Bassist Luke Stewart's Silt Trio, with Brian Settles on tenor and Chad Taylor on drums, joins reedman Daniel Carter to mark a quarter century of an independent creative-music label.
Paul Lazar plays the sky itself in Anne Carson's text, moving through song, dance, video and phone calls, with imagery by Annie-B Parson. Strange, funny and tender.
Drummer Dan Weiss leads a quartet with guitarist Miles Okazaki, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, marking the label's anniversary in an intimate room with two sets.
Guest curator Stephanie Acosta frames nature as sci-fi, not a crunchy walk. Video projection by Dakota Gearhart, live sound from Kerosene Jones and Julia Santoli, and a listening session with visuals.
Hundreds of exhibitors fill Pioneer Works with art books, zines, records, and underground publications, with talks and workshops built around a theme drawn from what's alive in publishing.
Pianist-composer Angelica Sanchez leads nine players, with cello, cornet and contra alto clarinet alongside two saxes and a rhythm section. The unusual lineup suggests music written with care.
A 50-minute work from choreographer Neil Greenberg, built from the performers' own recorded improvisations and set to music Zeena Parkins and James Lo composed together. Greenberg dances in it too.
A live-coding bill: DJ_Dave headlines, Arushi Jain plays modular synth, and Char Stiles makes visuals out of code, with several more artists across two rooms.
Tye Turner and the ZABAAN collective throw a club night with SRI, ANA.GHA, LILLA and YUVI on the bill, so the lineup is the draw. Expect a full night of DJ sets in Elsewhere's Full Venue.
A costume-night takeover of every room at Elsewhere, led by amapiano duo Major League DJz with sets from SAIDAH, D Stone, Ariel Lights and Sissy Elliott.
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Luis Perdomo strip the bolero down to a two-person conversation, turning Latin American love songs into open-ended jazz in a small, artist-focused room.
Keyboardist Jason Lindner directs a 12-piece band of horns, synths and percussion, with Donny McCaslin and Yosvany Terry in the lineup. Big-band sound in a room this size is rare.
Big Crown, an independent NYC soul label, celebrates a decade by putting its own roster on one bill: El Michels Affair, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Thee Marloes and Brainstory.
Two UK bass and garage DJs, Flava D and Smokey Bubblin' B, share one club bill with the whole venue given over to the night. A straight-ahead dance floor booking.
CruCast marks a decade with a full-venue night of its own lineup: Harriet Jaxxon, [IVY], Skepsis and Voltage on the bill, plus the oomfRAVE crew. Expect bass-heavy club sets.
Saxophonist Logan Richardson shares the stage with young pianist Esteban Castro in a mentoring-series quartet, with Harish Raghavan on bass and Damion Reid on drums. Two sets.
Pianist Myra Melford leads a trio with bassist Michael Formanek and Ches Smith, who plays both vibes and drums. Two sets in a small room, with a livestream too.
Bassist-composer Pedro Giraudo leads a ten-piece chamber group that sets flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, two violins, viola, cello and piano against his bass, with jazz and strings woven together.
Pianist Dabin Ryu releases a new record with a seven-piece band: three horns up front, including Kevin Sun on tenor sax, over bass and drums. A close-up look at a rising bandleader's new music.
Drummer Marcus Gilmore mentors young bassist Ryoma Takenaga in a trio with pianist Fabian Almazan, a chance to hear an emerging player up close in a room built around artists.
