Jen Shyu

MUSIC
TUESDAY - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 – 25, 2019
8:30 PM

The Stone Residencies
Glass Box Theater, The New School
55 West 13th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$20
http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php

This List has made no secret of its admiration of Jen Shyu:  vocalist, composer, pianist, master of a myriad of Asian string instruments.  We most frequently see Shyu these days in evocative music-theater pieces she devises; but these Stone residencies usually emphasize improvised music, so we can expect these shows to be something of a return for Shyu to her jazz(-based) roots.  If forced to choose, I'd probably pick Wednesday's show with a trio featuring genius pianist Kris Davis.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Victoria Blamey's revivification of the Gotham Bar & Grill remains the place to eat around here.  I continue to prefer the simpler bar menu to the more complicated dishes on the dining room menu — and also continue to urge you look at the end of the wine list for the natural wines section instead of at the preceding pages of overpriced and underaged unnatural wines.