Highlight of the month: The TIME: SPANS festival 

THURSDAY, August 1
8:30 pm Trio
Matana Roberts (saxophone), Fay Victor (voice), Rebekah Heller (bassoon)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 2
8 pm Living Music Underground: Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson, saxophone
Summer for the City
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, August 2
8 PM Prospect Series 38: Jonathan Moritz & Mike Pride
Jonathan Moritz / Mike Pride duo (saxophone/drums)
Ben Goldberg (clarinet) w/ TBA
Eternities: Katie Porter / Bob Bellerue (bass clarinet/feedback)
VENUE: Prospect Series
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, August 3
5PM Alan Licht/Eric Arn//Samara Lubelski
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, August 3
8:30 pm Trio
Matana Roberts (saxophone) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) and a special guest
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 4
6 pm Caroline Davis’ Alula
Caroline Davis – alto saxophone and electronics
Val Jeanty – turntables
Qasim Naqvi – modular synthesizer
Chris Tordini – electric bass
Timothy Angulo – drums
Lincoln Center Presents
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, August 4
Solo & Solo, Matthew Ship & Brandon Lopez
8 pm Brandon Lopez – Double bass
9 pm Matthew Shipp – Piano
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $25

SUNDAY, August 4
8 pm Anthony Coleman Plays Duke Ellington
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 5
7pm Renewal: YSUO String Quartet Concert
Music by Dvořák, Gershwin, Hubarenko
The YSOU String Quartet
VENUE: The Kosciuszko Foundation (15 East 65th St., New York)
ADMISSION: $39

TUESDAY, August 6
7:30 PM Sam Weinberg Residency
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, August 6
7:30 pm Goldberg, Hebert, Atwal
Ben Goldberg – Clarinet
John Hebert – Contrabass
Hamir Atwal – Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, August 6 -7
7:30 pm Jonathon Heyward Conducts Mendelssohn
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte
Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor
Marianna Martines Symphony in C major
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Ryan Roberts, oboe
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: Choose-What-You-Pay

THURSDAY and FRIDAY, August 8 – 9
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock Duo
Kris Davis -piano
Ingrid Laubrock -saxophone
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

FRIDAY, August 9
8 pm Living Music Underground: JACK Quartet
hosted and curated by Nadia Sirota
Summer for the City
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, August 10
7:30 pm Ensemble Signal: Reich, Romitelli
Fausto Romitelli, Professor Bad Trip, Lesson 1-3, 1998-2000
Steve Reich, Radio Rewrite, 2012
Ensemble Signal
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 10
8PM Judith Berkson
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 10
9pm New York Forward Festival Brooklyn: Diego Hedez & Forward Quartet
Diego Hedez (trumpet), Hans Young Binter (piano)
Brandon Lopez (bass), Francisco Mela (drums)
VENUE: Secret location in Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
7:30 pm Ning Yu, Cory Smythe: Brigitta Muntendorf
Brigitta Muntendorf
Trilogy for two pianos, tape, and live electronics, (2014-2018)
Ning Yu, Piano
Cory Smythe, Piano
Levy Lorenzo, Electronics
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
New York Forward Festival Brooklyn
8pm Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola)
9pm Nick Lyons (alto sax), Carol Liebowitz (piano)
VENUE: Secret location in Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
8:30pm Sally Gates, Zoh Amba, Brian Chase / Human Rites Trio
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 12
DMG Guitar Fest Volume Two
7:30: Eyal Maoz – Solo or Duo Guitar(s)
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, August 12
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Matt Mitchell Trio “Zealous Angles” Album Release

Matt Mitchell -piano
Chris Tordini -bass
Dan Weiss -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

TUESDAY, August 13
8:30 pm Fraser, Maneri, Lopez
Nick Fraser – Drums
Mat Maneri – Viola
Brandon Lopez – Contrabass
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, August 13
8:30 PM Assembly #20
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 15
7:30 pm Wet Ink Ensemble: Mincek, Soper
Kate Soper, Epithets, 2023-2024
Alex Mincek, Nomadic Science, 2024
Wet Ink Ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 15
8:30 pm Duo 2
Kevin Hays (piano) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY – SATURDAY, August 15-17
3pm (Sat) and 8pm Natural Studies by thingNY
You Against Nature by Joseph White
Mouthful by thingNY
performed by alejandro t. acierto, Gelsey Bell, Isabel Castellvi, Andrew Livingston, Paul Pinto, Erin Rogers, and Dave Ruder
VENUE: The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $22-52

FRIDAY, August 16
8:30 pm Duo 3
Kevin Hays (piano) Craig Taborn (keyboards)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 17
8PM Brandon Lopez and guests

VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, August 17
8PM Turbo Lotus “album release performance”
Ayako Kanda, Patrick Golden, Matt Hollenberg
Toadal Package: Ipek Eginli, Tim Dahl, Kevin Shea
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION: $20

August 20 – 25
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: $43

WEDNESDAY, August 21
8:30 pm Quintet
Immanuel Wilkins (saxophone) Lauren Cauley (violin) gabby fluke-mogul (violin) Jessica Pavone (viola) Lester St Louis (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 21
7:30 pm JACK Quartet: McCormack
Timothy McCormack, your body is a volume, 2016-19
JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 22
7:30 pm Alarm Will Sound: Baker, Balter, Norman, Komschlies, Tovar-Henao, Sheehan
Andrew Norman, Try, 2011
Claude Baker, Carmen Infernarum Machinarum Fugax, 2022-23
Chelsea Komschlies, Hexactinellida, 2019
Felipe Tovar-Henao, Enjambres, 2022
Kelley Sheehan, splitting to collapse, 2023
Marcos Balter, Code-Switching, 2022-23
Alarm Will Sound
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 24
7:30 pm Yarn/Wire: Evans, Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth, Black Dwarf, 2023
Peter Evans, Animations, 2023, featuring Peter Evans, trumpet
Yarn/Wire
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 25
2 PM Summer Thunder
The Sun Ra Arkestra
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, August 27
9PM & 10:15PM Brian Marsella’s Gatos do Sul
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, August 27
7pm Renku (Michaël Attias, John Hébert, Satoshi Takeishi)
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 28
8:30 pm The Partita Project
Jennifer Choi (violin)
Bach Partita No. 2 in D Minor; Missy Mazzoli Dissolve, O My Heart; John Zorn Partita
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

August 29-September 1
7PM and 9PM Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau, piano
VENUE: Smoke
ADMISSION: $40-$65

FRIDAY, August 30
8:30 pm A Modern Sound Bath
Jennifer Choi (violin) James Moore (electric guitar) Kathleen Supove (piano)
Improvisations / Zorn Hockey / A. Vrebalov Sound Shapes…
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 31
8:30 pm Resurrect
Jennifer Choi (violin) Michael Nicolas (cello) Kyle Armbrust (viola) Stephen Gosling (piano)
Schoenberg String Trio, Op. 45; Alfred Schnittke Sonata No. 2 “Quasi Una Sonata”
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20