The Trap Music Orchestra
An ensemble that takes trap music and reworks it for orchestra, played in two sets at The Jazz Gallery, a small jazz room where you'll sit close to the players.
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An ensemble that takes trap music and reworks it for orchestra, played in two sets at The Jazz Gallery, a small jazz room where you'll sit close to the players.
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.
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.
Deerhoof, the long-running experimental rock band, headline a three-act bill with Mercy and My Trio in The Hall, a room built for loud, adventurous guitar music.
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Judy Tate and Steven Bernstein set Langston Hughes's poems to live music, voice and horns trading lines in a program shaped by two artists with a clear take on his work.
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.
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.
A Bristol trio playing Somewhere Good, their first new music since On The Turning Ground. Pitchfork called it blissful psych-pop with washed-out breakbeats, harpsichord interludes and dubby balladry.
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.
A Halloween bill in The Hall with a long, mixed lineup: Cannelle, EQ, Tommy Fleece and Corridos Ketamina, plus Isla Den, Ali RQ, Petal Supply and RICO RICA. Live acts, so costume up.
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.
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.
A newly commissioned work from Becca Stevens on guitar and vocals, joined by Gretchen Parlato, banjoist Brad Kolonder and bassist Alan Hampton, in a small room built for close listening.
A late-night club set from The Hellp, booked by the independent venue Elsewhere for its 99 Scott space. One named act on the decks, built for dancing.
A trumpeter-led quintet with vibraphone alongside piano, bass and drums, which gives the front line a shimmering, less common sound. Two sets at The Jazz Gallery, with a livestream also listed.
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.
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.
Singer-songwriter Madi Diaz plays Elsewhere's Zone One with Tasha in support, a room-sized show where you can actually see the performers up close.
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.
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.