Highlight of the month: TIME: SPANS festival (August 12-26)

TUESDAY, August 1
6:30pm DMG Free Tuesdays: You’re Mom Band
Michael Shapira, Alex Frondelli, James Mckain / Chuck Roth / Kevin Murray, David Grollman & Richard Kamerman
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, August 1
8pm Kyle Bruckmann & Sara Schoenbeck: Duo + Company
gabby fluke-mogul, Madison Greenstone, DoYeon Kim, Nate Wooley
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-$20

August 1 – August 6
8pm and 10pm Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Bill Frisell – Guitar
David Virelles – Piano
Ben Street – Bass
Andrew Cyrille – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $30-40

THURSDAY, August 3
8:30 pm Multidimensionally Human
Frank London (trumpet) Shoko Nagai (piano, accordion) Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) Sita Chay (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30

SUNDAY, August 6
2pm-6pm Summer Thunder
Xylouris White, Shahzad Ismaily / Darius Jones / Ryan Sawyer
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, August 6
3:30 pm Arts For Art InGardens: Ava Mendoza (children’s workshop at 3PM)
VENUE: Stanton Btwn Essex & Norfolk
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, August 9
8pm Anthony Coleman & Yoona Kim, Zoh Amba
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 10
8:30pm Improvisations & Lace Pieces
Zeena Parkins (harp) Brian Chase (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 12
7:30 pm SWR Experimentalstudio & Ensemble Experimental: Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono, Omaggio a Vedova, 1961 for tape
Luigi Nono, A Pierre. Dell’azzurro silenzio, inquietum, 1985
for bass flute, bass clarinet and live electronics
Luigi Nono, Omaggio a György Kurtág, 1983-86* for alto flute, clarinet, bass tuba, and live electronics
Luigi Nono, Post-Prae-Ludium n. 1 “per Donau”, 1987* for tuba and live electronics
Luigi Nono, Guai ai gelidi mostri, 1983*
for voices, flute, clarinet, tuba, viola, cello, double bass, and live electronics
SWR Experimental studio (Freiburg, Germany)
Joachim Haas, Head, Experimentalstudio / Sound Director
Michael Acker, Sound Director
Ensemble Experimental (ENEX)
Detlef Heusinger, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SATURDAY, August 12
8:30 pm Arcades Duo
Anthony Coleman (piano) Brian Chase (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 13
7:30 pm JACK: Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann
Quartet No. 2 Reigen Seliger Geister, 1989
Helmut Lachenmann
Quartet No. 3 Grido, 2000-01
JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SUNDAY, August 13
8pm Zorn@70 At Roulette Part Two: Cobra
Wendy Eisenberg guitar
Taylor Levine guitar
Trevor Dunn electric bass
Alexandra Simpson viola
Michael Nicolas cello
Jorge Roeder bass
John Medeski organ
Brian Marsella piano
Ikue Mori electronics
Kenny Wollesen drums, vibes
Sae Hashimoto vibes, percussion
Ches Smith drums, percussion
Cha Cha La Fox violin
John Zorn prompter
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$40

TUESDAY, August 15
7:30 pm Ensemble Signal: Abbasi, Read Thomas, Shirazi, Zubel
Anahita Abbasi
Faab IV / a femme fatale, 2016
for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello
https://soundcloud.com/anahita-abbasi/faab-iv-a-femme-fatale-2016
Augusta Read Thomas
Dance Mobile, 2021*
for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, trombone, pianos, percussion, and strings
Aida Shirazi
The shadow of a leaf in water, 2018*
for bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, harp, and cello
Agata Zubel
Chamber Piano Concerto, 2018*
for piano(s) and ensemble
with Ning Yu, piano
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

TUESDAY, August 15
8pm Shades of Words
Talea Ensemble
Program:
Jeffrey Mumford: Undiluted Days (1999-2000)
Hannah Kendall: Even sweetness can scratch the throat (2023)
Jessie Cox: After-were(l)ds (2019)
Andile Khumalo: Shades of Words (2012)
George Lewis: ANTHEM (2011)
VENUE: JACK
ADMISSION: TBD

August 15 – August 20
8pm And 10pm Bill Frisell Five
Bill Frisell – Guitar
Tony Scherr – Bass
Thomas Morgan – Bass
Rudy Royston – Drums
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

THURSDAY, August 17
7.30pm & 9.30pm Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet
Ralph Alessi -trumpet
Craig Taborn -piano
Drew Gress -bass
Nasheet Waits -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 -$40

FRIDAY, August 18
7.30pm & 9.30pm Roberts/Lopez/Fujiwara
Matana Roberts -woodwinds
Brandon Lopez -bass
Tomas Fujiwara -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 -$40

SATURDAY, August 19
7:30 pm Talea Ensemble: Alessandrini, Iannotta, Yi Ting Lu, Zubel
Clara Iannotta
They left us grief-trees wailing at the wall, 2020
for clarinet, saxophone, percussion, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Yi Ting Lu
Timelessness I: Individualism, 2017
for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and cello
Agata Zubel
FLASH, 2021
for percussion soloist, and ensemble
with Sae Hashimoto, percussion soloist
Patricia Alessandrini
Pastorale (Hommage à Alfred Schnittke), 2014
Talea Ensemble
Jim Baker, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SATURDAY, August 19
8:30 pm Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid (cello) Jason Roebke (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Mary Halvorson (guitar)
World Premiere: Three and Three
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 20
6pm Sinonó: Isabel Crespo Pardo/ Lester St. Louis/Henry Fraser; Kwami Winfield & C. Spencer Yeh

VENUE: Property Is Theft
ADMISSION: tbd

SUNDAY, August 20
7:30 pm Talujon, Argento: Earle Brown, Alexander Calder
Earle Brown, Calder Piece, 1963-66
Earle Brown, Times Five, 1963
Earle Brown, Calder Piece, 1963-66
Performers:
Talujon Percussion Quartet
Argento New Music Project
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

August 22 – August 27
8pm And 10pm Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry
Joe Lovano – Saxophones
Marilyn Crispell – Piano
Carmen Castaldi – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

THURSDAY, August 24
8pm Shoko Nagai’s TOKALA (Satoshi Takeishi, Frank London)
VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 25
7:30 pm International Contemporary Ensemble: Khumalo, Pagh-Paan, Shirazi, Smith
Younghi Pagh-Paan
Wundgeträumt, 2005 for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello
Andile Khumalo
Invisible Self, 2020* for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, violins, viola, cello, double bass
Aida Shirazi
Crystalline Trees, 2020 for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello
Wadada Leo Smith
Gondwana, 2022* for flute, oboe, clarinets, cornet, contra-bassoon, percussion, piano, violins, violas, and double bass
International Contemporary Ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SATURDAY, August 26
7pm Bryant Park: Immanuel Wilkins, 75 Dollar Bill, Ka Baird
VENUE: Roulette at Bryant Park
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, August 26
6pm Marco Cappelli & Elliot Sharp

VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, August 27
8pm Zorn@70 At Roulette Part Three: John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Sean Ono Lennon
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$40

TUESDAY, August 29
7pm RENKU (Attias//Hébert//Takeishi)
Michaël Attias: alto saxophone, John Hébert: bass, Satoshi Takeishi: drums

VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 31
8:30pm Live Low to the Earth in the Iron Age
Eyvind Kang (guitar, synth, viola d’amore) Shahzad Ismaily (guitar, synth) Mir Naqibul Islam (tabla)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20