JACK Quartet

MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020
6:00 PM

Merkin Hall
Kaufman Music Center Stream

$15
https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/jack-quartet/

The stellar JACK Quartet — the best Contemporary Classical string quartet there is — plays music by a bunch of composers you want to hear:  George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Marcos Balter, Zosha di Castri, and Clara Ionnatta.  All sharing the characteristics (which do not always go together) of being uncompromising but also totally compelling.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Improved New York Cocktail (this is great one, guys):  pour 1 oz. each of Rye and Cognac, 1/2 oz. Maraschino liqueur, and 1/4 teaspoon of Absinthe, with 3 dashes of Peychaud's bitters, into an Old Fashioned glass over ice.  Stir.  Garnish with a lemon twist.