Caleb Wheeler Curtis: stritch, sopranino, trumpet
Noah Garabedian: bass and synth
Vinnie Sperrazza: drums
Special guest Tim Berne: alto saxophone
$20
Eva Novoa/ Vivienne Aerts Duo - 8 pm
Vivienne Aerts- vocals, Korg R3 synth & effects
Eva Novoa- piano & Chinese gongs
Art Jones solo - 9 pm
Art Jones- visuals & electronics
Novoa/ Aerts/ Jones Trio - 9:45 pm
Vivienne Aerts- vocals, Korg R3 synth & effects
Eva Novoa- piano & Chinese gongs
Art Jones- visuals & electronics
$20
Eva Novoa presents two different projects for this evening at iBeam. Brooklyn based (Barcelona born) pianist Eva Novoa on piano and Chinese gongs is joined by Dutch vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Vivienne Aerts. Vivienne and Eva met in New York in 2022. For the second set Art Jones will play a solo performance combining visuals and sound. On the third set Art Jones will join Eva Novoa and Vivienne Aerts in a trio set. An evening of great music, projections, visual poetry, images, colors and sound combined with heartfelt improvisations.
Vivienne Aerts
The staggeringly versatile skill-set of NYC-based Dutch Singer, Educator, Psychologist and Artist-preneur Vivienne Aerts busts myths around the ‘Jill of all trades’ paradigm with a nonchalance that leaves even the most skeptical purist taking a bow. A practicing clinical psychologist and choir conductor in Europe before she went on to be a Fulbright scholar and Suma Cum Laude Berklee graduate, her collaborators since have included some of the most iconic names in the world of jazz. Her eclectic ‘experience’ events in collaboration with her husband, renowned pastry chef Ted Steinebach was the root of her multi-disciplinary approach to the making of her new album, ‘Typuhthâng’, which not just features a 100 female musicians from around the globe, but also comes with a bar of bean-to-bar chocolate from Original Beans Chocolate, a company that pro-actively empowers female cacao farmers of Virunga State Park in Congo. Besides this, she is a faculty member at Berklee College of music where she has been instrumental in building a new generation of performers who are not only skilled musicians but also mentally and physically healthy individuals.
https://vivienneaerts.nl/
Art Jones
Art Jones works with film/video and sound. His performances involve the use of instruments including flexatone, kalimba, and analog synths with digital electronics and video as raw material in live improvisation. Jones has collaborated with musicians and artists across genres, and his films and performances have been presented at venues including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate Modern, and Roulette Intermedium. He lives in the Bronx, New York City.
@artjones3000
Eva Novoa
"A vivid sense of drama and its intrinsic, minute shadings of light upon dark places animate pianist Eva Novoa's work. Barcelona bred and keening with Brooklyn bravura, Novoa swaps the fore and backgrounds with uncompromised glee. Expressionistic, Impressionistic, and forthright, she aligns and upsets the edges to her liking. (...) the whole of Novoa/Gress/Gray Trio, Vol. 1 is a distinctly engaging and fascinating listen". Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz **** February 2024.
evanovoa.com
6 pm
SJ Fleish - Electroacoustic/Voice
7 pm
Ayumi Ishito - Tenor Sax
Kate Mohanty - Alto Sax
Nicole Connelly - Trombone
Jen Sapiro - Vocals
SJ Fleish - Fx/Voc
Yuko Togami - Drums
Alex Lozupone - Guitar/Bass, Piano
8 pm
Daniel Carter - Windwood
Jeff Pearring - Alto Sax
Ayumi Ishito - Tenor Sax
Yuko Togami - Piano
Zach Swanson - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
$20
Improvisation Workshops
with Amirtha Kidambi, Farida Amadou & Luke Stewart
A day of improvisation workshops from CMS with three LUMINARY ARTISTS! Workshops are open to musicians of all backgrounds & ages. Please contact flukemogul@creativemusic.org with any questions.
$ - sliding scale
8:00pm
Stan Zenkov - Multi. Wind Inst./Effect
Ayumi Ishito -Tenor Saxophone/Effect
Hans Young Binter - Piano/Key
Yuko Togami - Drums/Percussion
9:00pm
Stephen Gauci - Tenor Saxophone
Robert Boston - Piano
Lim Yang - Bass
Joe Hertenstein - Drums
The 2nd Annual BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL is produced by Siren Xypher Collective with support from Alan Feller & Creative Music Studio. The Free Spirit Festival convenes improvised music creatives and audiences to promote freedom of expression, inventiveness, & social-bonding as an antidote to the oppression of all life forms.
5:00pm
Improviser’s Workshop (open to all!)
Lifelong ecstatic improvising pianist & 40-year Qigong Practitioner Kazzrie Jaxen offers a qigong workshop for creative improvisers. Wuji Gong: Skill of Entering the Supreme Unknown
(comfortable clothes suggested)
7:30pm
Siren Xypher
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Kyoko Kitamura - Voice
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano & Voice
8:30pm
Kazzrie Jaxen Solo Piano
$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events
The Second Annual BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL is produced by Siren Xypher Collective with support from Alan Feller & Creative Music Studio. The Free Spirit Festival convenes improvised music creatives and audiences to promote freedom of expression, inventiveness, & social-bonding as an antidote to the oppression of all life forms.
3:00pm
Improvisation Workshop (open to all!)
Kyoko Kitamura guides participants through Anthony Braxton’s Musical Systems and beyond. (90-minute workshop in two parts: Anthony Braxton’s Language Music for beginners + further explorations at 3:45pm. Score excerpts provided. Instruments welcome but not required.)
5:00pm
Listening Session & In-Person Interview: AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS
90-minutes of immersion into the luminary pianist/vocalist/composer’s multi-decade body of work. Conversation moderated by W.S. Tkweme, Pan-African Studies Professor at University of Louisville & 25 year radio programmer at stations across the US. Archival support from Ras Moshe Burnett. (Curated by Melanie Dyer)
7:30pm
DoYeon Kim - Gayageum & Voice
Cooper-Moore - Homemade Instruments
Satoshi Takeishi - Drums & Percussion
8:30pm
Mazz Swift & Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío
Mazz Swift - Violin
Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío - Violin
$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events
Adam Lane Band - 8 pm
Nick Lyons, alto
Sana Nagano, violin
Adam Lane, bass
Vijay Anderson, drums
Sarah Bernstein Quartet - 9 pm
Sarah Bernstein, violin
Ron Stabinsky, piano
Stuart Popejoy, el. bass
Satoshi Takeishi, drums
$20
Rob Garcia - 7:30 pm
Noah Preminger (tenor saxophone)
Julian Shore (piano)
Pablo Menares (bass)
Rob Garcia (drums)
Joe Fonda: From the Source - 8:30 pm
Sam Bardfeld (violin)
Kenny Wessel (guitar)
Joe Fonda (bass)
Rob Garcia (drums)
Tony Malaby Trio - 9:30 pm
Tony Malaby (tenor saxophone)
Brandon Lopez (bass)
Jeff Davis (drums)
$30
Connection Works presents the 4th annual Wide Open Works Summer Festival featuring some of the most creative musicians on the New York jazz and improvised music scene, including jazz legends, new talent and future icons.
LOPEZ / LAUBROCK / RAINEY - 7:30 pm
Brandon Lopez (bass)
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones)
Tom Rainey (drums)
Michel Gentile Without Borders - 8:30 pm
Michel Gentile (flute)
Anders Nilsson (guitar)
Hilliard Greene (bass)
Tom Rainey (drums)
Caleb Wheeler Curtis Trio - 9:30 pm
Caleb Wheeler Curtis (stritch, trumpet, sopranino saxophone)
Sean Conly (bass)
Michael Sarin (drums)
$30
Connection Works presents the 4th annual Wide Open Works Summer Festival featuring some of the most creative musicians on the New York jazz and improvised music scene, including jazz legends, new talent and future icons.
Patricia Brennan Trio - 7:30 pm
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone)
Kim Cass (bass)
Noel Brennan (drums)
Chet Doxas/Tomas Fujiwara Duo - 8:30 pm
Chet Doxas (woodwinds)
Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
Steve Cardenas Trio - 9:30 pm
Steve Cardenas (guitar)
Ben Allison (bass)
Allan Mednard (drums)
$30
Connection Works presents the 4th annual Wide Open Works Summer Festival featuring some of the most creative musicians on the New York jazz and improvised music scene, including jazz legends, new talent and future icons.
Yuko Fujiyama Quartet
Yuko Fujiyama - piano
Reggie Nicholson - drums
+ Special Guests
Yuko Fujiyama, pianist and a founder of the Non profit "Contemporary East", brings her quartet, including a drummer, Reggie Nicholson.
Gían Pérez, electric guitar & effects
Kenny Warren, trumpet
Cecilia López, keys & electronics
Eva Novoa, piano & Chinese gongs
$20 (students $15)
This quartet gets together for the first time and will perform an improvised set. Join us for a special night and expect no rhythm section. The aim is to interact in conversation without bass or drums creating a more intimate quartet setup. Sound being our motto.
Sylvain Leroux Trio — 7 pm
Sylvain Leroux - winds
Hilliard Greene - bass
Dan Kurfist - drums
Charles Downs Trio - 8 pm
Dave Sewelson - baritone sax
Dave Hofstra - bass
Charles Downs - drums
Pearring Sound = 9 pm
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Alexis Marcelo - piano
Ken Filiano - bass
Michael TA Thompson - drums
Michel Gentile - flutes
Daniel Kelly - piano
Rob Garcia - drums
$20
“nothing short of stunning” (Take Effect) and “a dazzling soundscape full of chutes and ladders that covers a wealth of terrain”(Downbeat Magazine).
8 pm
James McKain - Tenor Sax
Hans Young Binter - Piano
Evan Palmer - Bass
Michael Larocca - Drums
9 pm
Jonathan Reisin - Tenor Sax
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Ken Filiano - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
Yoon Sun Choi - voice/piano
Barbara Mansukhani - Alto Saxophone
Tammy Scheffer - voice
Tomoko Omura - violin
Yoon Sun Choi
Yoon Sun Choi, born in South Korea, raised in Canada and now a New York-based improvising vocalist and pianist using her vocal prowess that transitions effortlessly from resonant, haunting melodies to deep, resonant wails. Yoon has made significant contributions to the music scene over her twenty-year-long career performing and collaborating with esteemed artists including Mark Dresser, Darius Jones, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wheeler, on prestigious stages such as The Blue Note, Birdland, and Carnegie Hall.
Barbara Mansukhani, a California-based saxophonist, composer, and improviser originally from Mexico, explores jazz, experimental, and improvisational music. Self-taught, she is currently guided by Michaël Attias and has studied with Ralph Alessi. She is working on a duo recording with guitarist Chris Janzen, a quartet with Aaron Quinn (guitar), Jeong Lim Yang (bass), and Yuko Tagami (drums), and a trio with Quinn and Diego Hedez (trumpet). A detail-oriented artist with a deep love for sound, she remains open to endless explorations, always seeking new ways to shape and experience music.
Tammy Scheffer
Vocalist and composer Tammy Scheffer has been a creative force in NYC’s vibrant music scene for more than a decade. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “innovative, provocative and alluring.” Scheffer lends her voice to ensembles that range from jazz to progressive rock, from improvised music to modern classical music. Most recently she has been collaborating with bassist Moto Fukushima, composer Asuka Kakitani, vibraphonist Stefan Bauer, and The Brooklyn Jazz Underground. Tammy performed at Carnegie Hall and Birdland in NYC, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Revoice Festival in London, MISA Festival in China, San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Chicago Cultural Center, and many other premier stages.
Tomoko Omura is a Japanese-born jazz violinist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Shizuoka, Japan, she began violin studies at age four and later self-taught jazz while attending Yokohama National University. In 2004, she moved to the U.S. to study at Berklee College of Music, where she became the first violinist to receive the Roy Haynes Award. Omura has released six albums, including “Branches Vol. 2,” named Bandcamp’s “Best Jazz of 2021.” She has performed at renowned venues such as the Village Vanguard, Lincoln Center, and Blue Note, and collaborated with artists like Paquito D’Rivera, Kenny Barron, and Christian McBride. In 2021, she was named #1 Rising Star Violinist by DownBeat Magazine’s Critics Poll
Drye/Loomis/Sperrazza/Fruchter - 8 pm
Brian Drye - Trombone
Dan Loomis — Bass
Yoshie Fruchter - Guitar and Oud
Vinnie Sperrazza - Drums
Adam Minkoff's Music for Low Instruments - 9 pm
Adam Minkoff - Bass
Jacob Silver - Bass
Brian Drye - Trombone
Curtis Hasselbring - Trombone
Sean Dixon - Drums
$20
Vinnie Sperrazza: drums
Marty Ehrlich: woodwinds
6 pm
Mike Golub - Drums/Syn
Nick Gianni - Sax/Key/Bass
Trevor Bajus - Guitar/Syn/D.Mix
7 pm
Matt Knoegel -Tenor Sax
Eric Plaks - Piano
Zachary Swanson -Bass
Ken Kobayashi -Drums
8 pm
Eli Wallace - Piano
Josh Sinton - Bass Clarinet
Sabrina Salamone -Violin
Vijay Anderson -Drums
$20
Lily White - saxophones
David Smith - trumpet
Bennett Paster - piano
Jim Whitney - bass
Rob Garcia - drums
$20
Following the release of their critically acclaimed album DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE (Oct 2023) and their mid-west/northeast tour in 2024, the quintet will premiere new compositions by Lily White.
Adam Cruz - Drums
David Virelles - Rhodes + Synth
Marvin Sewell - Guitar
Matt Brewer - Bass
Beyond Flute Group - 7 pm
Cheryl Pyle -c flute/alto flute
Michael Eaton-soprano sax
Gene Coleman -bass flute /piccolo
Sylvain Leroux-c flute /fula flute
Golden Pearring - 8 pm
Patrick Golden -drums
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Charles Downs Quartet - 9 pm
Sam Childs - tenor sax
Jonathan Paik - piano
Joe Morris - bass
Charles Downs - drums
$20
Ellie Pruneauʻs Two Way Mirror - 8 pm
Contrapunctus - 9:30 pm
Mike McGinnis - reeds
Carmen Staaf - piano
Gui Duvignau - bass
Hamir Atwal - drums
$20
8 pm
Kaelen Ghandhi - Sax
Hans Young Binter - Piano
Evan Palmer - Bass
James Paul Nadien - Drums
9 pm
Ayako Kanda - Voice
Anthony Coleman - Piano
Evan Palmer - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
$20
We're making live recordings at Ibeam in Brooklyn. Come see this happen.
Doors at 5:30pm - $22 (ticketed)
BUY A TICKET HERE!
This is also a party for humans that includes snacks! BYOB.
6pm | Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) and Matt Glassmeyer (reedless tenor), duo
Vinnie Sperrazza, solo drums, Nathan Koci, solo accordion
7pm | We the Gleaners
Dana Lyn (violin), Kyle Sanna (guitar), Matt Kanelos (piano)
8pm | Hompulon records live versions of songs from the new album.
Tom Spiker (bass VI), Tim Keiper (percussion/drums), Jonathan Goldberger (guitar) Dana Lyn (violin), Brian Drye (trombone), Matt Glassmeyer (Wurlitzer, tenor, percussion)
This is a limited-ticketed event so grab one soon.
Doug Weiselman - Reeds
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano
Michael Vatcher - Drums
$20
Mike McGinnis - Clarinet
Brian Drye - Trombone
Jon Arkin - Drums
Carmen Quill - Bass
$20
Mike McGinnis - reeds
Carmen Staaf - piano
Gui Duvignau - bass
Hamir Atwal - drums
$15
6 pm
Drew Wesely - Prepared Guitar
TJ Borden - Cello
Nick Neuburg - Drums
7 pm
Celine Kang - Guitar
Ivan Chen - Piano
Kayla Kessler - Bass
Josh Mathew - Drums
8 pm
Jeff Miles - Guitar
Anthony Colemann - Piano
Ken Filiano - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
$20
CMS is celebrating VIO/LA on April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn! A concert will be held on April 25 at 8:30pm at Ibeam Brooklyn, with a workshop the following day on April 26 from 12-2pm; open to all violinists & violists of all ages & musical backgrounds! Tell your fellow fiddles, students, and lovers of violin and viola music!
Featuring:
Jessica Pavone, Charles Burnham, Che Buford, Alex Cunningham, Trina Basu, Jason Kao Hwang, Sana Nagano, Arun Ramamurthy, and Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío Sánchez.
Suggested Donation $20
CMS is celebrating VIO/LA on April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn! A concert will be held on April 25 at 8:30pm at Ibeam Brooklyn, with a workshop the following day on April 26 from 12-2pm; open to all violinists & violists of all ages & musical backgrounds! Tell your fellow fiddles, students, and lovers of violin and viola music!
Featuring:
Jessica Pavone, Charles Burnham, Che Buford, Alex Cunningham, Trina Basu, Jason Kao Hwang, Sana Nagano, Arun Ramamurthy, and Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío Sánchez.
Suggested Donation $20
Vinnie Sperrazza: drums
DoYeon Kim: gayageum
Brandon Seabrook: guitar
$20
David Haney, piano
Daniel Carter, reeds
Adam Lane, bass
Jimmy Bennington, drums
$20
Eleven O’Five - 8 pm
Claire de Brunner - bassoon
Melanie Dyer - viola
Virg Dzurinko - piano
Quintet - 9 pm
Carol Liebowitz - piano
Nick Lyons - alto saxophone
Stephanie Griffin - viola
Ken Filiano - bass
Billy Mintz - drums
Dimensionality Quartet - 10 pm
Ursel Schlicht - piano
Andrea Wolper - vocals
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums, percussion
Tamara Yadao and Max Kutner - 6 pm
Tamara Yadao - electronics
Max Kutner - bass, guitar
New Sextet - 7 pm
Ras Moshe Burnett - tenor saxophone
Jeff Pearring - alto saxophone
Colin Babcock - trombone
Matthew Putman - piano
Trevor Bajus - dubbelizer
Reggie Sylvester - drums
Stephen Gauci Quartet - 8 pm
Stephen Gauci - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Shinya Lin - piano
Shogo Yamagishi - bass
Kevin Shea - drums
Stan Zenkov - winds
Ipek Eginli - piano
Nick Neuberg - drums
$10
8 pm
Matt Knoegel - Tenor Sax
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Ken Kobayashi - Drums
9 pm - DOT ISO
Vivek Menon - Violin
Dylan DelGiudice - Alto Sax / Guitar
Orchid Mcrae - Drums
$20
Michel Gentile - flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
Anders Nilsson - guitar
Dave Ambrosio - bass
Dan Kurfirst - percussion
$20
free, folk, and everything and anything else!
Igor Lumpert (saxophone)
Sebastien Ammann (piano)
Nick Jost (bass)
Jeff Willliams (drums)
$15
Satoko Fujii - piano
Natto Maki - bass
Oden - drums
For this trio, formed in 2019, Fujii teams up with two of Japan’s hottest improvisors who are known for their performances with Sadao Watanabe and Terumasa Hino, among others.
$20
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