined Jazz
Sep
11
8:00 PM20:00

STANDARD DECONSTRUCTIONS: Two Sets of Reimagined Jazz

Adam Lane Electric Band - 8 pm

Nick Lyons, alto sax;
Adam Caine, electric guitar
Adam Lane, electric bass
Vijay Anderson, drums

THIS WAY OUT - 9:00 pm

Virg Dzurinko, piano
Adam Lane, acoustic bass
Vijay Anderson, drums

Electric jazz that draws equal influence of Bootsy Collins, Charlie Parker, and Cecil Taylor for the first set of the night! Second set looks at jazz standards from the perspective of one who has been asked to leave and not return to conservatory music school.

$20

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Thomas Morgan & Emi Makabe DUO
Sep
6
8:00 PM20:00

Thomas Morgan & Emi Makabe DUO

Emi Makabe - Voice/Shamisen
Thomas Morgan - Double bass

$20

Based in New York, Thomas Morgan and Emi Makabe perform original compositions, jazz standards, and Japanese folk music.

Thomas Morgan is a New York-based jazz double bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Known for his telepathic synchronicity, melodic and expressive phrasing, precise touch, and amber sound, he has performed alongside a number of the most trendsetting artists in jazz, including Bill Frisell, Jakob Bro, Craig Taborn, Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian, Dan Weiss, Jim Black, John Abercrombie, Dave Binney, Steve Coleman, Ethan Iverson, Aaron Parks, Fred Hersch, Charles Lloyd, Henry Threadgill, Joe Lovano, and Tomasz Stanko, among many others. He has released two duo albums with Bill Frisell—Small Town and Epistrophy—on ECM Records.

Emi Makabe is a composer, vocalist, and shamisen player. Originally from Japan, she has been based in New York since 2008. After graduating from the City University of New York, she began performing across New York, Europe, and Japan. Her quartet—featuring Vitor Gonçalves (piano), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Kenny Wollesen (drums)—has released two albums. Her second album, Echo (2025), released on Sunnyside Records, features guest appearances by Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, and Meshell Ndegeocello. Her debut album, Anniversary (2020), was released on Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf Music label.

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Sacks / Ambrosio / Williams / Doxas / Scott
Aug
17
7:30 PM19:30

Sacks / Ambrosio / Williams / Doxas / Scott

Jacob Sacks - piano
David Ambrosio - bass
Jeff Williams - drums
Chet Doxas - tenor saxophone
Dave Scott - trumpet

Jacob Sacks, David Ambrosio, Jeff Williams, Chet Doxas, and Dave Scott have been playing many sessions together over the past few years and this performance is a chance to essentially open the doors so folks can come and hear all the fun they've been having. The music will feature a mixture of original compositions and jazz classics.

$20

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Team Player's Big League Big Band
Aug
13
8:00 PM20:00

Team Player's Big League Big Band

Brad Linde - alto saxophone/soprano saxophone/flute
Nora Stanley - alto saxophone/flute
Billy Wolfe - tenor saxophone/clarinet
Kevin Sun - tenor saxophone/clarinet
Michael Attias - baritone saxophone
John Lake - trumpet
Jake Henry - trumpet
Kenny Warren - trumpet
Ralph Alessi - trumpet
Kyra Sims - horn
Sam Blakeslee - trombone
Nicole Connelly - trombone
Reginald Chapman - bass trombone
Aaron Quinn - guitar
Hayoung Lyou - piano
Steve Williams - bass
Deric Dickens - drums

Join us for this debut/open rehearsal of a big band version of the world’s premier 12-tone/avant-garde/sports-themed ballad band! With music by Brad Linde, Billy Wolfe, Aaron Quinn, and Deric Dickens arranged by Miho Hazama, Eliana Fishbeyn, Billy Wolfe, Aaron Quinn, and more.

$10

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Luciana Bass and friends
Aug
10
8:00 PM20:00

Luciana Bass and friends

Luciana Bass - guitar

Argentinian guitarist Lucians Bass visits New York for the first time to celebrate her highly lauded solo CD, Desatornillándonos. In a series of duos and trios, she will be joined by NY artists featuring Guillermo Gregorio, Michael Foster, Jennifer Gersten, Chuck Roth, Webb Crawford, Francesca H. and others.

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Fujiyama/Griffin/Nicholson + In Real Time
Aug
8
8:00 PM20:00

Fujiyama/Griffin/Nicholson + In Real Time

Fujiyama/Griffin/Nicholson - 8 pm
Yuko Fujiyama - piano
Stephanie Griffin - viola
Reggie Nicholson - percussion

In Real Time - 9 pm
Carol Liebowitz - piano
Adam Lane - bass
Andrew Drury - drums

Yuko Fujiyama performs for the first time at iBeam with her long time music partner, Reggie Nicholson, and first time collaborator, Stephanie Griffin. She is a founder of NPO, Contemporary East.
https://www.contemporaryeast.org/

$20

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Karen Ng / Jacob Sacks / Vinnie Sperrazza / Ingrid Laubrock
Aug
7
7:30 PM19:30

Karen Ng / Jacob Sacks / Vinnie Sperrazza / Ingrid Laubrock

Karen Ng / Jacob Sacks / Vinnie Sperrazza

Karen Ng - alto saxophone
Jacob Sacks - piano
Vinnie Sperrazza - drums

Karen Ng / Jacob Sacks / Ingrid Laubrock

Karen Ng - alto saxophone
Jacob Sacks - piano
Ingrid Laubrock - tenor saxophone

$20

Saxophonist Karen Ng, visiting from Toronto, joins pianist Jacob Sacks in two different trio formations - the first with drummer Vinnie Sperrazza and the second with saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock - for two freely improvised sets of music.

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Josh Sinton's Predicate/Sidewalk Philosophy
Jul
30
8:00 PM20:00

Josh Sinton's Predicate/Sidewalk Philosophy

Josh Sinton's Predicate - 8 pm

Josh Sinton - baritone sax, bass clarinet
Christopher Hoffman - cello
Tom Rainey - drums

Josh Sinton's Sidewalk Philosophy - 9:00 pm

Josh Sinton - bass clarinet and baritone sax
Marty Ehrlich - alto sax and bass clarinet
Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Kate Gentile - drums

$20

After a sizable hiatus, Josh Sinton presents an evening of new, creative music for two all-star bands. With music especially written for the occasion, it'll be an utterly unique night of sound art.

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UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES
Jul
26
6:00 PM18:00

UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES

6 pm
Jen Sapiro - Vocal & Piano
Adam Sapiro - Guitar
Mario Fontes - Bass
Chris Veliz - Drums

7 pm
Jonathan Raisin - Tenor Sax
Hans Young Binter - Piano
Zach Swanson - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

8 pm
Colonial Crime Spree
Eric Shorter - Sax, Words, Bells & Whistles
Giacomo Lorino - Guitar & Electronics
Peter Glynn - Drums

$20

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