NYC Calendar August 2016

SATURDAY, August 6
8 PM Marcos Campello and Okkyung Lee
A member of a leading Rio de Janeiro free-rock band Chinese Cookie Poets Marcos Campello (guitar) performs with one of the most creative free improvisers in New York Okkyung Lee (cello).

https://www.facebook.com/events/318262955175257/
http://chinesecookiepoets.bandcamp.com/album/danza-cava
VENUE: The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts (240 E 52nd St, New York)
ADMISSION: $10

SATURDAY, August 6
8 PM and 10PM Mary Halvorson Octet
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (alto sax) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar) John Hébert (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 7
10 PM Mary Halvorson and Weasel Walter
Mary Halvorson (guitar) Weasel Walter (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY August 9
8 PM Ritual Day 1: Song for Baridegi (Mother of All Shamans)
Jen Shyu (composition, vocals, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, piano) Mat Maneri (viola) Ikue Mori (electronics). Jen Shyu’s residency at the Stone

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY August 9
10:30 PM Tim Berne, saxophone; Hank Roberts, cello
VENUE: Korzo
ADMISSION: $10+ $10 suggested cover

FRIDAY, August 12
8:30PM Mark Feldman Duos with Sylvie Courvoisier and Chris Otto
Mark Feldman (violin)
Chris Otto (violin)
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
Bagatells by John Zorn
http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2016/08/0505.html
VENUE: The Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $30 per set plus a 1 drink minimum

SATURDAY, August 13
John Zorn: Book of Bagatelles – Erik Friedlander/Michael Nicolas Duo
VENUE: The Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $30 per set plus a 1 drink minimum

SATURDAY, August 13
8 PM Peter Evans & Joe Mcphee
http://issueprojectroom.org/event/peter-evans-joe-mcphee
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $15 – 12

SATURDAY, August 13
10 PM Ritual Day 5 (Jen Shyu’s residency at the Stone)
Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) Jen Shyu (vocals)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 14
7 PM Influences/Confluences: Bauhaus As Seen By Lukas Ligeti
https://nationalsawdust.org/event/classical-lukas-ligeti/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $20-25

FRIDAY, August 19
8 PM Ned Rothenberg, Josh Abrams, Joe Morris, William Parker, Hamid Drake
Ned Rothenberg (clarinet, bass clarinet, sax) Josh Abrams (bass, zintar) Joe Morris (guitar, bass, banjo, banjouke, fiddle, pocket trumpet) William Parker (bass, dos n’ngoni, zintar, flutes) Hamid Drake (drums, frame drum, percussion, voice)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 20
9:00PM & 10:30PM Couvoisier, Feldman, Laubrock and Rainey
Sylvie Couvoisier, piano; Mark Feldman, violin; Ingrid Laubrock, tenor sax; Tom Rainey, drums
VENUE: Cornelia street cafe
ADMISSION: $20 cover includes a drink

SATURDAY, August 20
10 PM Gerald Cleaver, Craig Taborn, Joe Morris, William Parker
Gerald Cleaver (drums) Joe Morris (guitar, bass, banjo, banjouke, fiddle, pocket trumpet) William Parker (bass, dos n’ngoni, zintar, flutes) Craig Taborn (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 22
10 PM A Little Night Music | Improvisations
Cory Smythe and Craig Taborn anchor a genre-surfing two-piano program, bridging the worlds of classic and modern jazz with their supremely individual styles. Fellow ICE member and versatile trumpeter Peter Evans joins for a keyboard-brass collaboration.
http://mostlymozart.org/events/international-contemporary-ensemble-night-music
VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $45

TUESDAY, August 23
8 PM BB&C
Tim Berne (alto sax) Jim Black (drums, other sounds) Nels Cline (electric guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 27
8 PM Frode Gjerstad/Steve Swell
Norwegian multi-reed player Frode Gjerstad meets with trombone great Steve Swell.
http://www.andrewdrury.com/calendar.htm
VENUE: Soup & Sound House Concert Series (292 Lefferts Ave., Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested donation

SUNDAY, August 28
7:00 PM David Rothenberg, et al

VENUE: Spectrum
ADMISSION: $10-15

SUNDAY, August 28
10 PM Including Words
Ryland Angel (voice) Zeena Parkins (harp) Jorge Roeder (bass) Nels Cline (electro-acoustic guitar). New music/directed improvisation utilizing the love letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham as text.
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, August 30
7 PM Chiara String Quartet – Bartók By Heart, Part I
https://nationalsawdust.org/event/classical-chiara-string-quartet-bartok-by-heart-part-i/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $20-25

WEDNESDAY, August 31
7 PM Chiara String Quartet – Bartók By Heart, Part II
https://nationalsawdust.org/event/classical-chiara-string-quartet-bartok-by-heart-part-ii/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $20-25

Medea: Exploring the Total Field of Senses

“If John Cage was alive and heard this, he would go nuts,” – said an audience member of Medea, a Pasolini-inspired butoh-opera, staged near Olimpiysky sports complex in Kyiv on June 12, starring butoh dancers Valentin Tszin and Flavia Ghisalberti with music by Audrey Chen (vocals), Phil Minton (vocals), Henrik Munkeby Norstebo (trombone), Thomas Rohrer (rabeca), and Michael Vorfeld (percussion). Of course, such reaction could address a myriad of outdoor performances, and, coming from a pianist who had performed Cage a number of times, was just too obvious. That night, however, another idea of Cage could take on a new meaning, if we replace “sound” with “sense,” which isn’t too much of a stretch, given 21st century urge to multisensory experiences. It seems that this is exactly what the show’s organizer, a highly imaginative music agency Ukho, does best: making Kyiv’s audiences of all ages believe that music is not just sound.

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photo by Lili Viter

It is the time of the day when the sun breaks up into pieces and scatters over the sky like – cherry blossom? pieces of flesh and blood? I walk past Olimpiysky stadium up the hill, until the voices of football fans recede into silence and the stadium’s UFO-looking roof emerges in front of my eyes – the place’s mysterious view indeed reminds of Pasolini’s desert landscapes. Few hundreds of unordered chairs await the audience; Medea is about to start.

Supposedly without a plot, this genre-bending opera has no melodic lines, let alone arias, but can be perceived as a counterpoint of sensorial threads, on the verge between stasis and narrative. Barefoot dancers, barely dressed in skin-colored clothes, emerge from the audience, writhing with pain. Their suffering becomes our suffering – we could almost touch them and do feel the cold of their freezing feet hitting the asphalt. Humming screams of Minton and Chen can hardly be perceived as sound, but rather as shades of silence that at once project agony and fill up the void. Complete silence would be just too intense – too intense to leave the audience one-on-one with the thriller thread of the performance, by Tszin and Ghisalberti. After several wild acts, such as Tszin getting up the metal construction, the couple meets in a static movement. Their Zen-like concentration and emotionally-charged slow motion vaguely reminds of New York’s Japanese dance couple Eiko and Koma. The subtle eroticism and the dancers’ cruelty to their own bodies, however, is definitely Pasolini’s: replace the mystery of this mixture of beauty and pain with his mysticism, and you arrive at realism – “only those who are mystical are realistic.” Once Jason tears off Medea’s “perfectly real” silicone skin, she scratches her real leg over the sharp edge of a wooden platform.

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To add to the opera’s perfect combination of music and movement, yet another sensory line: some thirty butoh-village performers, steadily moving from backstage through the audience, their gaze steadily fixed on the horror which only their eyes can see. Barefoot, with cobblestones on their heads, they slowly walk over freezing ground, and the audience, again, can empathize with no effort. Yet another thread is our freedom to move across the space, choosing a different perspective each time, yet another – the sun going down slowly, in its own pace.

photo by Volodymyr Osypenko

Once the listener immerses into visual agony and is completely captivated by the couple, something remarkable happens. The sun goes down, the music switches from lightly-colored silence to scream, the thirty dancers “suddenly” emerge behind our backs, and, having passed the audience, they acquire voice. Once everything reverses, the suffering experienced by Medea and Jason is no longer there – it reverses into silence and stillness of our tortured hearts, from realism to mystery.

Erlena Dlu

Medea is a part of Architecture of Voice project, vol. 2: around stadia, curated by Sasha Andrusyk of Ukho Music Agency (Kyiv). Previous shows included: “Blumenstudien” by Lucia Ronchetti in sub tropic orangery of botanic garden, Phil Minton and Audry Chen in paleontological museum, David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion in a church, Victoria Polyova’s Ave Maria Stella in a swimming pool, among many others.

NYC Calendar March 2016

WEDNESDAY, March 2
7PM Neighborhood Concert: Mivos Quartet
Program:
Robert Honstien: Arctic I: Midnight Sun
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”
Mario Diaz: De Leon Moonblood
Missy Mazzoli: Death Valley Junction
Ned Rothenberg: Viewfinder
Felipe Lara: Corde Vocale
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2016/3/2/0700/PM/NEIGHBORHOOD-CONCERT-MIVOS-QUARTET/
VENUE: Pregones Theater, The Bronx
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, March 2
7PM Jay Campbell & Conor Hanick
Jay Campbell, cello & Conor Hanick, piano, special guest Fred Sherry.
Music of Bach, Scelsi, Messiaen, and Hildegard von Bingen
http://italianacademy.columbia.edu/event/jay-campbell-cello-conor-hanick-piano
VENUE: The Italian Academy
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, March 3
8PM Matt Mitchell (piano), Ches Smith (drums, percussion, vibes)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, March 4
8PM and 10PM Normal Remarkable Persons
Tim Berne (alto sax), Travis LaPlante (tenor sax), Matt Mitchell (piano), Ches Smith (drums, percussion, vibes), Dan Weiss (drums, tabla), Ben Gerstein (trombone)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, March 6
8PM Silence (Cage/Kagel/Berio/Aperghis)
UMS ‘n JIP Swiss Contemporary Music Duo voice, recorder & electronics
Program:
Dieter Schnebel, from Redeübungen für Hand und Mund, 1984/5
Luciano Berio, Gesti per flauto dolce, 1966
John Cage, Lecture on Nothing, 1950/61
Mauricio Kagel, Atem (für einen Bläser), 1969
Georges Aperghis, from récitations pour une voix seule, 1977/8
http://thefirehousespace.org/event/adam-roberts/

VENUE: The Firehousespace
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, March 7
7:30PM New York Philharmonic Presents: Contact!
“The Messiaen Connection” explores Messiaen’s singular voice and its impact on generations of composers to follow, including Pierre Boulez.
http://nationalsawdust.org/event/new-york-philharmonic-presents-contact-2/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: check with the venue

TUESDAY, March 8
7:30PM Ensemble ACJW
Program:
Villa-Lobos: Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2016/3/8/0730/PM/Ensemble-ACJW/
VENUE: Paul Hall (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: check with the venue

TUESDAY, March 8
8 PM Claire Chase (flutes), Joshua Rubin (clarinets)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, March 10
8PM Jennifer Curtis (violin), Pauline Oliveros (accordion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, March 10
8PM Ayman Fanous/Jason Hwang/Ned Rothenberg/Daniel Levin Quartet
http://thefirehousespace.org/event/ayman-fanous-and-many-others/
VENUE: The Firehousespace
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, March 10
8PM Guy Klucevsek, accordion; Phillip Johnston, soprano saxophone
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY, March 18
8PM Akio Suzuki
http://issueprojectroom.org/event/akio-suzuki-conceptual-soundwork

VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, March 20
3PM John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Matt Mitchell (piano solo)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, March 20
4:30PM John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Mark Feldman (violin) Chris Otto (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

March 22–30
Tuesday–Thursday: 7:30 PM
Friday–Saturday: 8:00 PM
De Materie
Heiner Goebbels stages this monumental work in a highly-imaginative production that infuses the work’s journey through a sequence of non-narrative tableaus with visual imagery to help convey its meaning, with references to Mondrian and Madame Curie as well as floating zeppelins and a flock of sheep.
Performed by International Contemporary Ensemble
http://armoryonpark.org/programs_events/detail/de_materie
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory, Wade Thompson Drill Hall
ADMISSION: from $40

SUPERTHURSDAY

THURSDAY, March 24
7:30PM New Music: Lerdahl, Harbison, Lachenmann, & Rihm
http://www.lincolncenter.org/show/new-music-fung-lerdahl-lachenmann-rihm
VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $35

THURSDAY, March 24
8PM Hans Abrahamsen
Performers: Ensemble Signal
http://www.millertheatre.com/events/hans-abrahamsen

VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $25 – $35

THURSDAY, March 24
8PM The Necks with Alvin Curran
http://whitney.org/Events/TheNecksAlvinCurran

VENUE: Whitney Museum
ADMISSION: $18/$22

THURSDAY, March 24
8PM String Theories III: Chris Cerrone’s The Pieces That Fall to Earth
Violinist Sarah Goldfeather performs works by Kate Soper, Julia Wolfe, and Alex Weiser, and is joined by the soprano Justine Aronson and others for the New York premiere of Chris Cerrone‘s LA Philharmonic-commissioned The Pieces That Fall to Earth.
http://roulette.org/events/string-theories-iv-chris-cerrones-the-pieces-that-fall-to-earth/
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-25

THURSDAY, March 24
10PM Mark Feldman “Suited Connectors”
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Tom Rainey (drums) Mark Feldman (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, March 25
8PM The Necks with Arnold Dreyblatt
http://whitney.org/Events/TheNecksArnoldDreyblatt
VENUE: Whitney Museum
ADMISSION: $18/$22

FRIDAY, March 25
8PM John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Mark Feldman (violin) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, March 25
10PM Feldman Courvoisier duo play Malphas—John Zorn’s Book of Angels + Eurydice and Orpheus (music from Feldman-Courvoisier)
Mark Feldman (violin) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, March 26
8PM Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Drew Gress (bass) Kenny Wallesen (drums) Mark Feldman (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, March 26
10PM Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Drew Gress (bass) Tom Rainey (drums) Mark Feldman (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

NYC Calendar February 2016

THURSDAY, February 4
7:30 PM Bang on a Can: Unorthodox
Mivos Quartet: The String Quartets of Steve Reich
http://thejewishmuseum.org/calendar/events/2016/02/04/concert-bang-on-a-can-unorthodox
https://www.facebook.com/events/1542878629367428/
VENUE: The Jewish Museum
ADMISSION: $12-$18

THURSDAY, February 4
8 PM The World of Krakauer: Three Perspectives of David Krakauer

The World of Krakauer February 4th, 2016

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $25, free for members

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, February 4-6
7 PM Robert Ashley and Steve Paxton: Quicksand
Music and Libretto by Robert Ashley
Orchestra composed by Tom Hamilton
Choreographed by Steve Paxton
Light Design by David Moodey
Performed by Maura Gahan and Jurij Konjar
Sound design and live mix by Tom Hamilton
http://www.thekitchen.org/event/robert-ashley-and-steve-paxton-quicksand
VENUE: The Kitchen
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, February 5
7 PM Jeffrey Zeigler (solo cello)
http://nationalsawdust.org/event/jeffrey-zeigler-presents-only-breath/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $25

FRIDAY, February 5
8 PM Dither plays Zorn: Game Pieces
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Gyan Riley (guitars) Ikue Mori (electronics) Michael Nicolas (cello)
Dither and friends play Zorn’s seminal improvisational game pieces, featuring Hockey, Fencing, Curling and Rugby.
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, February 5
8 PM Peter Evans Quintet Plus Special Guests Aaron Burnett and Ingrid Laubrock
Peter Evans – trumpets, compositions
Sam Pluta – live electronics
Ron Stabinsky – piano, synthesizer
Tom Blancarte – bass
Jim Black – drums, electronics
Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone
Aaron Burnett – tenor saxophone
http://roulette.org/events/residency-peter-evans/

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-25

SATURDAY, February 6
7:30 PM Kenny Wollesen (percussionist) and Julia Elsas (artist)

http://www.drawingcenter.org/en/drawingcenter/20/events/21/public-programs/1284/basement-performances/
VENUE: The Drawing Center
ADMISSION: $10

MONDAY, February 8
7:30 PM Dan Tepfer’s Acoustic Informatics featuring ICE

Dan Tepfer’s Acoustic Informatics February 8th, 2016

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $15-25, free for members

TUESDAY, February 9
8 PM Keith Jarrett
An Evening of Solo Piano Improvisations
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2016/2/9/0800/PM/Keith-Jarrett/
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
ADMISSION: $45- $125

TUESDAY, February 9
8 PM George Lewis: The Kitchen Improvises 1976–1983
George Lewis curates an evening of performances by Thomas Buckner (voice), Earl Howard (saxophones and electronics), Oliver Lake (saxophones), Lewis (electronics, trombone), Michael Lytle (clarinets), Miya Masaoka (koto and electronics), Ikue Mori (electronics), Andrea Parkins (accordion, objects, electronics), and Lucie Vítková (accordion and voice)
http://www.thekitchen.org/event/george-lewis-the-kitchen-improvises-1976-1983
VENUE: The Kitchen
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, February 9
10:30 PM Tim Berne, saxophone; Shahzad Ismaily, bass; Ches Smith, drums
VENUE: Korzo/Konceptions Music Series
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, February 11
8 PM Indigo I
Steve Dalachinsky, Lisa Sokolov (voices) AR’BRAF (rapper) Jesse Henry, Dave Ross (guitars) William Hooker (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, February 16
8 PM Cosmic Lieder
Darius Jones (alto sax) Matthew Shipp (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, February 17
7 PM An Evening Of Luigi Nono Feat. Ekmeles

http://nationalsawdust.org/event/miranda-cuckson-presents-an-evening-of-luigi-nono-feat-ekmeles/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $25

FRIDAY, February 19
7:30 PM Phoenix Quartet presents The End of Time, Deconstructed
http://thefirehousespace.org/event/phoenix-quartet-presents-the-end-of-time-deconstructed/
VENUE: The Firehouse Space
ADMISSION: $10

SUNDAY, February 21
3 PM John Zorn’s Bagatelles: Ikue Mori Solo
Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, February 21
8 PM Chris Pitsiokos – alto sax, compositions, Andrew Smiley – guitar, Henry Fraser – bass, Jason Nazary – drums
Peter Evans – trumpet, Aaron Burnett – tenor saxophone, Brandon Lopez – bass, Weasel Walter – drums
VENUE: Jack
ADMISSION: $12

TUESDAY, February 23
8PM Weasel Walter Large Ensemble

Weasel Walter (drums)
Elliott Sharp (guitar)
Chris Welcome (guitar)
Michael Foster (saxophones)
Chris Pitsiokos (saxophone)
Matt Nelson (saxophone)
Peter Evans (trumpet)
Jaimie Branch (trumpet)
Steve Swell (trombone)
Leila Bordreuil (cello)
Tim Dahl (bass)
Brandon Lopez (bass)
VENUE: Jack
ADMISSION: $12

WEDNESDAY February 24
07:30 PM American Immersion: Jack Quartet
All Georg Friedrich Haas program

American Immersion: Jack Quartet

VENUE: ACFNY
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP http://www.acfny.org/event/reservation/american-immersion-jack-quartet/

THURSDAY, February 25
7:30 Audrey Chen (voice), Flandrew Fleisenberg (percussion)

https://www.facebook.com/events/503724273146599/
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY, February 26
8 PM American Immersion: Talea Ensemble
All Georg Friedrich Haas program

American Immersion: Talea Ensemble

VENUE: Bohemian National Hall
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP

SATURDAY, February 27
7 PM Tenth Intervention Presents: Robert Ashley’s “Perfect Lives” Complete: Long Performance
Robert Ashley’s “Perfect Lives” in a marathon concert with guest artists, dancer, and completely memorized.
VENUE: Spectrum
ADMISSION: $10-15

SATURDAY, February 27
7:30PM and 9:30 PM Ingrid Laubrock, Ubatuba Album Release

Ingrid Laubrock – tenor sax
Tim Berne – alto sax
Ben Gerstein – trombone
Dan Peck – tuba
Tom Rainey – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22/$12 members

NYC Calendar January 2016

Highlights of the month:
Okkyung Lee residency at JACK
Ken Vandermark residency at the Stone

SUNDAY, January 3
3PM John Zorn’s Bagatelles | Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Drew Gress (bass), Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, January 4
7:30PM Jenny Lin and Uri Caine (pianos)

Jenny Lin and Uri Cane January 4th, 2016

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $25/Free for members/

TUESDAY, January 5
8 PM Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Chris Corsano (drums), Ingrid Laubrock (sax), Ken Vandermark (reeds)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, January 6
8 PM Mat Maneri (viola), Joe McPhee (sax), Ken Vandermark (reeds)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, January 6
10 PM Tom Rainey (drums) Ned Rothenberg (sax) Ken Vandermark (reeds) and a special guest (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, January 7
7PM Erik Friedlander (cello), Shoko Nagai (piano), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
Premiere of Erik Friedlander’s new works
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY, January 8
8 PM Okkyung Lee (cello) and choreographer/dancer Michelle Boulé
http://www.jackny.org/okkyung-lee-residency.html

Getting rid of glue by means of stone walls – Okkyung Lee and Michelle Boulé at Issue Project Room

VENUE: Jack
ADMISSION: $12-15

SUNDAY, January 10
8:30PM, 10PM Nabatov, Johnson, Sarin
Simon Nabatov (Piano), Max Johnson (Bass), Michael Sarin (Drums)
Rare New York appearance of Cologne-based pianist.
“Nabatov is quite simply one of the finest improvising pianists in Europe.” -Jazz UK

VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $15 Suggested Donation (for both sets)

SUNDAY, January 10
8 PM Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), Ken Vandermark (reeds)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, January 12
7:30PM and 9:30PM Miles Okazaki Trickster

Miles Okazaki – guitar, compositions
Craig Taborn – piano
Anthony Tidd – bass
Sean Rickman – drums
VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10/$15

WEDNESDAY, January 13
8:00 PM The Ex, Bill Laswell, Colin Stetson
part of 2016 NYC Winter Jazzfest

The Ex, Bill Laswell, Colin Stetson, Happy Apple January 13th, 2016

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $20-$25

THURSDAY, January 14
8:00PM Joe McPhee (reeds), Michael Bisio (bass)
VENUE: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, January 14
8:00PM Endangered Blood
Jim Black, drum
Trevor Dunn, bass
Oscar Noriega, alto saxophone and bass clarinet
Chris Speed, tenor saxophone
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, January 14
9:00pm Zeena Parkins/Brian Chase
10pm Chris Pitsiokos / Tyshawn Sorey
10:45pm Peter Evans / Aaron Burnett / Brandon Lopez / Weasel Walter
https://www.facebook.com/events/1712455312311648/
VENUE: Muchmore’s
ADMISSION: $10

SUNDAY, January 17
3 PM Krakauer & Tagg “Breath and Hammer”
David Krakauer (clarinet), Kathleen Tagg (piano)
http://nationalsawdust.org/event/visionintoart-presents-ferus-festival-with-david-krakauer-kathleen-tagg/
https://www.facebook.com/events/482627571917532/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $25

TUESDAY, January 19
8 PM Rova-Zorn Quintet
Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, John Zorn (saxes)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, January 20
9:30 PM Anthony Braxton Portrait
From the early Stockhausen-influenced chamber works to the development of his “Ghost Trance Music” series, and later works with electronics and unusual instrumentation.

PERFORMERS:
The Wet Ink Large Ensemble
Nate Wooley (trumpet)
Peter Evans (trumpet)
Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon)
Dan Peck (tuba)
Jacob Garchik (trombone)
Jeff Snyder (modular synth)
Alex Mincek (saxophone)
Josh Modney (violin)
Kate Soper (voice)
Eric Wubbels (piano)
Ian Antonio (percussion)
http://nationalsawdust.org/event/in-situ-wet-ink-ensemble/
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, January 20
7:30 PM and 9:30 PM Matthew Shipp Trio
The Conduct of Jazz Album Release Party
http://www.lincolncenter.org/show/matthew-shipp-trio
VENUE: Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: From $30

SUNDAY, January 24
9 PM Commedia dell’arte by John Zorn
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/education/school-educator-programs/professional-development/2016/01/24/commedia-dellarte-by-john-zorn/5806
VENUE: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
ADMISSION: $15-$20

MONDAY, January 25 – SATURDAY, January 30
7:30 PM FOCUS! 2016 | Milton Babbitt’s World: A Centennial Celebration
January 26: 6:30pm – pre-concert Panel Discussion with Bethany Beardslee, Jonathan Dawe, Charles Wuorinen, and others. Moderated by Joel Sachs.
https://events.juilliard.edu/event/888/focus-2016-0126/?date=1149
January 27: Philomel (1964) and works by Davidovsky, Lansky, Martino
https://events.juilliard.edu/event/890/focus-2016-0127/?date=1152
VENUE: The Peter Jay Sharp Theater (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, January 27
10 PM Craig Taborn, MR and Ches Smith
Craig Taborn (piano) MR (sax) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, January 28
7:30 PM Weird Wednesdays (on Thursdays).
Terry Dame’s monthly music series dedicated to instrument inventors and players of found objects and other musical oddities. This month, with special guest Kenny Wollesen.
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY January 29 – SATURDAY January 30
7 PM and 9:30 PM Charles Lloyd & The Marvels Featuring Bill Frisell
http://www.lincolncenter.org/show/charles-lloyd-friends-featuring-bill-frisell
VENUE: The Appel Room (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: From $33.75

SATURDAY, January 30
8 PM Real Loud Presents: The Late Music of Giacinto Scelsi
Ko-Tha I-III (for prepared double bass)
Aitsi (for electronically prepared piano)
L’Âme Ailée et L’Âme Ouverte (for violin)
Kshara I-III (for two double basses)
performances by Tristan Kasten-Krause, Karl Larson, Hajnal Pivnick and Evan Runyon.
http://thefirehousespace.org/event/giacinto-scelsi-portrait/
https://www.facebook.com/events/952078344828092/
VENUE: The Firehouse Space
ADMISSION: $10