MUSIC

Sam Newsome/William Parker, Ellen Christie & Patricia Nicholson

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2023
5:30 PM

FiveMyles in Person & Live Stream
558 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

$15 advance in person; $20 door in person; $5 live stream
IN PERSON TICKETS + INFORMATION
LIVE STREAM TICKETS + INFORMATION

For whatever reason, I’ve been listening to Free Jazz bassist William Parker obssessively lately — indeed, I got up to put some on before I started writing this blurb. What a mind! What fingers! What rock solidity! Soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome, in contrast, is merely excellent.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, solid Italian at Cent’Anni. Streaming at home, have a Diamondback: pour 2 oz. Rye and 1/2 oz. each of Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy and green Chartreuse into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.