Roulette and our Board of Directors invite you to join us in honoring experimental music legend, NEA Jazz Master, and MacArthur Fellow Anthony Braxton at our 2025 Gala. The evening celebrates Braxton’s incomparable and ongoing contributions to creative music spanning more than half a century, in advance of his 80th birthday.
The gala showcases compositions from Braxton’s vast repertoire, performed by musicians and ensembles from his extensive career, including Mark Dresser, James Fei, Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Darius Jones, Ingrid Laubrock, Steve Lehman, Nicole Mitchell, Jessica Pavone, Tomeka Reid, and Aaron Siegel, with remarks from long-time friends and collaborators Wadada Leo Smith and George Lewis, among others.
Gala Co-Chairs
James Fei, Tri-Centric Foundation
Paul Gertner, Starborn Industries
James S. Staley, Roulette Intermedium
Torsten N. Wiesel, Nobel Prize laureate
Gala Host Committee
Jamie Burns, Executive Director
Matt Mehlan, Artistic Director
Claude Arpels
Jason Kao Hwang
Wadada Leo Smith
Henry Threadgill
