2/2 Tuesday (AV)
8 pm
Dither plays Dither
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Gyan Riley (guitars)
Dither plays original compositions from their upcoming album!
10 pm
Object Collection: It’s all True
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Gyan Riley (guitars) Shayna Dunkelman, Owen Weaver (drums, percussion) Avi Glickstein, Catrin Lloyd-Bollard, Daniel Allen Nelson, Deborah Wallace (voices) Travis Just (composer, music director) Kara Feely (writer, director)
Object Collection presents a NYC sneak-peak preview of music from their newest opera.
2/3 Wednesday (AV)
8 pm
Desolation Pops
James Moore (guitar) Pauline Kim Harris (violin, viola) Conrad Harris (violin) James Ilgenfritz (contrabass) Brian Chase (drums) Kevin Norton (drums, percussion) Kathleen Supové (piano)
A new cycle of music by James Moore featuring String Noise, James Ilgenfritz’s Anagram Ensemble and pianist Kathleen Supové.
10 pm
Dither & TILT & friends play Cardew’s Treatise
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Gyan Riley (guitars) Brian Chase, Carlos Costa, Mike McCurdy, Kevin Norton (percussion) Jaimie Branch (trumpet) Tim Leopold (trumpet, soprano trombone) Chris McIntyre (trombone) James Rogers (bass trombone, tuba)
Dither, TILT brass and four percussionists perform Cornelius Cardew’s seminal work from the 1960s.
2/4 Thursday (RK)
8 pm
Gyan Riley Solo
Gyan Riley (guitar)
10 pm
Dither & People
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Gyan Riley (guitars) Mary Halvorson (guitar, voice) Kyle Forester (bass, voice) Kevin Shea (drums, emcee)
Dither joins forces with People for a raucous new collaboration.
2/5 Friday (BF)
8 pm
Dither plays Zorn: Game Pieces
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Gyan Riley (guitars) Ikue Mori (electronics) Michael Nicolas (cello)
Dither and friends play Zorn’s seminal improvisational game pieces, featuring Hockey, Fencing, Curling and Rugby.
10 pm
Dither plays Zorn: The Bagatelles
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore (guitars)
Dither plays solo, duo an trio realizations from Zorn’s newest book of music.
2/6 Saturday (BF)
8 pm
The Blasted Heath
Joshua Lopes (guitar) Jon Lango (drums) James Ilgenfritz (bass) Mike Sperone (electronics, pitched percussion)
10 pm
Taylor Levine, Kevin Shea & Philip White
Taylor Levine (guitar) Kevin Shea (drums) Philip White (electronics)
2/7 Sunday (RKJA)
3 pm
JOHN ZORN’S BAGATELLES: GYAN RILEY AND JULIAN LAGE
Gyan Riley (guitar) Julian Lage (guitar)
TWENTY DOLLARS
8 pm
Dither plays Tenney & Polansky
Giacomo Fiore, Stephen Griesgraber, Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, Grey McMurray, James Moore, Larry Polansky, Geremy Schulick (guitars) Amy Beal (conductor)
Special guests Larry Polansky and Giacomo Fiore join Dither and friends for James Tenney’s complete guitar ensemble works and the world premiere of Polansky’s “Canons and Rounds.”
10 pm
Dither plays Niblock
Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, Robert Poss (guitars) Special guests
Dither and friends perform Phill Niblock’s epic drone piece “Stosspeng.”
2/9 Tuesday (HW)
8 pm
GREEN I
David First (guitar) Eri Yamamoto (piano) Reut Regev (trombone) William Hooker (drums)
10 pm
GREEN II
JD Parran (reeds) Edward Ricart (guitar) Luke Stewart (bass) William Hooker (drums)
2/10 Wednesday (JB)
8 pm
BLUE I
Ted Daniel (trumpet) Dick Griffin (trombone) Hill Greene (bass) Larry Roland (bass) William Hooker (drums)
10 pm
BLUE II
Michael Attias (reeds) Chris Welcome (guitar) David Soldier (mandolin) Shayna Dulberger (bass) William Hooker (drums)
2/11 Thursday (HW)
8 pm
INDIGO I
Steve Dalachinsky, Lisa Sokolov (voices) AR’BRAF (rapper) Jesse Henry, Dave Ross (guitars) William Hooker (drums)
10 pm
INDIGO II
Louie Belogenis (reeds) Bern Nix, Cristian Amigo (guitars) William Hooker (drums)
2/12 Friday (BAL)
8 pm
RED I
Tom Hamilton (electronics) David Soldier (mandolin, guitar) Bruce Eisenbiel (guitar) William Hooker (drums)
10 pm
RED II
Andrew Lamb (sax) Mark Hennen (piano) William Hooker (drums) Adam Lane (bass)
2/13 Saturday (JB)
8 pm
ORANGE I
Jessica Pavone (viola) Chris ptsiokos (alto sax) Kyoko Kitamura (piano) William Hooker (drums)
10 pm
ORANGE II
Mixashawn Lee Rozie (sax) Alan Licht (guitar) William Parker (bass) William Hooker (drums)
2/14 Sunday (JAMC)
3 pm
JOHN ZORN’S BAGATELLES: MARY HALVORSON QUARTET
Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki (guitars) Drew Gress (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
TWENTY DOLLARS
8 pm
YELLOW I
Matt Lavelle (trumpet) Mike Noordzy (bass) Ras Moshe (reeds) Tor Snyder (guitar) William Hooker (drums)
10 pm
YELLOW II
Anthony Pirog (guitar) Jon Irbagon (reeds) Luke Stewart (bass) James Brandon Lewis (sax) William Hooker (drums)
2/16 Tuesday (BS)
8 pm
Cosmic Lieder
Darius Jones (alto sax) Matthew Shipp (piano)
10 pm
Quintet
Darius Jones (alto sax) Ben Gerstein (trombone) Jason Stein (bass clarinet) Trevor Dunn (bass) Ryan Sawyer (drums)
2/17 Wednesday (BAL)
8 pm
D’ Troy·t Alchemy 1
Darius Jones (alto sax) Marty McCavitt (electronics) HPrizm (electronics) Chad Taylor (mbira) Nasheet Waits (drums)
10 pm
Grass Roots
Darius Jones (alto sax) Alex Harding (bari sax) Sean Conly (bass) Chad Taylor (drums)
2/18 Thursday (HW)
8 pm
Big Gurl Trio
Darius Jones (alto sax) Adam Lane (bass) Jason Nazary (drums)
10 pm
D’ Troy·t Alchemy 2
Darius Jones (alto sax) Amanda Khiri (voice) Adam Lane (bass) Jason Nazary (drums) Marty McCavitt (electronics)
2/19 Friday (SK)
8 pm
Book of Mæ’bul
Darius Jones (alto sax) Matt Mitchell (piano) Sean Conly (bass) Nasheet Waits (drums)
10 pm
Le Bebe de Brigitte
Darius Jones (alto sax) Emilie Lesbros (voice) Matt Mitchell (piano) Sean Conly (bass) Nasheet Waits (drums)
2/20 Saturday (DDT)
8 and 10 pm
Shades of Black
Darius Jones (alto sax) Cooper-Moore (organ) Sam Newsome (soprano sax) Chad Taylor (drums)
TWENTY DOLLARS
2/21 Sunday (VPMC)
3 pm
JOHN ZORN’S BAGATELLES: IKUE MORI SOLO
Ikue Mori (electronics)
TWENTY DOLLARS
8 pm
The Oversoul Manual feat. Elizabeth-Caroline Unit
Amirtha Kidambi (voice) Kristin Slipp (voice) Jean Carla Rodea (voice) Sarah Martin (voice)
TWENTY DOLLARS
10 pm
LW-2
Darius Jones (alto sax) Travis Laplante (tenor sax)
2/23 Tuesday (DDT)
8 pm
Double Entendre
Russ Lossing (piano) Gerry Hemingway (drums)
10 pm
Triple Entendre
Russ Lossing (piano) Gerry Hemingway (drums) Loren Stillman (alto)
2/24 Wednesday (DDT)
8 pm
King Vulture
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Adam Kolker (tenor, bass clar.) Matt Pavolka (bass) Dayeon Seok (drums)
10 pm
Oracle Trio + 1
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Samuel Blaser (trombone) Masa Kamaguchi (bass) Billy Mintz (drums)
2/25 Thursday (AI)
8 pm
Trio
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Mark Helias (bass) Dayeon Seok (drums)
10 pm
The Cuckoo’s Song
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Kyoko Kitamura (voice) Adam Kolker (bass clarinet)
2/26 Friday (ICS)
8 pm
Eclipse
Russ Lossing (solo piano improvisations)
10 pm
Blackout
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Masa Kamaguchi (bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums)
2/27 Saturday (RK)
8 pm
Chance Trio + 1
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Michael Formanek (bass) Mike Sarin (drums) Russ Johnson (trumpet)
10 pm
Chance Trio + 1
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Ben Monder (guitar) Russ Johnson (trumpet) Michael Formanek (bass) Mike Sarin (drums)
2/28 Sunday (VPIS)
3 pm
JOHN ZORN’S BAGATELLES: BRIAN MARSELLA SOLO
Brian Marsella (solo piano)
TWENTY DOLLARS
4 pm
JOHN ZORN'S BAGATELLES: JIM BLACK TRIO
Teddy Klausner (piano) Chris Tordini (bass) Jim Black (drums)
TWENTY DOLLARS
8 pm
Cloned
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Tim Berne (alto, compositions)
10 pm
Pavlovs Dogs
Russ Lossing (piano, compositions) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Louie Belogenis (tenor, soprano sax) Jason Rigby (tenor sax) Eivind Opsvik (bass) Jeff Davis (drums)