Music: Past
Roulette’s Concert Series for New + Adventurous Music, launched in 1978, presents a wide range of experimental music including avant-jazz, new music, opera, world music, and electronic. This eclectic series features the work of well-known innovators in contemporary music, but a large percentage of the Series is devoted to emerging artists and composers.
Songs from a Random House
Monday, October 23, 1989. 8:00 pm
2′ slices of life from an “avante-folk” trio with ukelele, chord organ, viola and other low tech instruments. Alan Drogin, Don […]
Charles Gayle
Sunday, October 22, 1989. 8:00 pm
The roof-defying saxophonist Charles Gayle in his Trio with Hill Greene (bass) and David Pleasant (percussion). A gentle and humble […]
Wadada Leo Smith
Saturday, October 21, 1989. 8:00 pm
Rastafarian ceremonial ritual drummer performance piece with vocalist Jeanne Lee, dancers Sally Silvers and Marisa, and the composer on trumpet, […]
Kevin Norton / Karen Heifetz
Friday, October 20, 1989. 8:00 pm
Chamber work / Dance music collaborations: Composer/percussionist Norton with Ikue Mori, Ben Neill, Laura Seaton, David Licht, and dance with […]
Steve Nelson-Raney / Matthew Ostrowski
Thursday, October 19, 1989. 8:00 pm
Solo Soprano Sax & Inuit Poems / TV audio processing noise electronics. Steve Nelson-Raney has been mostly associated with free […]
David Lee Myers & Gen Ken Montgomery
Saturday, October 14, 1989. 8:00 pm
Electro Feedback, two sets, Myers solo then a duo. David Lee Myers is a sound and visual artist who has lived and worked in New York City since […]
Bill Frisell
Friday, October 13, 1989. 8:00 pm
Solo guitar, electric, acoustic and banjo covering Thelonius Monk, Nino Rota, Disney soundtrack tunes, plus Frisell originals. The first ever […]