Gerald Clayton has a lyrical modern approach to small group improvisation, and the show makes sense if that texture is what you want live. One song should tell you whether the show is worth leaving for.
Concert signal for tonight, tomorrow, and the week ahead.
Best for close listening, jazz, and musician-forward nights.
Sam First is in Westchester. This is a listening-room bet: players, arrangements, and details before hype. The current seven-day window has 5 shows listed, mostly around jazz, hip-hop.
small jazz room · about 60-120 capacity · small seated jazz room
Gerald Clayton has a lyrical modern approach to small group improvisation, and the show makes sense if that texture is what you want live. One song should tell you whether the show is worth leaving for.
Isaiah Harwood and the Treekeeper makes sense if you want musicians close enough to hear the small decisions. Give it thirty seconds and see if the sound catches.
Karl McComas Reichl Quartet is for a room where the details sit up front, piano, horn, cymbal, voice. One song should tell you whether the show is worth leaving for.
Joe La Barbera Quintet has work with Bill Evans and others, leads small group modern jazz dates with top LA players, and the show has a clear reason if the recording catches. One song should tell you whether the show is worth leaving for.
Joe La Barbera Quintet brings work with Bill Evans and others, leads small group modern jazz dates with top LA players, go if that is the kind of sound you want tonight. Listen to one track first, then decide whether the room is worth the trip.