Improvisation: Past

Triangle Theory is a dance-based preoccupation with the meaning and depth of shape-making, specifically of making meaning with/as triangles.

Ron Stabinsky celebrates the release of his debut album Free For One with an evening of solo piano improvisations.

Composer/avant-harpist Zeena Parkins performs a new acoustic solo set, followed by an electric performance with her band, Green Dome.

Amorphous IV presents their first collaboration, a performative installation of sound, light, and movement.

Malcolm Goldstein presents improvisations for solo violin/voice, and Matthias Kawl brings his trio of flute, guitar, and percussion.

The Westerlies celebrate the release of their sophomore album, featuring music by Duke Ellington, Charles Ives, Nico Muhly, and Sam Amidon.

Day 2 trio Lacy/Drury/Ray are big, cerebral, and kaleidoscopic followed by Fest curator Oliver Lake with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille.

Curated by saxophonist and composer Oliver Lake, Day 1 is described as straight-ahead yet adventurous, sophisticated yet uncompromising.

As with all Golia projects, this quartet, dating back to 1978, creates wildly expressive radical jazz merging influences from Ayler to Ornette.

The pianists in an evening of original compositions and improvisations celebrating the release of Davis' collaborative new CD, Duopoly.