Jim Staley: Past

Janene Higgins, video and Jim Staley, trombone (aka Old Rosebud) with Denman Maroney, piano; CK Noyes, drums & electronics; and Ikue Mori, […]

See the man think through his trombone. See him lose his thoughts and merge with his trombone. See the trombone begin to think for itself. New […]

Three extremists from the world of extended sound – percussionist Butters, clarinetist Mandat and trombonist Staley – present their […]

Improvisations for liberated trombone, psycho-electric percussion and software-driven toadstool. Listen to what the doormouse said…

Macbeth II (1888) will be the place to begin for this spectacular assemblage of improvising soundists: Phoebe Legere, vocalist, poet, pianist, […]

The seminal, once and future improvising master, guitarist Derek Bailey, performs three nights in combination with a rotating cast: on Friday […]

Ikue Mori, percussion machinery; Zeena Parkins, string machinery; Jim Staley, wind machinery. Vagrant–variations, intentions, time and The […]

Three pioneers in the art of free improvisation make a rare New York appearance — Greg Goodman, piano; Henry Kaiser, guitar; and John […]

TBN (To Be Noise) and announced, with special guests Davey Williams and Phoebe Legere.