Improv Hootenanny
Featured act:
Ross Hammond and Friends:
Phillip Greenlief, David Boyce,
Lisa Mezzacappa, and John Hanes
with curated sets by:
- Matt Lebofsky
- Salane and Friends
-
Suki O'Kane/Michael Zelner/Allen Whitman
The idea behind the monthly Improv Hootenanny & Social Club is to foster collaboration and community amongst players and fans of improvisational outside music in a cozy place where people can chill, chat, get a decent cocktail - all with no cover charge.
Each month consists of one featured act and three curated sets with five minute overlaps creating a seamless night of improvised outside music and spontaneous collaboration.
Rules of the road:
All music is improvised.
The feature act can be an existing group or collaboration.
Curated sets are new collaborations or untried solo experiments. Curators either arrange collaborators beforehand or engage musicians in the room to play with.
After the main sets are over, the stage is open to collaborations until 1am. This has been really fun and sometimes pretty crazy.
Third Monday of every month.
More info:
Experimental Improv Hootenanny & Social ClubCost: Free
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.