Gilla Band, PISS
Irish noise-rock band Gilla Band bring their abrasive, inventive sound to The Hall, with PISS on the support slot. A loud, tightly matched bill for anyone who likes their guitars pushed to extremes.
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Stile Antico Polyphonic Postcards
A vocal ensemble offers vivid snapshots of Renaissance city life through its music, politics, and culture, plus a new work Christopher Cerrone wrote just for this concert.
TWO DUOS
Trumpeter Alexandria Smith pairs up with bassist Kathryn Schulmeister, violist Jessica Pavone and bassoonist Katie Young, with electronics woven through. One night of her residency.
DJ_Dave
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.
DVT: Traveling Shoes Experience
Composer Damani Rhodes, vocalist VADIA, and poet Tongo Eisen-Martin make their debut as a trio, folding jazz, soul, and spoken poetry into something close to a sacred rite.
Max ZT, Kunal Gunjal, and Amit Kavthekar: Strings of Soul (RBA)
Three musicians blend Western jazz, ambient music, American folk, and traditional Indian classical music in a single set. A cross-genre program built around strings and shared ground.
NOLA x NY
A quintet of improvisers from New Orleans and New York, with Billy Martin on drums, Jeff Albert on trombone and Byron Asher on woodwinds, joined by trumpeter Alexandria Smith, who curated the week.
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo: El Arte del Bolero
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.
BRASS
Closing night of trumpeter Alexandria Smith's residency, a one-time septet of trombones, saxes and trumpets plus percussion and electronics, with Jeff Albert, Byron Asher and Dave Taylor.
Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (Album Release)
Guitarist Marc Ribot brings his quartet to Roulette to celebrate the release of their new record, Hurry Red Telephone, in a room built for experimental and improvised music.
FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2
Pianist Fred Hersch widens his trio into a quintet, with Tony Malaby on saxophone and Ralph Alessi on trumpet alongside Drew Gress and Joe Dyson. Refined, elegant playing in a tiny cellar room.
Nicoletta Todesco: The Cockroach Diary
A one-woman operetta for voice, classical guitar, and electric guitar, where a cockroach becomes an artist's unlikely muse. It begins intimate, drifts into outer space, and returns changed.
TJG Signature Series // Jason Lindner Broadband
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.
Anthony Roth Costanzo: How You Get High
A pre-release party for the book Countertenor and its companion album, with readings by celebrity guests and countertenors, a live performance, and a closing DJ Prince Terrence set.
School Nite
A one-night music bill at MoMA PS1 pairing Isabella Lovestory, B0YG1RL and ali rq, three distinctive voices on one lineup. A good pick if you like hearing new artists in a gallery setting.
Interpretations: Ursel Schlicht // Critical Response
A double bill from the long-running Interpretations series: pianist Ursel Schlicht in one set, then Jason Kao Hwang's jazz trio Critical Response in the other. Two distinct voices in new music.
TRIO
Anna Abondolo plays fretless electric bass with Hans Young Binter on keyboard and Orchid Mcrae on percussion, one of several very different formats in her residency.
PI RECORDINGS 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION // Jonathan Finlayson Quartet
Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson leads a tight quartet with Brian Settles on tenor sax, John Hébert on bass and Damion Reid on drums, marking Pi Recordings' 25th anniversary.
Fury Young | Catalyst In‑Store LIVE
Fury Young, founder of FREER Records, plays tracks from Escape from LES in a short set among the record bins at Catalyst Records, part of the shop's ongoing in-store series.
Revocation, Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, Weeping
Revocation, Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth and Weeping share one bill, so it's a full night of live bands rather than a lone headliner set.
