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SUMMARY:Wednesday Knudsen / Stiff Curls / Bill Nace
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/wednesday-knudsen-stiff-curls-bill-nace/
LOCATION:Launderette Records\, 3142 Richmond Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T170000
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SUMMARY:Johnny Gandelsman
DESCRIPTION:“A violinist who can do anything\,” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Johnny Gandelsman’s This is America is an ever-growing collection of commissioned works by U.S. composers that reflect on society’s rupture and disconnection. “Rich in diversity but united by interpretative beauty and belief\,” (Gramophone) the works honor our country’s vibrant cultural tapestry and its myriad perspectives. Gandelsman\, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and Grammy® Award-winning member of the Silkroad Ensemble\, will perform a solo violin program featuring the world premiere of a Penn Live Arts commission by Tyshawn Sorey\, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer\, multi-instrumentalist and professor of music at Penn. \nThe program for each performance varies but both include the world premiere work by Tyshawn Sorey.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/johnny-gandelsman-2/
LOCATION:Harold Prince Theater\, 3680 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T220000
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SUMMARY:Nomad War Machine with TJ Borden\, Embarker
DESCRIPTION:Nomad War Machine is an improvised metal duo consisting of guitarist James Reichard and drummer Julius Masri.  In 2023\, both musicians entered Baltimore’s Tempo House Recording studio with pedal steel luminary Susan Alcorn Lobato. \nThe release of the album Contra Madre (VG+ Records)\, on January 31 of 2026\, marks the one year anniversary of her passing. The Fire Museum Presents concert serves as a Philadelphia premier of sorts\, and a celebration of Susan’s undeniable creative fording into new sonic territories. February 15th\, Nomad War Machine will be joined by Brooklyn based cellist TJ Borden\, a restless improviser and explorer of tonal possibilities. TJ has performed and recorded with the Mivos Quartet\, and has released many of his own works\, both solo and collaborative. \nConcerning Contra Madre: An unexpected opportunity arose after a conversation between James Reichard and Susan Alcorn\, where she revealed a fascination with death metal\, confessing\, “I’m 70 years old\, I think about death!” She had learned Arch Enemy songs on pedal steel\, and was particularly compelled by the frontwoman’s intensity and vigor as a performer. Voicing an appreciation for the hook-oriented sound of Swedish death metal made sense for Susan whose roots as a veteran pedal steel player reached into the Western Texan swing circuit of the 60s and 70s. For Susan\, ever the explorer\, metal was a new\, appealing point of departure for her into fresh\, unfamiliar musical territory. \nThough known for her fluency in Jazz\, Country\, and free improvisation\, Susan had also studied Arabic\, the oud\, and maqam systems. Pre-70s Country & Western music had also been a lifelong presence for both members of Nomad War Machine. Julius Masri\, a Lebanese free jazz and metal drummer\, and devoted fan of Texas Swing legends like Speedy West\, Jimmy Bryant\, Leon Rhodes\, and Joe Maphis\, was also steeped in Arabic music traditions.  James Reichard\, before coming to ‘freely’ improvised metal\, xenharmonic music\, and non-western tuning systems\, had grown up being subjected to countless singalongs to numerous pre-70s country records\, entranced by the pedal steel. Susan Alcorn expressed an interest in playing with Nomad War Machine\, it felt like there was a whole world of shared or complementary interests to explore. \nEmbarker: \nEmbarker is the solo project of audio visual artist Michael Roy Barker. Mb uses a variety of electronics\, modular synthesizer\, homemade instruments\, voice and processed audio collages to create hyperkinetic\, genre-bending music that is often used as a soundtrack to found videos or as an interactive audio visual experience. He has performed widely in the US\, and has also studied at STEIM in 2007 and been artist in Residence at the Experimental TV Center in Owego NY 2006-2007.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/nomad-war-machine-with-tj-borden-embarker/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T193000
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SUMMARY:Victor Viera-Branco Trio
DESCRIPTION:Sets 7:30 and 9:00 \n  \nVictor Viera-Branco vibes \nJohn Moran – bass \nJoey Sullivan – drums
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/victor-viera-branco-trio-4/
LOCATION:48 Record Bar\, 48 South 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T200000
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SUMMARY:David Tudor at Gate Hill Tudor Talk (Online) with Mark Davenport
DESCRIPTION:David Tudor is largely remembered for his performances of mid-twentieth-century avant-garde piano music and his close association with John Cage\, but much less is known about his personal life or the intentional artist’s community he co-founded in 1954. The Gate Hill Cooperative\, established with Cage and others who had emerged from the experimental environment of Black Mountain College\, became Tudor’s home for over forty years—the place where he produced practically his entire compositional oeuvre. Tudor was only 28 when he moved to Gate Hill\, and it was there that he developed the electronic and collaborative practices for which he continues to garner international recognition. Musicologist and cultural historian Mark Davenport\, who grew up at Gate Hill\, will draw on his decade-long research project and forthcoming book Community\, Art\, Education and the Search for Meaning: From Black Mountain College to the Gate Hill Cooperative to provide rare access and insight into Tudor’s life during the formative early years of the community. This conversation offers a unique personal and scholarly perspective on the environment that shaped Tudor’s artistic evolution. \nPhoto: David Tudor at the Gate Hill Cooperative (c. 1960). Photograph by Betsy (Epstein) Williams. Courtesy of Mark Davenport/Landkidzink Image Collection. \n\nThis online program starts at 6:00pm Eastern US time as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/david-tudor-at-gate-hill-tudor-talk-online-with-mark-davenport/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Raphael Roginski plays John Coltrane & Langston Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Ars Nova Workshop presents Polish guitarist Raphael Rogiński\, performing his transformative interpretations of the music of John Coltrane and the words of Langston Hughes at Solar Myth on Wednesday\, February 18\, 2026. \nA guitarist\, composer\, improviser\, culture animator and musicologist\, Raphael Rogiński was educated in jazz and classical music while also studying musical theory and ethnomusicology. Since the beginning of his creative work he has focused primarily on improvisation rooted in blues and jazz\, as well as on ethnic and folk music – the combination of those two paths defining his style.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/raphael-roginski-plays-john-coltrane-langston-hughes/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:John Truscinski / Tricia Holub
DESCRIPTION:John Truscinski @jskimegamix doing a solo drum set\n\n\nTricia Holub (Phila\, PA) @triciaholubmusic experimental keyboard and vocal delights!\n\n\n\nDoors at 7\, music at 8. $10-15\, BYOB
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/john-truscinski-tricia-holub/
LOCATION:Brickbat Books\, 709 South 4th St\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T230000
DTSTAMP:20260124T162801Z
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SUMMARY:Passages - David Moore Discovery Zone
DESCRIPTION:~ Live Sets by David Moore [solo piano] & Discovery Zone\n~ DJ Set by RVNG Intl. founder Matt Werth\n~ Visual Projections by Klip Collective\n~ Beverages by Forin
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/passages-david-moore-discovery-zone/
LOCATION:Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church\, 2139 East Cumberland Church\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T120000
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SUMMARY:Eternal Rhythm: Conversations and Travelations with Don Cherry.”
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a very special discussion celebrating the release of the new book “Eternal Rhythm: Conversations and Travelations with Don Cherry.”\n\n\nNewly published by Ars Nova Workshop\, the book offers an intimate\, free-flowing portrait of the legendary improviser and musical visionary. Drawn from priceless cassette-taped interviews gathered since 1979\, the book is an unfiltered insight into the evolution and working life of a musician globally recognized as one of the most unique\, innovative voices to emerge from the Sixties free-jazz movement.\n\n\nMusician and scholar Paul N. Roth will be joined in conversation with bassist William Parker\, who will perform on shakuhachi or donso ngoni.\n\n\nSUN FEB 22\, 11 AM–12 PM\nFree | Register>> https://bit.ly/4kGcpr0
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/eternal-rhythm-conversations-and-travelations-with-don-cherry/
LOCATION:Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T220000
DTSTAMP:20260222T223447Z
CREATED:20260205T163414Z
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SUMMARY:Victor Viera-Branco Trio
DESCRIPTION:Sets 7:30 and 9:00 \n  \nVictor Viera-Branco vibes \nJohn Moran – bass \nMaliq Wynn – drums
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/victor-viera-branco-trio-5/
LOCATION:48 Record Bar\, 48 South 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T200000
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SUMMARY:Performing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Tudor Talk (Online) with Cunningham audio engineers
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an online conversation with John D. S. Adams\, John David Fullemann\, David Meschter\, and Robert E. Miller\, hosted by exhibition co-curators You Nakai and Dustin Hurt. \nDavid Tudor’s work with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company required not only innovative compositional thinking but also the technical expertise of skilled audio engineers who could realize his ambitious sonic visions in performance. This conversation brings together audio engineers who worked closely with Tudor and the Cunningham company\, exploring the practical challenges and creative solutions involved in touring complex electronic systems\, adapting performances to diverse venues\, and maintaining the integrity of Tudor’s work across hundreds of performances worldwide. The panel will discuss their experiences working alongside Tudor\, the technical innovations developed to meet the demands of his compositions\, and how the role of the audio engineer became inseparable from the artistic process itself. Through their firsthand accounts\, this discussion illuminates a crucial but often overlooked dimension of Tudor’s practice: the collaborative relationships with engineers that made his groundbreaking electronic works possible. \n\nThis online program starts at 6:00pm Eastern US time as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/performing-with-the-merce-cunningham-dance-company-tudor-talk-online-with-cunningham-audio-engineers/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T080000
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SUMMARY:FREE RANGE -       Tim Motzer & Doug Hurlinger / Paul Giess
DESCRIPTION:Free Range\n\n\nFree Range is a monthly concert series providing artists with important resources in today’s content-driven music scene\, and providing audiences with exceptional and affordable (even better than a city-wide!) Jazz and improvised music. With only a $5 cover\, you receive food\, refreshments\, and a night of innovative music. Free Range prioritizes local musicians\, giving all performers high-quality audio and video of their show\, full use/rights to their materials\, including the raw audio for additional production if they so choose.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/free-range-tim-motzer-doug-hurlinger-paul-giess/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut Street
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T220000
DTSTAMP:20260115T184641Z
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SUMMARY:Ryosuke Kiyasu  /  Sweepers
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ryosuke-kiyasu-sweepers/
LOCATION:Ortlieb’s\, 837 North 3rd Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T220000
DTSTAMP:20260221T012638Z
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SUMMARY:AIRLFT : Celebrating the Music of Bern Nix
DESCRIPTION:Please join Philly’s super collective of composers\, improvisors and sonic healers as we celebrate the music of the late great Bern Nix. Matt Lavelle\, Philly’s adopted son\, Brooklyn transplant\, player of trumpet\, woodwinds\, composer extraordinaire\, will curate our 2 sets of musical and sonic excursions. First Set Bern Nix\, Second Set\, AIRFLT original.We are AIRLFT- Diehl\, Levin\, Lavelle\, Dennis\, Marquez\, Lawson\, Lowery\, Hotep. – Philly’s deep rooted sonic omnivores..Be on the look out for our new album coming 2026. More to follow. AND save the date 2 PM\, Sunday\, March 29 for the FIRST ANNUAL AIRLFT FESTIVAL. Nine groups. One Day. The Rotunda. Presented by Fire Museum\, High Two Records\, and Chilladelphia. .
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/airlft-celebrating-the-music-of-bern-nix/
LOCATION:Commodore John Barry Arts & Cultural Center\, 6815 Emlen St\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T220000
DTSTAMP:20260205T160750Z
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SUMMARY:Chad Taylor Quartet performs John Coltrane & Don Cherry's The Avant-Garde
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with The Living Temple\, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry\, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Chad Taylor Quartet performing The Avant-Garde\, the 1966 album that brought together Don Cherry and John Coltrane\, at Solar Myth on Friday\, February 27. \nA composer\, scholar and educator as well as a capaciously inventive percussionist now living in Philadelphia\, Chad Taylor is best known as co–founder of the Chicago Underground Duo (and the numerous Underground iterations that have spun off of that original partnership) with trumpeter Rob Mazurek\, and as drummer for the late jaimie branch’s Fly Or Die. A professional on the Chicago scene from the age of 16\, he became a rhythmic muse for many of the most celebrated artists in improvised music\, including Fred Anderson\, Pharoah Sanders\, Nicole Mitchell\, Matana Roberts\, Ken Vandermark\, Darius Jones\, James Brandon Lewis\, Derek Bailey\, Marc Ribot\, and Peter Brötzmann. \nReleased in 1966 on Atlantic Records\, The Avant-Garde was a sign of profound respect from one jazz pioneer to another. On the landmark session\, John Coltrane plays the music of Ornette Coleman\, accompanied by the members of Coleman’s groundbreaking quartet: bassist Charlie Haden\, drummer Ed Blackwell\, and Don Cherry\, who received co-billing and whose composition “Cherryco” opens the album. Chad Taylor will explore the music of that classic album with his quartet featuring trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson of Steve Coleman’s Five Elements along with Philadelphians Bryan Rogers (tenor saxophone) and Matt Engle (bass).
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/chad-taylor-quartet-performs-john-coltrane-don-cherrys-the-avant-garde/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T223000
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SUMMARY:Bobby Zankel's Wonderful Sound 6 feat. Fabien Enger
DESCRIPTION:Bobby Zankel\, saxophone \nSumi Tonooka\, piano \nShakour Hakeem\, percussion \nFabien Enger\, trumpet
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/bobby-zankels-wonderful-sound-6-feat-fabien-enger/
LOCATION:Black Squirrel Club\, 1049 Sarah Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T220000
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SUMMARY:Drum Major Instinct with Katherine Young
DESCRIPTION:Drum Major Instinct with Katherine Young: \nDrum Major Instinct is an experimental music duo from Asheville\, North Carolina. Jeff Arnal plays (mostly) percussion and Curt Cloninger plays (mostly) modular synthesizer. The Wire describes Jeff’s drumming as a “highly original concept” having “a balletic sense of time and imaginative deployment of colour;” and Byron Coley says Curt’s modular synthesis “moves like blocks of radioactive adobe being shifted around by architects in space suits.” But\, of course\, nothing is ever that straightforward. The resultant music is about waves of energy\, patterns within patterns (within patterns)\, sounds from the natural world\, and running the voodoo down. Their self-titled first release is on Mahakala Music (2022) and their latest 2025 LP (entitled “Almost Nothing”) is on Haunted Apparatus. \nAs a bassoonist and improviser\, Katherine Young amplifies her instrument and employs a flexible electronics setup. She performs as a soloist\, in ad hoc improvised groups\, and with projects such as Beautifulish (duo with Sam Scranton) and Architeuthis Walks on Land (duo with Amy Cimini). Her debut solo album garnered praise in The Wire (“Bassoon colossus”) and Downbeat (“seriously bold leaps for the bassoon”). She has documented her work on numerous recordings\, including her quartet Pretty Monsters self-titled debut\, a duo recording with Anthony Braxton\, and the multi-movement work “Diligence Is to Magic as Progress Is to Flight” (Parlour Tapes+) created with violinist Austin Wulliman of the JACK Quartet. Katherine is based in Atlanta\, where she teaches composition\, electronic music\, and improvisation at Emory University. In 2021\, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition. As a scholar\, she researches the incorporation of idiosyncratic electronics and improvisation in contemporary notated music. \naccessibility: two steps from street to venue.  \nPlease note\, entrance is via the side door on Arizona Street.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/drum-major-instinct-with-katherine-young/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T220000
DTSTAMP:20260121T232412Z
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SUMMARY:The Early
DESCRIPTION:Ars Nova Workshop hosts the record release party for I Want To Be Ready\, the latest from Philly-based post-rock experimentalists The Early\, at Solar Myth on Sunday\, March 1\, 2026. \nThe Early began in northern New Jersey in 2004 as a band of high school buddies coming of age at the apex of indie rock and fixated on the “post-rock” sounds of Do Make Say Think\, Jim O’Rourke and Tortoise. Since then the group has had multiple reincarnations\, most recently in the two-piece of Alex Lewis (guitars\, synthesizers) and Jake Nussbaum (drums\, electronics). Reunited in Philadelphia in 2019\, Alex and Jake have spent the past six years reinventing their shared musical language\, infusing the textural grandeur of post-rock with the communicational intimacy of jazz improvisation and the patient grooves of minimalism and electronica. \nThe title of their new album\, I Want To Be Ready (Island House)\, draws inspiration from choreographer and dancer Danielle Goldman\, whose book by the same name describes improvisation as a state of “readiness” for whatever is to come. The Early’s new music grows out of an honest reckoning with the band’s frustrations for the world: a desire\, a humble aspiration to get their shit together for whatever’s ahead.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/the-early/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T220000
DTSTAMP:20260212T010234Z
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SUMMARY:Victor Viera-Branco Trio
DESCRIPTION:Sets 7:30 and 9:00 \nVictor Viera-Branco -vibes      plus ???
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/victor-viera-branco-trio-6/
LOCATION:48 Record Bar\, 48 South 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T220000
DTSTAMP:20260224T225318Z
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SUMMARY:These Things Happen  /  Dave McDonnell's 5th World
DESCRIPTION:Trepanation Series kicks off Spring with a special one off @thefidget_space. Saxophonist Keefe Jackson will be on the road supporting his new album “A Gentle Reminder” \nThese Things Happen \nKeefe Jackson –  sax      Luke Stewart – bass     Oscar Jan Hoogland – piano     Mikel Patrick Avery – drums \n  \nDave McDonnell’s 5th World \n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/these-things-happen-dave-mcdonalds-5th-world/
LOCATION:the Fidget Space\, 1714 North Mascher Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T220000
DTSTAMP:20260224T234309Z
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SUMMARY:DM Hotep / Matt Engel / Daniel Villarreal
DESCRIPTION:Live music in the bar at Solar Myth \nTuesdays in March 3rd\, 17th and 31st \n2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 pm \nNo Cover
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dm-hotep-matt-engel-daniel-villarreal/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T190000
DTSTAMP:20251020T142819Z
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SUMMARY:Experimental Music Ensemble Winter Concert - A View from inside David Tudor
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Experimental Music Ensemble Winter Concert at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery. This event is free and open to all\, register for tickets here.\n\nTrough a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Culture\, The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery present exhibit Tudor (1926 – 1996) – A View from Inside: David Tudor will be performed as part of this exhibit \n\n\n\nrough a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Culture\, The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery presentexhibit Tudor (1926 – 1996) – A View from Inside: David Tudorwill perform as part of this exhibit
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/experimental-music-ensemble-winter-concert-a-view-from-inside-david-tudor/
LOCATION:Leonard Pearlstein Gallery\, 3401 Filbert St\, Philadelphia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Elliot Levin Group  /   Dave Fishkin Group
DESCRIPTION:Trepanation Series at Century Bar \nElliot Levin Group w/ Matt Engle\, Jan Jeffries\, Dawn Webster \nDave Fishkin Group
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/elliot-levin-group-dave-fishkin-group/
LOCATION:Century Bar\, 1350 S. 29th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19146\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T220000
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SUMMARY:Jason Rigby's Mayhem w/ Mark Guiliana / Chris Morrissey
DESCRIPTION:After nearly a decade away from recording as a leader\, saxophonist Jason Rigby made his triumphant return in August 2025 with Mayhem\, a groundbreaking duo album featuring renowned drummer Mark Guiliana. The project expands to a trio as it arrives at Solar Myth\, adding the eclectic bassist Chris Morrissey to the mix. \nMayhem represents both a sonic and emotional departure for Rigby. The album arrives after a transformative decade of extensive touring that shaped Rigby both personally and creatively\, giving him the space to evolve and reach a place where he felt ready to express ideas that felt truly his own. Mayhem showcases this evolution through its incorporation of sounds and instruments Rigby had never explored in his recordings before—synthesizers\, keyboards\, electronic processing\, and more—creating both a sonic and emotional shift that represents a new chapter in his musical journey. It draws on the deep collaboration between Rigby and Guiliana\, a 15-year musical partnership that has taken them around the world. As a fellow member of Guiliana’s audacious quartet\, Morrissey has also been a vital part of that relationship\, which will doubtless make this performance a compelling excursion.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/jason-rigbys-mayhem-w-mark-guiliana-chris-morrissey/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T220000
DTSTAMP:20260118T165133Z
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SUMMARY:Morton Feldman: Triadic Memories
DESCRIPTION:Amy Williams is a composer of music that is “simultaneously demanding\, rewarding and fascinating” (Buffalo News)\, “fresh\, daring and incisive” (Fanfare). Her compositions have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues on four continents by many of the leading contemporary music soloists and ensembles\, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra\, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra\, JACK Quartet\, Ensemble Aleph\, Dal Niente\, Wet Ink\, Talujon\, International Contemporary Ensemble\, and pianist Ursula Oppens. Her pieces appear on the Albany\, Parma\, VDM (Italy)\, Blue Griffin\, Centaur and New Ariel labels. As a member of the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo\, Ms. Williams has performed at important new music festivals and series worldwide and recorded six critically-acclaimed CDs for Wergo (works of Nancarrow\, Stravinsky\, Varèse/Feldman and Kurtág). She has taught at Bennington College and Northwestern University and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Pittsburgh. \nMORTON FELDMAN was born in New York in 1926. He studied music and piano with several teachers at a young age before becoming a student of Stefan Wolpe after graduating from high school in 1944. Although Feldman mastered atonality\, the pair spent much of their time together simply arguing about music and Feldman struggled to find an artistic voice when composing music. \nFeldman’s artistic development took shape in 1949 when Feldman met composer John Cage\, commencing a lifelong artistic association of crucial importance to American music in the 1950s. Cage was instrumental in encouraging Feldman to have confidence in his instincts\, which resulted in totally intuitive compositions. From then on\, Feldman never worked with any systems that anyone has been able to identify\, working from moment to moment\, from one sound to the next. During this vital time of his musical career\, his friends during the 1950s in New York included the composers Earle Brown and Christian Wolff; painters Mark Rothko\, Philip Guston\, Franz Kline\, Jackson Pollock and Robert Rauschenberg; and pianist David Tudor.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/morton-feldman-triadic-memories/
LOCATION:Trinity @ 22nd\, 2212 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTAMP:20260114T155445Z
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SUMMARY:Forest Speech and Piano Amy Williams (piano) and Composers Inside Electronics
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Amy Williams and a performance of David Tudor’s Forest Speech led by Phil Edelstein with additional performers to be announced. \nThis concert celebrates David Tudor’s dual legacy as both a revolutionary pianist and electronic music pioneer. The first half features Amy Williams performing works by Morton Feldman\, John Cage\, and Earle Brown that were written for and premiered by Tudor in the 1950s and 1960s. As one of the most sought after interpreters of piano music in his generation\, Tudor’s performances transformed indeterminate scores into vivid sonic experiences\, establishing new possibilities for what piano performance could be. Williams\, a composer and pianist known for her deep engagement with contemporary repertoire and her acclaimed recordings of Morton Feldman and other experimental composers\, brings her own interpretive insight to these historically significant works. \nThe second half presents Forest Speech (1978/79)\, a rarely performed work from Tudor’s Rainforest family that uses amplified objects as “instrumental loudspeakers.” Developed in 1976 and expanded as a group version in 1978\, Forest Speech transforms sound into vocal-like illusions through formant resonances and vocoder-like circuit networks. This performance version utilizes everyday objects fitted with sonic transducers—metal barrels\, plastic tubing\, found materials—that resonate and shape electronic sound\, creating a dense acoustic environment where physical materials become active participants in the composition.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/forest-speech-and-piano-amy-williams-piano-and-composers-inside-electronics/
LOCATION:Community Education Center\, 3500 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia
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SUMMARY:DEAD JAZZ  (G Calvin Weston / Matt Hollenberg / Tom Spiker
DESCRIPTION:Step into the electrifying universe of Dead Jazz\, where metal\, jazz\, and eclectic improvisation collide in an audacious sonic journey. The Hollenberg\, Spiker\, Weston Trio delivers an instrumental tour de force that captures the raw energy\, masterful interplay\, and fearless exploration of three boundary-pushing musicians.\nAt the helm of rhythm and texture is G Calvin Weston\, a legendary drummer and trumpeter with a career as groundbreaking as his performances. At just 17\, Weston joined Ornette Coleman’s revolutionary Prime Time band\, contributing to three seminal albums that reshaped the landscape of jazz. Over the years\, he has performed and recorded with icons like James Blood Ulmer and John Lurie’s The Lounge Lizards. With more than two dozen albums as a leader or co-leader\, Weston’s relentless creativity thrives in projects like Free Form Funky Freqs\, alongside Vernon Reid and Jamaaladeen Tacuma\, and Wail\, with members of Stinking Lizaveta. His drumming on Dead Jazz is both propulsive and free\, driving the music forward while carving out vast rhythmic landscapes.\nMatt Hollenberg wields the guitar like a force of nature. Known as the blazing guitarist of Cleric and John Zorn’s Simulacrum\, his musical realm spans avant-garde classical\, free jazz\, dissonant math metal\, ambient\, and world music. Originally from Philadelphia and now Brooklyn-based\, Hollenberg composes intricate pieces that seamlessly fuse fiery solos with improvisational brilliance. Collaborations with luminaries like John Zorn and John Medeski have solidified his reputation as an innovator unafraid to push musical boundaries. On Dead Jazz\, Hollenberg’s guitar erupts into a kaleidoscope of sounds—angular riffs\, searing melodies\, and abstract textures that defy expectations.\nOn bass is Tom Spiker\, a producer\, mixer\, and instrumentalist whose deft touch provides the harmonic foundation for the trio’s dynamic explorations. Spiker’s dual role as bassist and recording engineer is pivotal in capturing the immediacy and intensity of the session. His rich\, resonant bass lines anchor the chaos with precision\, while his mixing—alongside Hollenberg—ensures every layer of sound shines. Spiker’s skill as a producer also brings a deliberate edge to Dead Jazz\, making it as clear as it is unrelenting.\nDead Jazz is a bold statement of artistic freedom and collaborative invention. Released under Park West Records\, the album invites listeners into a soundscape where improvisation is the driving force and the unexpected becomes the norm.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dead-jazz-g-calvin-weston-matt-hollenberg-tom-spiker/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Angel Bat Dawid + Naima Nefertari
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with The Living Temple\, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry at The Fabric Workshop and Museum\, Ars Nova Workshop presents Cherry’s granddaughter\, artist/musician\, Naima Nefertari\, for a special performance with spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid at Solar Myth
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/angel-bat-dawid-naima-nefertari/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T220000
DTSTAMP:20260212T011322Z
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SUMMARY:Victor Viera-Branco Trio
DESCRIPTION:Victor Viera-Branco – vibes       plus ??? \nsets 7:30 and 9:00
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/victor-viera-branco/
LOCATION:48 Record Bar\, 48 South 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T220000
DTSTAMP:20260211T031520Z
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SUMMARY:Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons with Angel Bat Dawid
DESCRIPTION:Still traveling the spaceways after 101 years on the planet\, the indefatigable Maestro Marshall Allen remains a brilliant imaginative force whose life has spanned nearly the entire history of jazz. A key member of the Sun Ra Arkestra for more than six decades and its dauntless leader for the last quarter century\, Allen has kept the iconic bandleader’s cosmic torch blazing brightly while forging a path through the spaceways as a singular voice on the alto saxophone and Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI). Allen has led a number of diverse incarnations of his Ghost Horizons band with guitarist DM Hotep at Solar Myth over the last few years. \nThis month\, in conjunction with the new exhibition The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry\, Allen will be joined by the composer\, clarinetist\, singer & spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid. A powerful meditation on memory\, mythology\, and ancestral science\, her music blends spiritual jazz\, celestial electronics\, ancestral instrumentation\, and storytelling to imagine futures grounded in ancient knowing.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/marshall-allens-ghost-horizons-with-angel-bat-dawid/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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