Highlight of the month: Vision Festival
SATURDAY, June 1
6 pm Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound
Dianne Mcintyre (Dance) With Pheeroan Aklaff
The New School Dolphy Ensemble Edelyn Huang, Cole Cotton, Kayla Kessler, Russell Markey
Feat. Mehrnam Rastegari
Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown
Patricia Brennan
Don Byron Bass Clarinet Quartet
Don Byron, Jd Parran, Bob Debellis, Todd Marcus
The Dolphy Trio
Nicole Mitchell, Darius Jones, Jd Parran
Reggie Workman With Jen Shyu, Jason Kao Hwang, Ayana Workman
VENUE: John L. Tishman Auditorium, The New School (63 Fifth Ave., Greenwich Village)
ADMISSION: $35, two-day pass $60
SATURDAY, June 1 – SUNDAY, June 2
8pm and 10 pm Brad Mehldau Trio
Brad Mehldau – Piano
Felix Moseholm – Bass
Joe Farnsworth – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $50
SUNDAY, June 2
3pm Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound
The Dolphy String Quartet
Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris, Mariel Roberts, Kimberly Foster
Eugene Chadbourne
James Brandon Lewis With Kirk Knuffke, Chris Lightcap, Chad Taylor
Nicole Mitchell & Craig Taborn Geri Allen’s Celebration Ensemble Suite For Eric Dolphy
VENUE: The New School (63 Fifth Ave., NY)
ADMISSION: $35, two-day pass $60
MONDAY, June 3
8 pm Spirit Stronger Than Blood: A “Fare-Well” Celebration of the Music of Frank London
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30
TUESDAY, June 4
8 pm Wet Ink Spring Chamber Concert
Eric Wubbels:
//chlorophyll [2024], from Second Nature
for alto flute, computer-controlled cymbals, and percussion
Carolyn Chen: Rendition (2007)
for cello, bass, and piano
Sam Pluta: binary/momentary ii: flow state/joy state (2017)
for trumpet, two trombones, piano, and percussion
Peter Evans/Sam Pluta duo
VENUE: St Peters Chelsea (346 W 20th St New York)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested
TUESDAY, June 4
9:30 pm Invisible Guy
Ben Goldberg – Clarinet / Michael Coleman – Keyboard / Hamir Atwal – Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free
WEDNESDAY, June 5
8:30 pm Quartet
Nels Cline (electric guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Tom Rainey (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
June 5–14
7 pm and 4 pm Inside Light
Part 1: All-Stockhausen Program
Montags-Gruss
Unsichtbare Chöre from Donnerstag
Mittwochs-Gruss
2 hours and 30 minutes with intermission
Part 2: All-Stockhausen Program
Freitags-Gruss
Freitags-Abschied
Composition Karlheinz Stockhausen
Sound Projection Kathinka Pasveer
Spatial Installation and Lighting Design Urs Schönebaum
Video Design Robi Voigt
Sound Engineer Reinhard Klose
Original Concept Pierre Audi
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $50-85
THURSDAY, June 6
6:30 PM Roulette’s 45th Anniversary Gala
Henry Threadgill
Yuka Honda and Nels Cline
Immanuel Wilkins and Joel Ross
Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori
Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon
John Zorn and Jim Staley
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: from $125
THURSDAY, June 6
8 PM Pastorale Album Release show
The Rhythm Method
Release of ‘Pastorale’ on New Focus Records
Paul Pinto: String Quartet No. 4 (‘I pass’d a church’)
Marina Kifferstein: String Quartet No. 2
Lewis Nielson: Pastorale … para los pobres de la tierra
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=245912884/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/ VENUE: Jack
ADMISSION: Free
FRIDAY, June 7
8 PM Prospect Series (#36)
Marija Kovačević, Music for Broken Violins
Webb Crawford / Chuck Roth guitar duo
Michael Foster / John Blum / Brandon Lopez / Joey Sullivan Quartet
saxophone / piano / bass / drums
VENUE: 1923 8th Ave, Brooklyn (corner of 20th st, door at top of steps)
ADMISSION: pay what you want
SATURDAY, June 8
1 pm and 4 pm Motor Tapes
Sarah Hennies, Motor Tapes, a one-hour work for a large ensemble
VENUE: Whitney Museum of American Art
ADMISSION: $25-30
SATURDAY, June 8
8:30 pm Quartet
Angelica Sanchez (piano) Carmen Quill (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, June 9
3:30 pm Bang on a Can Music Series: David Grubbs and Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg, guitar
David Grubbs, guitar
VENUE: Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City)
ADMISSION: $6-16
MONDAY, June 10
8PM Indian Funk with Theo Woodward, Katya Naphtali & Hans Tammen
VENUE: Troost
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, June 13
7 pm and 9 pm Jazztopad Festival: Kris Davis & Lutoslawski Quartet
Kris Davis, piano
Roksana Kwasnikowska, violin
Marcin Markowicz, violin
Artur Rozmyslowicz, viola
Maciej Mlodawski, cello
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20+21 – $40+21
THURSDAY, June 13
8PM Elliott Sharp: Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue), a time travel opera
Elliott Sharp composer, electronics
Nicholas Isherwood bass/baritone
Janene Higgins projection design
DGF String Quartet
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20/$30
FRIDAY, June 14 and SUNDAY, June 16
7:30 pm Marian Zazeela Memorial Concert
Two Concerts of Evening Ragas
Raga Yaman Kalyan
“Raga Sundara” ektal (12 beats) vilampit, La Monte Young
Raga Sindh Bhairavi
Song to Guruji, “Was It The Shadow of His Feet?” dipchandi tal (14 beats) madhyalay, La Monte Young
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble:
La Monte Young, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet
Jon Catler, just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe, electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
VENUE: MELA Foundation Dream House (275 Church Street, New York)
ADMISSION: $56-63
FRIDAY, June 14
8 PM 8th Jazztopad
Marta Sanchez / Amalia Umeda / Michael Bates / Lesley Mok
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, June 15
4 pm and 8 pm A Thousand Thoughts
Summer for the City: The Ephemeral Cinema of Sam Green
A live documentary with the Kronos Quartet
Written and Directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: $5-100
SATURDAY, June 15
4:30 pm Jazztopad Presents Hand to Earth
The Crow by Hand to Earth featuring Amalia Umeda
Daniel Wilfred – voice and bilma
David Wilfred – yidaki (didgeridoo) and voice
Sunny Kim – voice, percussion, and electronics
Aviva Endean – clarinets, harmonic flute, electronics
Peter Knight – trumpet, electronics, percussion
Amalia Umeda – violin
VENUE: Hearst Plaza (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free
SATURDAY, Jun 15
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Tony Malaby’s Firebath (NYC)
Tony Malaby -saxophone, composer
Dave Ballou -trumpet
Ben Monder -guitar
Angelica Sanchez -piano
Mark Helias -bass
Allan Mednard -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20 – $45
SUNDAY, June 16
8PM Tony Malaby/Kaelen Ghandhi/James Paul Nadien/”P.M.A.” (drums, Lisbon), Jeremy Viner/Tim Berne/Kenny Warren/Nick Dunston/Kate Gentile
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, June 18
6 PM Vision Festival 2024: Honoring William Parker, LifeTime of Achievement
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70
TUESDAY, June 18
8 pm Sam Weinberg 2024 Residency
Peter Evans – trumpet
Brandon Seabrook – guitar
John Hebert – bass
Sam Ospovat – drums
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-30
WEDNESDAY, June 19
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 2
9 PM: Matthew Shipp Trio
Michael Bisio – bass / Newman Taylor – drums / Matthew Shipp – piano
10 PM: Nasheet Waits: Tarbaby: THIS IS AMERICA
Orrin Evans – piano / Eric Revis – bass / Nasheet Waits – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70
WEDNESDAY, June 19 – SATURDAY, June 22
8:30 pm Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Steve Coleman (sax) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Matt Mitchell (piano) Anthony Tidd (bass) Sean Rickman (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, June 20
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 3
7 PM: Jen Shyu: Fertile Land, Fertile Body (1st Movement)
Jen Shyu – composition, voice, violin, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute / Layale Chaker – violin, voice / Martha Redbone – vocals / Maeve Gilchrist – celtic harp / Devon Gates – bass, voice
8 PM: Ingrid Laubrock: Lilith
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophones / David Adewumi – trumpet / Yvonne Rogers – piano/ Adam Matlock – accordion / Eva Lawitts – bass / Henry Mermer – drums
9 PM: Darius Jones Quintet
Darius Jones – alto sax / Christopher Hoffman – cello / Liani Matteo – bass / Nick Saia – guitar / Jason Nazary – drums
10 PM: James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Trio
James Blood Ulmer – guitar, vocals / Mark Peterson – bass / G. Calvin Weston – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70
THURSDAY, June 20
8PM Adam Lane Quartet
Ray Anderson, Trombone
Kirk Knuffke, cornet
Adam Lane, bass
Billy Mintz, drums
9PM Anthony Coleman Trio
Anthony Coleman, Piano
Adam Lane, bass
Patrick Golden, drums
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, June 21
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 4
9 pm: Trio Plex: Together We Rise
Cooper-Moore – piano / TA Thompson – drums / Ken Filiano – bass
10 pm: Mendoza / Hoff / Revels
Ava Mendoza – guitar, vocals / Devin Hoff – bass / James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax / Ches Smith – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70
SUNDAY, June 23
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 6
6 PM Matana Roberts COIN COIN Chapter V
Matana Roberts: saxophone, conduction, voice, electronics / Darius Jones: alto saxophone, voice / Matt Lavelle: trumpet, alto clarinet, voice / Stuart Bogie: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, voice / Cory Smythe: piano, electronics / Ryan Sawyer: drumset, auxiliary percussion, voice / Mike Pride: drumset, auxiliary percussion / TBA – special guest
7 PM: Thollem McDonas / ACVilla
Thollem McDonas – electronics, pianos / ACVilla – live art projections
8 PM Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few:
Isaiah Collier – saxophone / Nat Reeves – bass / Michael Ode – drums
9 PM: Watershed Continuum: Art projections by Jo WoodBrown
Rob Brown – alto saxophone / Steve Swell – trombone / Alexis Marcelo – piano / Whit Dickey – drums
10 PM Marshall Allen & the Arkestra 100th birthday Celebration
Marshall Allen – director reeds, evi / Knoel Scott, Anthony Nelson – baritone sax / Chris Hemingway – reeds / James Stewart – tenor sax / Tara Middleton – voice / D. Hotep – guitar / Michael Ray, Kevin Batchelor, Cecil Brooks – trumpet / Dave Davis, Robert Stringer – trombone / Vincent Chancey – french horn / Tyler Mitchell – bass / Elson Nascimento, Jorge DeSilva – perc / George Gray – drums / Live Art projections by William Mazza
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70
WEDNESDAY, June 26
7 pm and 9 pm Tyshawn Sorey: Tribute To Max Roach
Tyshawn Sorey, drums, arranger
Adam O’ Farrill, trumpet
Mark Shim, tenor saxophone
Lex Korten, piano
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20+21 – $40+21
WEDNESDAY, June 26
8:30 pm Duo 1
Eliza Bagg and Catherine Brookman (two amplified voices with electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, July 27 and FRIDAY, July 28
8 pm The Precipice
A chamber-rock opera
Created by KARL (Karl Ronneburg)
Music & Text by KARL & Grey Rose Grant
Performances by Contemporaneous Ensemble, with vocalists Morgan Mastrangelo & Wayne Arthur
VENUE: The Space at Irondale
ADMISSION: $12-28
SATURDAY, June 29
8 PM Terry Jenoure Trio
Terry Jenoure, Joe Fonda, Reggie Nicholson
Andrew Drury Tentet
Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Christopher Hoffman (cello), Thomas Heberet (corner), Frank Lacy (trombone), Briggan Krauss (alto sax), JD Parran (bass flute), Alexis Marcelo (keyboard), Ken Filiano (bass), Andrew Drury (drums)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, June 30
4pm Soup & Sound 200
Doyeon Kim, Gayageum
Sarah Bernstein, Violin
Gwen Laster, Violin
Melanie Dyer, Viola
Tessa Brinckman, Flute
Sarah Hughes, Multi-Winds
Mara Rosenbloom, Piano
Andrew Drury, Percussion
VENUE: Soup & Sound
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, June 30
8 pm 20th Annual NYC In C
Terry Riley’s In C
Ava Mendoza, Matana Roberts, Qasim Naqvi, Zoh Amba, Gelsey Bell, Angélica Negrón, Kaoru Watanabe, Aba Diop, Adam Tendler
VENUE: Damrosch Park (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free
SUNDAY, June 30
8pm Two Exciting Duos
Anthony Coleman / Barry Altschul
Gabe Boyarin / Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20
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