Avant Jazz: Past

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

The singer and sound artist performs kaleidophonic audio machinations and live organic sound manipulations with her unique computer-mediated […]

Columbian composer Ricardo Arias presents BruitCollage, an improvised cacophonic duo with the fabulous Pascal Boudreault (Quebec) on saxophones, […]

New music from the distant coast for small ensemble of woodwinds, trumpet, cell, bass and drums. Something blowing in from the west.

Roy Campbell, Dave Gordon, Tyrone Hill and Steve Swell on brass; Zane Massey, Michael Marcus and Jemeel Moondoc on reeds; Bern Nix, guitar, John […]

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

A night of composition and improvisation. Face the power of groove and silence made by three Japanese females, Yuko Fujiyama on piano, Ikue Mori […]

Composer and “hyperpianist” Denman Maroney and vocalist Theo Bleckmann will play Maroney’s settings of nine poems by W.B. […]

The seminal, once and future improvising master, guitarist Derek Bailey, performs three nights in combination with a rotating cast 26, 27, 28 […]

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