MUSIC

Sylvie Courvoisier feat. Christian Fennsz, Wadada Leo Smith, Nate Wooley, Drew Gress & Kenny Wollesen: Chimeara

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022
8:00 PM

Roulette In Person & Live Stream
509 Atlantic Avenue (entrance on Third Avenue), Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

$25 advance in person; $30 door in person; $20 students/seniors at door in person; free live stream
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Improvising pianist Sylvie Courvoisier is always interesting, but this is something else again. A band including pop-inflected guitarist/electonics guy Christian Fennesz (usually he’s just “Fennesz”, but I guess when he plays Jazz he uses his first name), two highly exploratory trumpeters — one of them (Wadada Leo Smith) a stone legend who is one of the great musicians in the world today, the other (Nate Wooley) merely one of the very best in New York (which actually isn’t that different from saying “the world”) — and a rhythm section composed of such stylish and versatile players as basist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen. Who can even guess what this’ll sound like?

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, nice enough bistro at Bacchus. Streaming at home, have a Morning Glory: pour 1 oz. each of Rye and Cognac, 1 teaspoon each of Curaçao and Simple Syrup, and 1/4 teaspoon Absinth, with 2 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. Top with club soda. Garnish with a lemon twist.