Tag Archives: free improv

Crosby/Dwyer/Melanson/Ng

This new quartet returns for Karen Ng’s Tranzac monthly Ted Crosby – sax, clarinet Ben Dwyer – bass Phil Melanson – drums Karen Ng – sax, clarinet

Marilyn Lerner/Matt Brubeck Duo

Marilyn Lerner-piano and Matt Brubeck-cello, in dialogue, compositions and improvisations. Join us for an evening of sublimity.

Chris Banks + The Adjacence

Saxophonist and curator Karen Ng invites guests and collaborators every month to present a night of improvised music or music that lies outside expectations.  Karen Ng presents: Chris Banks – solo synth & electronics *debut performance! + The Adjacence Lina Allemano – trumpet Ryan Driver – bristle bass Nick Fraser – drums Karen Ng – […]

Karen Ng Presents: Gill/Howard/Murphy/Ng

Saxophonist and curator Karen Ng invites guests and collaborators every month to present a night of improvised music or music that lies outside expectations. This month’s Karen Ng presents features a first time quartet of: Tania Gill – piano, Blake Howard – drums, Kae Murphy – trumpet, Karen Ng – sax

Chris Bezant Presents Django

Chris Bezant Presents Django’ brings together a diverse selection of Toronto’s heavyweights to celebrate and explore the unceasing impression that Django Reinhardt continues to leave on music today. Join Chris Bezant, Jon Meyer, Simon Diamond, and Mo Mitchell, as they peer through one of the countless facets of the jewel that is Django’s legacy. Come […]

Karen Ng Presents

Saxophonist and curator Karen Ng invites guests and collaborators every month to present a night of improvised music or music that lies outside expectations. 

Conduction Workshop!! TROPOS (NYC)! Sissyhypno (MTL)!

$15 (NOTAFLOF) entry all night – come and go as you please! 7pm-8:30pm: Open Conduction Workshop with Yuma Uesaka (All welcome!) Conduction is a method of group improv that uses a few simple hand gestures to lead musicians of any tradition and ability in collective creation. Yuma is a NYC clarinetist and improviser who has […]

Ecstatic Echidna (Glenn Hall, Liz Lima, Diane Roblin)

Ecstatic Echidna is a fun-loving, playful trio creatively taking you through a circus of genres and moods: from jazz inflections to strenuous ballads and rocking jazz-grunge free styling peaks. The spiky and squeaky echidnas are: Glen Hall (winds), Liz Lima (clarinet-voice), Diane Roblin (keys).