MUSIC

Nate Wooley: Mutual Aid Music Four Experiments Record Release Show

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
8:00 PM

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

$25 advance; $30 door; $20 students/seniors; free live stream
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Thought-provoking trumpet player Nate Wooley has been playing with this concept for months: he gets together a group of musicians out of a pool of really fabulous local players — tonight’s include Mariel Roberts, Luke Stewart, Josh Modney, gabby fluke-mogul, and others at that incredibly high level — most of whom are given notated compositional cells that they can play at will, with a couple of them improvising freely. Like all such music, results vary — but when it comes together (and with musicians this smart that’s remarkably often) you know you’re hearing something transfixing that will never be heard again. (Well, unless it’s recorded, as we’re celebrating tonight.)

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, nice enough bistro at Bacchus. Streaming at home, have an Improved Brandy Cocktail: pour 2 oz. Brandy, 1/2 tsp. Maraschino liqueur, 1 tsp. Simle Syrup, and 1/8 tsp. Absinthe (I’d just rinse the glass myself), with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters (really it should be Boker’s — but I’m not assuming you’re as much of a maniac as me) into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Express a lemon peel into the drink, and use the peel as garnish.