Events

December 5, 6 & 7

Chicago

Co-curated by Tim Daisy, Lily Finnegan, Ben Hall, Damon Locks, Tomeka Reid & Ken Vandermark.

Hungry Brain

2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618

Friday, December 5 — TICKETS
  • Premier of Sharon Udoh’s “Potluck” sextet (with Angelo Hart, Fred Jackson Jr., Mabel Kwan, Avreeayl Ra & Ken Vandermark)
  • Bonnie Han Jones, Mabel Kwan & Michael Zerang 
  • Ikue Mori & Ken Vandermark
  • Dietrichs (Don & Camille Dietrich)
Constellation Chicago

3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Saturday (Afternoon), December 6 — TICKETS
  • Lane Tech Workshop Ensemble with Ken Vandermark
  • Ikue Mori
  • Mike Khoury’s “Spite of Darkness” (with Ali Allen Colding, Indira Edwards & Ben Hall)
Hungry Brain

2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618

Saturday (Evening), December 6 — TICKETS
  • Ikue Mori, Tim Daisy & Jason Adasiewicz
  • Ava Mendoza
  • Fred Moten, Bonnie Han Jones & Ben Hall
Sunday, December 7 — TICKETS
  • “Company-style” ad hoc groups: 
    with Ali Allen Colding, Indira Edwards, Mike Khoury, Ava Mendoza, Kim Alpert, Dorothy Carlos, Garrett Frees, Damon Locks, Beth McDonald, Dave Rempis & Ed Wilkerson Jr,

December 4

Oslo

Curated by Ingebrigt Haker Flaten & Paal Nilssen-Love

Nasjonal Jazzscene

Victoria Theater, Oslo, Norway

Thursday, December 4 — TICKETS
  • Chicago/Oslo Quartet (with Tuva Olsson, Guro Kvåle , Nicolas Leirtrø, Gabby Fluke-Mogul & Lilly Finnegan)
  • MOE (with Guro Moe & Håvard Skaseth)
  • Alfred Wammer, Sondre Folkestad, Isach Skeidsvoll & Paal Nilssen-Love
December 14, 15 & 16

New York

Co-curated by Brandon Lopez & Zeena Parkins

The People’s Forum

320 W. 37th St. NY 10018

Sunday, December 14
  • Screening of Johan Grimonprez’ “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (2024) with discussion afterwards
Roulette Intermedium

509 Atlantic Avenue, (Corner of Third Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11217

Monday, December 15 (8 pm) — TICKETS
  • Craig Taborn & Miriam Parker
  • Joe McPhee & Michael Foster’s Ghost (with Joey Sullivan & John Moran)
  • Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez
Close Up

154 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002

Tuesday, December 16 (7 pm) — TICKETS (LINK SOON)
  • Chuck Roth, John Blum & Steve Baczkowski
  • Cecilia Lopez & Zeena Parkins
  • Whit Dickey & Matthew Shipp
December 14

Washinton D.C.

Co-curated by Luke Stewart & Layne Garrett

Rhizome

6950 Maple St NW, Washington D.C.

Saturday, December 14 (6 to 10 pm) — TICKETS
  • Silt Remembrance Ensemble (with Luke Stewart, Brian Settles, Daniel Carter, Jamal Moore & Chad Taylor) + Angelica Sanchez
  • Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture (with Joey Sullivan & John Moran)
  • Tashi Dorji
  • Alex Hamburger

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