Avant Jazz: Past

Mark Dresser and Susie Ibarra present duo project Tone Time. The contrabassist and percussionist are two powerful composer/performers who have […]

“A monumental, minimalist manifesto experience of extreme music with continuous, slowly moving, ever changing, hypnotic double bass and […]

“Desiccant incorporates live live electronics, live instruments, computer instruments, musique concrete, dynamic and kinetic sound […]

“From breath to breeze to squall to blizzard to hurrican and back. The supergroup born in the 800s sails into the new century and new […]

An avant-jazz nexus of East and West coasts, Italy and Japan with Brooklyn twinge and perhaps a jolt from Saturn ala Sun Ra: Federico Ughi, […]

“SpiderMonkey Strings is led by cornettist/composer Bynum featuring Jason Kao Hwang and Jean Cook, violins; Stephanie Griffin, viola; […]

“The Velocity of Hue continues Sharp’s exploration of the limits of instruments, composition, and improvisation utilizing acoustic […]

“Solo, but not alone. Onstage with an astounding array of digital pedals, switches, boxes, devices and his electric fretless guitar. […]

Tomas Ulrich, cello; Hill Greene, bass; Ray Campbell, trumpet and composer/percussionist Norton have created The Dream Catcher (for Wilber […]

Vito Ricci (born 1947) is a Canadian-born American composer. Ricci started out as a percussionist, studying with Ornette Coleman and playing […]