Highlights of the month:
2014 Winter Jazzfest
and
FOCUS! 2014 – Alfred Schnittke’s World

FRIDAY, January 3
Breath and Circuits Night 1

8:00 PM Anthony Coleman Trio
Anthony Coleman-piano, Michael Attias-saxophones, Mike Pride-drums
9:30 PM Andrea Parkins/Brian Chase Duo:
Andrea Parkins (electronic accordion, objects, electronics) and Brian Chase (drums, electronics).
VENUE: Douglass Street Music Collective
DETAILS:  http://295douglass.org/?id=406
ADMISSION: $10 for each set

SUNDAY, January 5
3 PM Helena Basilova, piano
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS: Gubaidulina Chaconne, Prokofiev Sonata #7, Ustvolskaya Sonata #4, A. Basilov “Variations”
ADMISSION: $10-15

MONDAY, January 6
7:30 PM – Michael Wimberly & Charles Gayle Duo
VENUE: Evolving Music
DETAILS:
Michael Wimberly – drums
Charles Gayle – tenor saxophone
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, January 10
11:15 PM Peter Brötzmann w/ Hamid Drake and Jason Adasiewicz

VENUE: Judson Church
DETAILS: http://winterjazzfest.com/2014/marathon-schedule/
ADMISSION: $35

SATURDAY, January 11
7:00 PM Sylvie Courvoisier – Mark Feldman Duo
VENUE: Judson Church
DETAILS: http://winterjazzfest.com/2014/marathon-schedule/
ADMISSION: $35

SATURDAY, January 11
11:45 PM Elliott Sharp’s Orchestra Carbon

VENUE: NYU Law
DETAILS: http://winterjazzfest.com/2014/marathon-schedule/
ADMISSION: $35

SATURDAY, January 11
12:15 AM Erik Friedlander’s Bonebridge
1:30 AM ABRAXAS – John Zorn’s Book of Angels by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
VENUE: Subculture
DETAILS: http://winterjazzfest.com/2014/marathon-schedule/
ADMISSION: $35

WEDNESDAY, January 22
8:00 PM Ingrid Laubrock’s latest compositions
VENUE: Barbes
DETAILS: Ingrid Laubrock’s latest compositions, written for saxophones/brass + drums.
W/Ingrid Laubrock, Tim Berne, Ben Gerstein, Dan Peck and Tom Rainey.
ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, January 22
10 PM Ofakim (a tribute to Luciano Berio)
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Jim Black (drums) Uri Caine
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, January 23
8 PM Uri Caine and John Zorn Duo
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Uri Caine (piano) John Zorn (sax)
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, January 23
10 PM Duo with Tim Berne
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:  Uri Caine (piano) Tim Berne (sax)
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY-THURSDAY January 27-30
8:00 PM FOCUS! 2014 Chamber Concerts commemorating 80th anniversary of Alfred Schnittke

VENUE: The Juilliard School, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
DETAILS:
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the birth of Soviet-Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) and his circle of composers.
Works by Schnittke, Silvestrov, Gubaidulina, Part, Kancheli, different program every night.
Jan 27 http://events.juilliard.edu/chamber.php#/?i=1
Jan 28 http://events.juilliard.edu/chamber.php#/?i=1
Jan 29 http://events.juilliard.edu/chamber.php#/?i=1
Jan 30 http://events.juilliard.edu/chamber.php#/?i=1
ADMISSION: FREE

THURSDAY, January 30
10 PM Roy Nathanson & Marc Ribot duo
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:  Roy Nathanson (sax) Marc Ribot (guitar)
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, January 30
8:00 PM Matthew Shipp Solo – The Piano Sutras Project
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS:
http://roulette.org/events/matthew-shipp-solo-piano-sutras-project/
ADMISSION: $15-20

THURSDAY, January 30
8:00 PM Steven Schick: Origins
VENUE: Miller Theatre
DETAILS:
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Nr. 9 Zyklus (1959)
Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964)
Helmut Lachenmann: Interieur I (1966)
Vinko Globokar: Toucher (1972)
Iannis Xenakis: Psappha (1975)
Alvin Lucier: Silvers Streetcar for the Orchestra (1982)
Vinko Globokar: Corporel (1982)
Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds (1989)
http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1628
ADMISSION: $25 – $35