City of Birds - 6pm

Elijah Shiffer - alto sax
Kevin Sun - tenor sax
Dmitry Ishenko - bass
Colin Hinton - drums

Horntet - 7 pm

Guillermo Gregorio - clarinet
Diego Hedez - trumpet
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax
Stan Zenkov - multiple instruments
Daniel Carter - multiple instruments

Voyager - 8 pm

Steve Cohn - piano
William Parker - bass
Daniel Carter - multiple instruments
Ayumin Ishito - tenor sax
Marvin Bugalu Smith - drums

$20

6 pm

Barbara Mansukhani - Alto Sax/Soprano Sax
Yuko Togami - Drums

7 pm

Jeff Pearring - Alto Sax
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Zach Swanson - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

8 pm

Anthony Coleman - Piano
Elfie Shi - Vibraphone
Ruby Wagner - Drums

$20

Siren Xypher Collective - 8 pm (doors at 7:30)

Kyoko Kitamura - Voice & Synth
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano & Voice

$15-20

Siren Xypher Collective is a New York City-based collective of three established performing composers Melanie Dyer (vla), Mara Rosenbloom (p) and Kyoko Kitamura (v), presenting intricate original works which combine art songs, spoken words and free-flowing improvisation. Their love for, and extensive experience in, these musical genres generate deep sonic conversations full of humor, warmth, surprises and fire.

Debuting in early 2022, Siren Xypher Collective has since performed in various music series including Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum Jazz Poetry Month and the InGardens series at Governors Island supported by Arts for Art and West Harlem Art Fund, and was featured on the BBC3 Freeness podcast “Peace Pieces“. DownBeat Magazine recently described the group as “speculative improvising at its finest with a cohesive, inspired set of original works in which all three women sang their songs, animated their texts and improvised virtuosically with intelligently controlled abandon.”1

Siren Xypher Collective is the production and curatorial team behind Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival of which Mara Rosenbloom serves as the artistic director, with Kyoko Kitamura and Melanie Dyer as production consultants and co-producers. Now in its third year, Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival is scheduled for July 11 & 12 at Ibeam. Above photo by Mariana Meraz.

The Winter Solstice Players

Andrea Wolper - Voice
Adam Lane - Bass
Ryan Messina - Trumpet
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Andrew Drury - drums
Virg Dzurinko - piano

Anthony Coleman Trio - 8 pm

Anthony Coleman, piano
Adam Lane, bass
Patrick Golden, drums

Michael Moss' Roots To Shoots - 9 pm

Michael Moss, Reeds
Alexis Marcello, piano
Adam Lane, bass
Jackson Krall, drums

$20

Anthony Coleman continues to celebrate his 70th birthday with a new trio fresh from the recording studio. Outrageous improvisations and toe tapping free jazz flow to blow the mind and renew the goodness of human kind. Set two Michael Moss brings his quartet with drum legend Jackson Krall in tow to perform all of Coltrane's Love Supreme.

Novoa/ Pérez Duo - 8 pm

Gían Pérez - electric guitar
Eva Novoa - piano & Chinese gongs

Novoa/ Pérez/ Juárez/ Harmon/ Giaquinto - 8:45 pm

Gían Pérez - electric guitar
David Juárez - electric guitar
Eva Novoa - piano & gongs
Mike Harmon - bass Roberto Giaquinto - drums

$20

Vinnie Sperrazza- drums
Jerome Harris-- bass
Jeremy Udden-- saxophone

$20

6 pm

Kaelen Ghandhi - Sax
Sandy Ewen - Guitar
Evan Palmer - Bass
Michael Larocca - Drums

7 pm

Sam Newsome - Sax/Objects
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
T.J. Borden - Cello
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

8 pm

Stan Zenkov - Multi Windwoods
Jeong Lim Yang - Bass
Willy Rodriguez - Drums

$20

Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Frank Carlberg - piano
Gary Wang - bass
Michel Gentile - flutes
Rob Garcia - drums

$20

8 pm

Astrid Kuljanic - vocal
Mat Muntz - bass

9 pm

Marius Duboule - guitar
Steve Cardenas - guitar

Novoa / Jones Duo

Eva Novoa, piano, drawings, synth & Chinese gongs
Art Jones, visuals & multiple instruments/ effects

$20

Synesthesia is a duo collaboration where music and improvisation merge with visuals, video, color, shapes and drawings. Expect a sound and visual experience which will connect and activate your aural and visual senses.

Art Jones works with film, video, and sound. His performances involve the use of modified analog instruments with electronics and video as raw material in live improvisation. His films and performances have been presented at venues including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate Modern, and Roulette Intermedium. He lives in the Bronx, New York City.

Eva Novoa:
"A vivid sense of drama and its intrinsic, minute shadings of light upon dark places animate pianist Eva Novoa's work. Barcelona bred and keening with Brooklyn bravura, Novoa swaps the fore and backgrounds with uncompromised glee. Expressionistic, Impressionistic, and forthright, she aligns and upsets the edges to her liking. (...) the whole of Novoa/Gress/Gray Trio, Vol. 1 is a distinctly engaging and fascinating listen". Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz **** February 2024.
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Isak Hedtjärn and John Welsh duos and trios - 7:30 pm

Isak Hedtjärn - clarinet
John Welsh - guitar
Guillermo Gregorio - clarinet
Madison Greenstone - clarinet
John Blum - piano
Lesley Mok - drums
Chuck Roth - guitar
Brandon Lopez - bass

Isak Hedtjärn is visting from Sweden and John Welsh is visiting from Arizona. This will be a collection of duos and trios with new and old friends in NY.

$20

Divine Pivot - 8:00

Shinya Lin - piano
Leo Chang - piri and electronics
Evan Palmer - bass

Yuko Fujiyama Trio - 9:00

Yuko Fujiyama - piano
Reggie Nicholson - drums
Stephanie Griffin - viola

$20

Divine Pivot is a collaboration between Shinya Lin, Leo Chang, and Evan Palmer, exploring the intersection of acoustic and electronic sound through electroacoustic performance. The instrumentation includes prepared piano, acoustic bass, oboe, piri, suona, VOLCONORI—an amplified gong system developed by Leo Chang—synthesizers, and sample manipulation using MaxMSP by Shinya Lin.

Each performer contributes a distinct approach informed by their research and instrument customization. Rather than adhering to a fixed structure, the project evolves through interaction, allowing the acoustic and electronic elements to shape the music in real time. By integrating traditional and experimental techniques, Divine Pivot examines how sound traditions adapt within electronic sonic environments.
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Yuko Fujiyama on piano with Stephanie Griffin on viola and Reggie Nicholson on drums.
Fujiyama founded non-profit organization, Contemporary East, to introduce a beauty of Eastern expression in improvisational music. Tonight's performance is a part of its activity.

Yoon Sun Choi - voice/piano
Sally Gate - guitar
Sara Ontaneda - voice
Mary Prescott - piano/voice

$20

Yoon Sun Choi, born in South Korea, raised in Canada and now a New York-based improvising vocalist and pianist using her vocal prowess that transitions effortlessly from resonant, haunting melodies to deep, resonant wails. Yoon has made significant contributions to the music scene over her twenty-year-long career performing and collaborating with esteemed artists including Mark Dresser, Darius Jones, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wheeler, on prestigious stages such as The Blue Note, Birdland, and Carnegie Hall.

Sally Gates is a New Zealand guitarist and composer based in New York. Known for her avant-rock quartet, Titan to Tachyons (Tzadik records), Gates has toured internationally, scored short films, and was a recipient of the Wellington Composer Commission (NZ). Her albums include original works and free-jazz collaborations. Gates’ second Stone Residency is slated for 2026.

Sara Ontaneda is an Ecuadorian-American singer-songwriter based in New York City whose bilingual music fuses Latin rhythms with folk, pop, and electronic influences. Blending English and Spanish lyrics, her songs reflect her multicultural background and emotional storytelling. Her debut album Entre Espacios y Colores (2017) earned acclaim across the U.S. and Latin America. With her recent releases, Ontaneda continues exploring vibrant, soulful sounds that celebrate identity, love, and cultural connection.

Mary Prescott is a Thai-American interdisciplinary artist, composer, and pianist who explores the foundations and facets of identity and social conditions through experiential performance. Featured in “21 for ‘21: Composers and Performers Who Sound Like Tomorrow,” The Washington Post describes Mary’s work as “a bright light cast forward... uncompromising,” and “masterfully envisioned.” Mary is an awardee of a Jerome Fellowship in Music, McKnight Composer Fellowship, Princess Grace Award in Theater, NPN Creation and Development Fund and many more. Her residencies include Loghaven, Bogliasco, Camargo and VCCA. Mary is a Steinway Artist.

8:00pm

Stan Zenkov - Multiple Woodwind
Eric Plaks - Piano
Zach Swanson - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

9:00 pm

Ryan Siegel - Alto Sax
John Blum - Piano
James Paul Nadien - Drums

$20

Beyond Flute Group - 7 pm

Cheryl Pyle - c flute/alto flute
Sylvain Leroux - c flute, fula flute
Gene Coleman -bass flute, piccolo
Michael Eaton - soprano sax
Roberta Piket - piano
Jeong Lim Yang - bass

Unchambered Jazz - 8 pm

Sarah Bernstein -violin
Sunjay Jayaram - viola
TJ Borden - cello
Nicholas Christenson - bass
Audoine Amazan -trumpet
Jeff Pearring - sax
Daniel Carter - multiple instruments

$20

6pm

Jeff Pearring Alto - Sax
Megumi Yonezawa - Piano
Shogo Ellefson - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

7 pm

Matt Knoegel - Tenor Sax/Soprano Sax
Colson Jimenez - Bass
Nick Neuburg - Drums

El Duo - Eric x Eric - 8 pm

Eric Plaks - Piano
Eric Shorter - Saxophone, Electronics, Bells & Whistles

$20

Lucumí and Improvisation - 8 pm

Harris Eisenstadt - batá
Matt Glassmeyer - Wurlitzer, reedless saxophone, percussion
Sean Moran - guitar

Todd Caldwell / Chris Parker Duo - 9 pm

Todd Caldwell - Organ
Chris Parker - Guitar

Re-imagining Cuban Lucumí plus the lyrical duo of Caldwell and Parker.

$20

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Very special concert by a singer and activist from Kyrgyzstan.

$20

Kyoko Kitamura - voice
Lena Bloch - saxophone
Jacob Sacks - piano
Ken Filiano - bass
Michael Sarin - drums

"Acclaimed Russian-born saxophonist and composer Lena Bloch’s new album Marina, showcasing a commissioned jazz suite for ensemble and voice and out November 14, 2025 via Fresh Sound Records, could not be more timely. “Throughout my life, Tsvetaeva has been a model of resilience as an immigrant, an artist and a woman,” says Bloch, “all of which have been under siege in modern political discourse, all the more reason to amplify her voice for a modern audience.”

The album features Bloch’s quintet with vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, pianist Jacob Sacks, bassist Ken Filiano, and drummer Michael Sarin. The jazz suite, which sets Bloch’s own English translations of Tsvetaeva’s works, was commissioned in 2022 through a grant from Chamber Music America."

$20

Noah Preminger - tenor saxophone
Shane Endsley - trumpet
Gary Versace - piano
Dominic Duval Jr - bass
Rob Garcia - drums

$20

Webster/Lopez - 6 pm

Katie Webster - sax
Brandon Lopez - bass

Pearring Sound - 7 pm

Jeff Pearring - sax
Jon Elbaz - piano
Evan Palmer- bass
Lou Grassi - drums

Jason Kao Hwang/Resonance - 8 pm

Jason Kao Hwang - composer/violin/viola
Andrew Drury - drum set
Ken Filiano - string bass
Bryan Carrott - vibraphone
Christopher Gordon Forbes - piano

$20

DOT ISO - 8 pm

Dylan DelGiudice - Guitar, Saxophone
Vivek Menon - Violin
Orchid Mcrae - Drums

9 pm

Sam Childs - Saxophone
Jeff Miles - Guitar
Evan Crane - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

$20

8 pm - Intro of Themes

Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Claire De Brunner - basson
Calvin Sexton - trombone
Virg Dzurinko - piano
Evan Crane - bass
John Loggia - drums

8:45 pm - Shocking Discovery

Elijah Shiffer - alto sax
Jeff Pearring - alto sax
Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax
Dave Sewelson - bari sax
Calvin Sexton - trombone
Claire De Brunner - bassoon

9:30 pm - Anbaric Aftermath

Eric Plaks - piano
Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax
Sandy Ewen - guitar
Jeong Lim Yang - bass
Yuko Tagami - drums

Dick / Caine / Chang Trio - 8 pm

Robert Dick, flutes
Adam Caine, guitar+synth
Tiffany Chang, percussion

No Egrets - 9 pm

Cheryl Richards, voice
Virg Dzurinko, piano
Claire Debrunner, bassoon
Nick Lyons, alto sax

$20

Robert Dick, whose "Imagination and Technical resources seem limitless" (NY Times) has also been called "Revolutionary" by Jazz Times. Tonight, we hear his improvising trio with Adam Caine and Tiffany Chang, two longtime collaborators. No Egrets is the improvising project of Cheryl Richards, Virg Dzurinko, Claire Debrunner, and Nick Lyons.

Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Elena Camerin - voice
Noa Fort - voice

$20

An ensemble of three vocalists exploring the boundless potential of the human voice through spontaneous composition. Blending elements of jazz, experimental, and contemporary music, the trio crafts each performance in real time — weaving sound, silence, and emotion into a sonic conversation.

7 pm

Jonathan Reisin - Tenor Sax
Ken Filiano - Bass
Ken Kobayashi - Drums

8 pm

Caylie Davis - Trumpet
Chris Ferrari - Reeds
Shogo Ellefson - Bass
JJ Mazza - Drums

9 pm

Marija Kovačević - Violin
Rocío Sánchez - Cello
Eli Wallace - Piano

$20

GENTILE-ROMANO - 8 pm

Michel Gentile - flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo,
Tony Romano - guitar

GRAVITY UNPLUGGED - 9 pm

Hayes Greenfield - saxophone and electronics
Ken Filiano - bass
Rob Garcia - drums

$20

JC Sanford - Trombone
Jeremy Udden - saxophone
Andrew Green - guitar
David Ambrosio - bass

$20

The NOTET is a musical collective organized by guitarist Andrew Green. The group ethos is reflected in the name: no drums, no arrangements, no planning, no rehearsals, no clichés, no edits. Spontaneous and unplanned, ears open and willing and able to adapt at a moment’s notice, the players consistently bring fresh ideas to familiar material, and bring collective improvisation to the forefront.

Ben Garnett Trio (feat. Ben Plotnick & Nate Sabat) - 7:30 pm
Ben Garnett - Guitar
Ben Plotnick - Fiddle
Nate Sabat - Bass

Adam Levy / Grant Gordy / Joel Harrison / Matt Glassmeyer - 8:30 pm
Adam Levy - Guitar
Grant Gordy - Guitar
Joel Harrison - Guitar
Matt Glassmeyer - multiple instruments

$20

Guitarist/composer Ben Garnett’s sophomore studio album, Kite’s Keep (2025), reimagines the acoustic guitar not as a lead voice, but as a cinematic landscape—an evocative space where fiddle, bass, and ensemble interplay bring guitar-born ideas to new life. With a dream team of acoustic virtuosos and a composer’s eye for drama and narrative, Garnett crafts songs that feel like short films—shifting fluidly from folk to bluegrass, pop to jazz, classical to avant-garde. For listeners ready to explore the guitar’s untapped world-building power, Kite’s Keep is an invitation to lean in and look again.

Adam Levy, Grant Gordy, and Joel Harrison will bring to the evening the variety of rich guitar sounds for which they are known. Matt Glassmeyer, who played piano on the album, will present something from his wide palette of sounds.

“You think you’ve heard it all until a Ben Garnett comes along to show us how much more there might be.”
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“Garnett has a beautiful, curious, deep mind.”
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