Past Events
2023:
Shift 45, Wed Jan 4:
Adam Lane, Alexis Marcelo, Michael Wimberly Trio
Sunken Cages (Ravish Momin) solo + M. Wimberly guest
curated by Michael Wimberly
Shift 46, Wed Jan 11: Pool
Multiple improv combinations (Anastasia Clarke, Marcus Cummins, Sandy Gordon, Matteo Liberatore, Matthew Ostrowski, Mariel Roberts, Kevin Shea & David Watson)
Shift 47, Wed Jan 18:
The John King Trio w/Brandon Lopez (bass) & Michael Wimberly (drums)
Lesley Mok (drums) - Solo Performance
curated by Michael Wimberly
Shift 48, Wed Jan 25:
Tom Chiu & Michael Schumacher
David Galbraith & Sergei Tcherepnin
Thur, Jan 26:
You're With Stupid book release hosted by Supplemental Space at 6pm
Shift 50, Wed Feb 1
Ian Douglas-Moore, Eric Wong, Dominic Coles
Seth Cluett
8pm, Doors 7:30pm
Fri Feb 3
MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS Benefit presented by Arts For Art (AFA)
Darius Jones, Isaiah Collier, Sam Newsome, Patrick Holmes, Milena Casado, Heru Shabaka-Ra, Gwen Laster, Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Brandon Lopez, Eriq Robinson - el, Janice Lowe, Fay Victor, Juan Pablo Carletti, & Lesley Mok
7pm & 9pm sets, doors 6:30pm
Shift 52, Wed Feb 8
Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown, Whit Dickey
Marco Cappelli, Elliott Sharp, JT Lewis
8pm, doors 7:30
Fri Feb 10
AFA (Arts for Art) Brandon Lopez Residency:
Jessica Pavone and Tristan Krause (Record Release)
Brandon Lopez piano trio with Hans Young Binter (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums)
7pm & 9pm sets, doors 6:30pm
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
Shift 53, Sat Feb 11
Zafer Tawil
Elliott Sharp, Hélène Breschand
Shift 54, Sun Feb 12
Guillaume Soula installation
Shift 55, Wed Feb 15
The Bridge Bass Quartet: Che Chen, Dave Hofstra, William Parker, Dave Sewelson
DrumsNButta
Shift 56, Thurs Feb 16
James Fei, John Bischoff
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Fri Feb 17
AFA (Arts for Art) Brandon Lopez Residency:
Michael Foster, Michael T.A. Thompson, John Blum trio
Brandon Lopez piano trio with Hans Young Binter (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums)
Shift 57, Sun Feb 19
Anna Schimkat installation
Shift 58, Wed Feb 22
Pool Improv
Tom Chiu, Robert Dick, Lucie Vítková, Liz Kosack
8pm, doors 7:30
Fri Feb 24
AFA (Arts for Art) Brandon Lopez Residency:
Darius Jones, Shahzad Ismaily, Ryan Sawyer trio
Brandon Lopez piano trio with Hans Young Binter (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums)
Shift 59, Sun Feb 26
Dan Joseph Periodicity Piece #10
Installation 5pm-8pm
Shift 60, Wed March 1
Mark Morgan
Excavation (Chris Cochrane, Nick Jozwiak, Shoko Nagai, John Thayer)
Shift 61, Thurs March 2
Record re-release show, co–presentation with Amish Records
Samara Lubelski / Che Chen + Anaïs Maviel / PG Six
Fri March 3
(AFA) Compassion: A tribute to Connie Crothers
Sat March 4
Evergreen Review: The Uses of Translation: Hofmann-Kuroda, Ramadan, Wimmer
Shift 62, Sun March 5
Tania Chen Installation
Shift 63, Wed March 8
Michaël Attias
Chris Pitsiokos, Joe Morris, Kevin Murray
Fri March 10
Guess Work Ensemble performing Brian Eno's Discreet Music
Tues March 14
Experimental Intermedia: Luca Forcucci
Shift 64, Wed March 15
David First
David Watson and Sam Kulik
March 16th book release and show:
Cisco Bradley's "The Williamsburg Avant-Garde"
Andrea Wolper, Virg Dzurinko, Talibam! with Yuko Otomo, Tamio Shiraishi, Marc Edwards' Slipstream Time Travel
Fri March 17
Experimental Intermedia: Elico Suzuki
Sun March 19
Experimental Intermedia:
Screen Compositions: Edition 19:
curated by Katherine Liberovskay
Shift 65, Wed March 22
Stephan Crump
Ken Filiano, Shelley Hirsch, Hans Tammen
Thurs March 23
(Blank Forms) Still House Plants, Melvin Gibbs, and 7038634357
Fri March 24
(Blank Forms) Still House Plants, Dawuna, and Charles Curtis
Shift 66, Wed Mar 29
curated by Brian Chase (Chaikin Records)
Organs Obsolete
Tomas Fujiwara
Brian Chase/Anthony Coleman
Sun April 2
to and fro: Dave Burrell
Shift 67, Wed April 5
Matthew Ostrowski, Ted Moore
Raoul Björkenheim, Anders Nilsson
Sun April 9
to and fro: Sylvie Courvoisier
Shift 68, Wed April 12
Austin Larkin
Sean Meehan, Leslie Ross
Sat April 15,
Peter Kerlin
Jack Cooper's "Arrival"
(Sam Morrison, Jeff Tobias, Karen Waltuch)
Shift 69, Sun April 16
Eva Sidén
Shift 70, Wed April 19
CT::SWaM presents
Sari Carel
Mike Bullock
Claudia Robles-Angel
Thurs April 20
CT::SWaM Workshop
SEED 02:: Live Diffusion and Thresholds of Decentering
Sat April 22
Elliott Sharp Workshop
2-5pm
Sun April 23
to and fro: Alexis Marcelo
Shift 71, Wed April 26
Tropos (Phillip Golub, Mario Layne Fabrizio)
Mariel Roberts/ Tomas Fujiwara
Sat April 29
Eve Essex & Andy Cahill:
Today, I Will Be The Bread
Soundtrack Release Party
Sun April 30
to and fro: Anthony Coleman
5pm, doors 4:30pm
Shift 72, Wed, May 3
Dominic Coles
Billy Martin, Zoh Amba
Thurs May 4
Austin Williamson
"S. Angel," Nate Wooley, Brandon Lopez
Fri May 5
Tredici Bacci presents:
8pm: Anthony Coleman/ Tredici Bacci
10pm: Starla Online/ Tredici Bacci
Sat May 6
Kahil El'Zabar Quartet
Co presented with Blank Forms
7pm
Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew
520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Sat May 6
Tredici Bacci presents:
8pm: Tredici Bacci
10pm: Stice/ Tredici Bacci
Sun May 7
Tredicci Bacci presents:
8pm: ZORN/HANES duo, Tredici Bacci, Jazz Lambaux
Wed May 10
"Arnaud R."
Sunken Cages x dragonchild
Thurs May 11
Marta Warelis (solo)
Marta Warelis and Chris Corsano
Tues May 16
Blank Forms presents:
Josephine Foster w Gray/Smith featuring special guest Louise Landes Levi
Wed May 17
Amirtha Kidambi/ Matteo Liberatore
Tcheser Holmes "Althea Quilombo"
Thurs May 18
DoYeon Kim
John Blum, William Parker
Wed May 24
Marija Kovacevic: Music for Broken Violins
Bearthoven
Thurs May 25
Chuck Roth
Hery Paz/Joe Morris/Tom Rainey
Wed May 31
Charmaine Lee
Premiere: Phil Niblock's "NuDaf" w/ Dafne Vicente-Sandoval (bassoon)
Thurs Jun 1
Caleb Michel
Darius Jones Quintet
Sat June 3
Just Intonation and the World of Secret Sounds
Workshop with David First
2-5pm
Sun June 4
to and fro:
Aruán Ortiz
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Mon June 5
Improvising Orchestra workshop, with Huda Asfour
7-9pm
Tues June 6
Living Room: Kim Brandt/Walter Dundervill
7pm
Thurs June 8
Infrequent Seams at FourOneOne:
Katie Porter plays Johanna Beyer + Trio w/ James Ilgenfritz + Eli Wallace
Sara Bernstein + Stuart Popejoy duo
Time Phase Trio (Ty Citerman + Jen Baker + Shayna Dunkelman)
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Fri June 9
Living Room: Malcolm-x Betts/Pink Tacos
7pm
Sat June 10
Infrequent Seams at FourOneOne:
Alexis Marcelo + J D Parran + Daniel Carter trio
Anagram Ensemble: Andrew Drury + Thomas Buckner + James Ilgenfritz
Nicole Parks plays Aaron Jay Myers
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Sun June 11
Sean Meehan, Austin Larkin
Sawt Out (Mazen Kerbaj, Burkhard Beins, Michael Vorfeld)
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Mon June 12
Living Room: Nile Harris/Dyer Rhoads
7pm
Tues June 13
Living Room: Tess Dworman/Kyle Dacuyan
7pm
Wed June 14
Ben Bennett + Toshi Makihara
Kid Millions + Sarah Bernstein
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Thurs June 15
Graham Haynes
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Fri June 16
Vision Festival After Hours at FourOneOne:
co presented by Vision Festival and FourOneOne
11:30pm: James Brandon Lewis/Alexis Marcelo duo
12:30am: Vision AfterHours Open Improv Party led by gabby fluke-mogul and Ava Mendoza
Free for June 16 Vision Festival ticket holders
$5 to $30 sliding scale, pay what you can
Sun June 18
to and fro: Cooper Moore
5pm, doors 4:30pm
Sun June 18
Tim Berne, Matt Mitchell, Kate Gentile
Chloë Sobek
8pm, doors 7:30
Tues June 20
Living Room: Juli Brandano/Ayano Elson
7pm
Wed June 21
Tom Chiu
Gerry Hemingway and Izumi Kimura
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Thurs, June 22
Living Room: Andros Zins-Browne/Ley
7pm
Fri June 23
Jazztopad Festival:
Ksawery Wojcinski & friends + Amir ElSaffar trio
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Sat June 24
Living Room: Jamar Roberts/Kennis Hawkins
7pm
Sun June 25
to and fro:
Cory Smythe
5pm, doors 4:30
Mon June 26
Huda Asfour: Improvising Orchestra Workshop
7pm-9pm
Tues June 27
Living Room: Anh Vo/Crackhead Barney
7pm
Weds June 28
David Watson, Bob Bellerue
Luke Stewart/Edward Bear/Madison Greenstone
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Thurs June 29
Living Room: Rebecca Patek/Molly Ross
7pm
Sat July 1
The Evergreen Review presents:
Evergreen Sex Machine:
a summer night of erotica and literature
7pm
Mon July 3
Huda Asfour: Improvising Orchestra Workshop
7pm-9pm
Weds July 5
MV Carbon
Ryan Sawyer, Lester St. Louis, Wendy Eisenberg
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Thurs July 6
Isabel Crespo Pardo's el rostro (des)cubierto
with Warp Duo
Sun July 9 - Tues July 11
Brandon Lopez, Fred Moten, Gerald Cleaver residency
Act 1 Sun, July 9: Darius Jones solo
Act 1 Mon, July 10: Ingrid Laubrock and Cecilia Lopez
Act 1 Tues, July 11: Matt Nelson solo
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Thurs July 13
Sandip Bhattacharjee
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Sun July 16
Workshop: Improvisation and Arabic Musical Aesthetics
with Huda Asfour
Wed July 19
The Brooklyn Improv Orchestra
"Conducted Improvisation"
(debut performance)
Wed Aug 9
Anthony Coleman + Yoona Kim
Zoh Amba + Rahul Carlberg + Chris Corsano
Wed Aug 16
David First’s Secret Sounds Workshop Orchestra
Wed Aug 23
Mat Maneri Quartet:
Mat Maneri, Lucian Ban, Randy Peterson, Brandon Lopez
Wed Aug 30
Alfredo Colón
Maldito Dinero
Fri Sep 8
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker LIGHT Ensemble
Sat Sep 9
Bahauddin Dagar
Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew
520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Sun Sept 10
Booker Stardrum, Chris Williams
Alexis Marcelo + Buddy (Uptown Vinyl Supreme)
Wed Sept 13
Shelley Hirsch's New Work Listening Party
Moderated by Sarah Michelson
With support from the NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music and Theatre
Fri Sept 15
fLuXkit Premiere: A Night with Darius Jones
Sat Sep 16
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker LIGHT Ensemble
Sat Sep 16
Bahauddin Dagar
2220 Arts + Archives
Presented by Black Editions
2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Tues Sep 19
Breath of Air - 2 sets
Brandon Ross, Charles Burnham, Warren Benbow
Wed Sep 20
Madison Greenstone
Forever 21 (Peter Evans, Andy Berman, Michael Ode)
Wed Sep 27
Shoko Nagai, Ikue Mori, David Watson
Brandon Lopez and Buz Donald
Thurs Sep 28
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker Big Band and Voice Chorus
Sat Sep 30
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker Big Band and Voice Chorus
Sat Sep 30
Second Saturdays Reading Series
Singapore Unbound
Bengal Hound book launch and reading with
Rahad Abir and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
Thurs Dec 14
Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora and Isaiah Collier + The Chosen Few
(Co-presented by Blank Forms)
7:30pm, doors 7
Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew's
520 Clinton Street