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Almog Sharvit’s Coralition / Noah Rott Electric Quartet

March 1, 2024

Doors 7pm, music starts at 8pm

Seating is first come-first served

ALMOG SHARVIT’S CORALITION

Almog Sharvit is an “irrepressibly mischievous and highly skilled” (The Big Takeover) bassist and composer who is never content to stay too long in one mode. His debut album Get Up or Cry has been called a “startlingly imaginative record” and “a masterpiece of syncopated sound” (Bass Magazine, Goldmine Magazine). In addition to his own project, Almog can be heard playing with his collective trio KADAWA, Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East, The NYChillharmonic, Forager, Julia Easterlin, Ashni, Ambrose Getz, Ella Mar and many more.  Website

NOAH ROTT’S ELECTRIC QUARTET

Noah Rott is a Brooklyn-based pianist and electronic artist who fuses modern jazz with electronic soundscapes. Originally hailing from Germany, Noah Rott migrated to New York City in 2017, where he swiftly carved out a niche for himself as a dynamic force within the city’s jazz scene. As part of a new generation of jazz innovators, Noah’s virtuosic and versatile use of analog synthesizers and sound effects paired with his picturesque approach to the acoustic piano have garnered attention and acclaim. He is currently leading a new quartet with the vision of creating an innovative sonic blend of acoustic elements and electronic sounds. His band features some of New York’s most unique musical minds, such as Alfredo Colon on saxophone, electric wind instrument, and effects; Mathias Jensen on upright bass; and Kobi Abcede on drums. After releasing his debut album Rewind in 2021, he is projected to release his second album as a bandleader in early 2025. Website

Assembly #15 curated by Lester St. Louis & Luke Stewart

February 18, 2024

Music starts at 8pm
Full dinner menu available
Seating is first come-first served

performing live in the back room

No Land & Luke Stewart present works for poems, bass, and spirit

No Land’s work continues in the lineage of the downtown NYC avant garde, honoring an intuitive vow towards creation. She performs her poem-mosaic-ruminations with different formations of musician collaborators including Daniel Carter, Oliver Ray (Patti Smith Group), Bentley Anderson, & more.

Luke Stewart is a musician, performer, improviser-composer whose work represents a deep reverence for the history and tradition of Creative Music: a tradition which encompasses the diverse styles of expression within the body of Black Music in the United States, Africa, and throughout the world. Stewart’s regular ensembles include Irreversible Entanglements and the experimental rock duo Blacks’ Myths

Neti Neti (Amirtha Kidambi + Matt Evans)

Neti Neti is the ritual music duo of Matt Evans (drums/electronics) and Amirtha Kidambi (vocals/electronics) that formed amidst their mutual experiences surrounding grief after the death of loved ones. The pair shape a vessel for processing this loss using hazy rhythmic interplay, dredging piles of noise, and serene moments of ethereal melodic counterpoint. Neti-Neti, translated as “It is not this, it is not that” from Sanskrit, is a contemplation on the nature of reality, life, death, birth and rebirth extracted from the Hindu text of rituals The Upanishads.

Qasim Naqvi

When not touring in lauded trio, Dawn of Midi, Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi creates original music for film, dance, theatre and international chamber ensembles. His most recent works delve deep into the timbres of analogue synthesisers and orchestral configurations.

+ all night selector
Gabriel Jermaine Vandlandingham-Dunn (Cow Arts)

$20 at the door (cash/Venmo)


Alaara & Qasim Naqvi / Chris Williams

7pm doors 8pm music, full dinner menu available

performing live in the back room

ALAARA & QASIM NAQVI

Brooklyn-based trio Alaara (pronounced ahlah-ahrah) includes Grey McMurray on guitar, Sonya Belaya on piano, and Nicole Patrick on drums. The trio creates long form improvisations that prioritize patience, effortlessly traversing the spaces of jazz, experimental minimalism, and ambient music.

Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi might be best known as drummer in lauded trio Dawn of Midi. When he’s not on tour he creates original music for film, dance, theatre and international chamber ensembles. His most recent works delve deep into the timbres of analogue synthesizers and orchestral configurations.

CHRIS WILLIAMS

solo work for expanded trumpet


Heavy Florals VI curated by Shara Lunon

February 11, 2024

heavy florals is a bi-monthly showcase

that creates space for a community

of POC musicians and their allies to exhale

Doors 7:30pm

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performing live in the back room

CLEO REED Website

Ella Moore performs under the alias “Cleo Reed,” modeled after two ancestors. Born and raised in NYC and Uptown DC, Cleo creates under the musical influence of black underground sounds.

YVA LAS VEGASS Archive

Venezeulan-born, NYC-based singer songriter “whose songs feel like deep primal screams, each accompanied by a traditional Venezuelan ‘cuatro’ – a small stringed instrument similar to a ukelele”

+ all night selector DARKY RAMONE

$10-20 sliding scale at the door (cash/Venmo/Cash App)


Sam Weinberg 2024 Residency

February 6, 2024

Doors 7pm, music 8pm

Full dinner menu available, seating first-come first serve

Sam Weinberg 2024 Back Room Residency April Edition

featuring poets Joey Yearous-Algozin (Website) & Bahaar Asan (Website)

and a special set by The Sam Weinberg Trio (Bandcamp) with Jason

Nazary & Henry Fraser


Jon Shillingford Quintet

February 5, 2024

7pm doors, full dinner menu available, seating is first come first-served

Two sets: 8pm & 9:30pm

JONATHAN SHILLINGFORD QUINTET

Jonathan Shillingford is a jazz trumpet player based in New York City. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, he draws inspiration from his hometown’s rich culture, especially from his Caribbean heritage.

‍A current student of the Manhattan School of Music, Shillingford has studied with Stefon Harris, Marc Cary, and Jon Faddis. In 2023 herecieved his masters degree from Berklee Global Jazz Institute on a full scholarship playing and studying alongside Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Adam Cruz, Ben Street and Joe Lovano

Since arriving in NY, Jon has played on historic stages (such as Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz Club, the Jazz Gallery, Dizzy’s Club and Smalls Jazz Club) in service of expanding the boundaries of his musical voice and fully surrender to the creativity of the moment. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music.

Kevin Oliver Jr – alto sax

Mwanzi Harriot – Guitar

Gervis Myles – bass

Gary Jones III – drums

and featuring Mar Vilaseca & Haku Leaf – vocals