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The ICP (Instant Composers Pool) Orchestra recorded relatively little, but achieved international acclaim for its sophisticated improvisations, ingenious interpretations of landmark composers such as... more
Instant Composers Pool
Monday, March 26, 2007 - 8:00pm
Chicago bred saxophonist /composer Matana Roberts presents Coin Coin: Installation 1, the third performance of her in-progress musical narratives which explore the defining moments of an... more
Coin Coin
Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 8:00pm
The words loud and aggressive only begin to scratch the surface of this proto-punk free jazz band.  Borbetomagus sets forth a sonic squall that obliterates and shocks the listener who comes to... more
Borbetomagus
Sunday, March 4, 2007 - 8:00pm
+Ravi Binning
"The idea is similar to what the action painters do in that it creates various surfaces of color which push into each other, creates tensions and counter tensions, and various fields of energy." -... more
Rova: Orkestrova = Electric Ascension
Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 8:00pm
"Veteran pianist Dave Burrell personifies the best of neoclassicism, uncompromising individuality and in-the-moment gusto." -The New Yorker Join us for an evening of amazing music as we premiere an... more
Dave Burrell Trio
Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 8:00pm
Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelligence, Cline displays a mastery of guitar... more
Nels Cline-Toshi Makihara Duo
Friday, February 9, 2007 - 9:00pm
+Charles Cohen-Yanni Papadopoulos Duo
+Rick Iannacone-John Swana Duo
Rova was founded in October 1977 by Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt, and Bruce Ackley. Its first concert was held at Mills College in Oakland in February of the next year. From the beginning,... more
Rova Saxophone Quartet performs "Certain Space"
Thursday, February 8, 2007 - 8:00pm
+The Pavones
+From Bacteria To Boys
Please join Ars Nova Workshop for the Philadelphia premeire of "one of the most exhilarating new groups on the European circuit!" (The Guardian).  Atomic is a Scandinavian free jazz supergroup,... more
Atomic
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 8:00pm
"Veteran pianist Dave Burrell personifies the best of neoclassicism, uncompromising individuality and in-the-moment gusto." -The New Yorker Since the mid-1960s, Dave Burrell has contributed to nearly... more
Dave Burrell Trio
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 6:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop and the Kelly Writers House are pleased to present Gary Giddins in conversation with his fellow JazzTimes columnist Nate Chinen, who is also a former assistant coordinator at the... more
"Jazz In The 1970s: The Whole Story" with Gary Giddins & Nate Chinen
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 5:30pm