Past Events
2023:
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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
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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​
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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
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Shift 55, Wed Feb 15
The Bridge Bass Quartet: Che Chen, Dave Hofstra, William Parker, Dave Sewelson
DrumsNButta
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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
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Shift 58, Wed Feb 22
Pool Improv
Tom Chiu, Robert Dick, Lucie Vítková, Liz Kosack
8pm, doors 7:30
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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)
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Shift 59, Sun Feb 26
Dan Joseph Periodicity Piece #10
Installation 5pm-8pm
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Shift 60, Wed March 1
Mark Morgan
Excavation (Chris Cochrane, Nick Jozwiak, Shoko Nagai, John Thayer)
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Shift 61, Thurs March 2
Record re-release show, co–presentation with Amish Records
Samara Lubelski / Che Chen + Anaïs Maviel / PG Six
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Fri March 3
(AFA) Compassion: A tribute to Connie Crothers
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Sat March 4
Evergreen Review: The Uses of Translation: Hofmann-Kuroda, Ramadan, Wimmer
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Shift 62, Sun March 5
Tania Chen Installation
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Shift 63, Wed March 8
Michaël Attias
Chris Pitsiokos, Joe Morris, Kevin Murray
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Fri March 10
Guess Work Ensemble performing Brian Eno's Discreet Music
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Tues March 14
Experimental Intermedia: Luca Forcucci
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Shift 64, Wed March 15
David First
David Watson and Sam Kulik
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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
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Fri March 17
Experimental Intermedia: Elico Suzuki
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Sun March 19
Experimental Intermedia:
Screen Compositions: Edition 19:
curated by Katherine Liberovskay
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Shift 65, Wed March 22
Stephan Crump
Ken Filiano, Shelley Hirsch, Hans Tammen
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Thurs March 23
(Blank Forms) Still House Plants, Melvin Gibbs, and 7038634357
Fri March 24
(Blank Forms) Still House Plants, Dawuna, and Charles Curtis
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Shift 66, Wed Mar 29
curated by Brian Chase (Chaikin Records)
Organs Obsolete
Tomas Fujiwara
Brian Chase/Anthony Coleman
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Sun April 2
to and fro: Dave Burrell
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Shift 67, Wed April 5
Matthew Ostrowski, Ted Moore
Raoul Björkenheim, Anders Nilsson
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Sun April 9
to and fro: Sylvie Courvoisier
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Shift 68, Wed April 12
Austin Larkin
Sean Meehan, Leslie Ross
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Sat April 15,
Peter Kerlin
Jack Cooper's "Arrival"
(Sam Morrison, Jeff Tobias, Karen Waltuch)
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Shift 69, Sun April 16
Eva Sidén
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Shift 70, Wed April 19
CT::SWaM presents
Sari Carel
Mike Bullock
Claudia Robles-Angel
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Thurs April 20
CT::SWaM Workshop
SEED 02:: Live Diffusion and Thresholds of Decentering
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Sat April 22
Elliott Sharp Workshop
2-5pm
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Sun April 23
to and fro: Alexis Marcelo
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Shift 71, Wed April 26
Tropos (Phillip Golub, Mario Layne Fabrizio)
Mariel Roberts/ Tomas Fujiwara
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Sat April 29
Eve Essex & Andy Cahill:
Today, I Will Be The Bread
Soundtrack Release Party​
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Sun April 30
to and fro: Anthony Coleman
5pm, doors 4:30pm
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Shift 72, Wed, May 3
Dominic Coles
Billy Martin, Zoh Amba
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Thurs May 4
Austin Williamson
"S. Angel," Nate Wooley, Brandon Lopez
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Fri May 5
Tredici Bacci presents:
8pm: Anthony Coleman/ Tredici Bacci
10pm: Starla Online/ Tredici Bacci
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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
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Thurs May 11
Marta Warelis (solo)
Marta Warelis and Chris Corsano
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Tues May 16
Blank Forms presents:
Josephine Foster w Gray/Smith featuring special guest Louise Landes Levi
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Wed May 17
Amirtha Kidambi/ Matteo Liberatore
Tcheser Holmes "Althea Quilombo"
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Thurs May 18
DoYeon Kim
John Blum, William Parker
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Wed May 24
Marija Kovacevic: Music for Broken Violins
Bearthoven
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Thurs May 25
Chuck Roth
Hery Paz/Joe Morris/Tom Rainey
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Wed May 31
Charmaine Lee
Premiere: Phil Niblock's "NuDaf" w/ Dafne Vicente-Sandoval (bassoon)
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Thurs Jun 1
Caleb Michel
Darius Jones Quintet
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Sat June 3
Just Intonation and the World of Secret Sounds
Workshop with David First
2-5pm
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Sun June 4
to and fro:
Aruán Ortiz
8pm, doors 7:30pm
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Mon June 5
Improvising Orchestra workshop, with Huda Asfour
7-9pm
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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
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Fri June 9
Living Room: Malcolm-x Betts/Pink Tacos
7pm​
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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
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Sun June 11
Sean Meehan, Austin Larkin
Sawt Out (Mazen Kerbaj, Burkhard Beins, Michael Vorfeld)
8pm, doors 7:30pm
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Mon June 12
Living Room: Nile Harris/Dyer Rhoads
7pm
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​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
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Thurs June 15
Graham Haynes
8pm, doors 7:30pm
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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
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Sun June 18
to and fro: Cooper Moore
5pm, doors 4:30pm
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Sun June 18
Tim Berne, Matt Mitchell, Kate Gentile
Chloë Sobek
8pm, doors 7:30
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​Tues June 20
Living Room: Juli Brandano/Ayano Elson
7pm
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Wed June 21
Tom Chiu
Gerry Hemingway and Izumi Kimura
8pm, doors 7:30pm
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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
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Sat June 24
Living Room: Jamar Roberts/Kennis Hawkins
7pm
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Sun June 25
to and fro:
Cory Smythe
5pm, doors 4:30
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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
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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
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Mon July 3
Huda Asfour: Improvising Orchestra Workshop
7pm-9pm
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Weds July 5
MV Carbon
Ryan Sawyer, Lester St. Louis, Wendy Eisenberg
8pm, doors 7:30pm
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Thurs July 6
Isabel Crespo Pardo's el rostro (des)cubierto
with Warp Duo
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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
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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
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Wed Aug 16
David First’s Secret Sounds Workshop Orchestra
Wed Aug 23
Mat Maneri Quartet:
Mat Maneri, Lucian Ban, Randy Peterson, Brandon Lopez
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Wed Aug 30
Alfredo Colón
Maldito Dinero
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Fri Sep 8
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker LIGHT Ensemble
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Sat Sep 9
Bahauddin Dagar
Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew
520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Sun Sept 10
Booker Stardrum, Chris Williams
Alexis Marcelo + Buddy (Uptown Vinyl Supreme)
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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
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Fri Sept 15
fLuXkit Premiere: A Night with Darius Jones
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Sat Sep 16
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker LIGHT Ensemble
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Sat Sep 16
Bahauddin Dagar
2220 Arts + Archives
Presented by Black Editions
2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057
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Tues Sep 19
Breath of Air - 2 sets
Brandon Ross, Charles Burnham, Warren Benbow
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Wed Sep 20
Madison Greenstone
Forever 21 (Peter Evans, Andy Berman, Michael Ode)
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Wed Sep 27
Shoko Nagai, Ikue Mori, David Watson
Brandon Lopez and Buz Donald
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Thurs Sep 28
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker Big Band and Voice Chorus
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Sat Sep 30
William Parker is In Search of Enlightenment
William Parker Big Band and Voice Chorus
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Sat Sep 30
Second Saturdays Reading Series
Singapore Unbound
Bengal Hound book launch and reading with
Rahad Abir and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
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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