Devin Gray Quartet at Bird & Beckett brings Brooklyn- and Berlin-based drummer and composer Devin Gray to Glen Park with a set of his own compositions. Gray has worked with David Liebman, Tim Berne, Kris Davis, Michael Formanek and Ralph Alessi, and releases his music on his own Rataplan Records, including Dirigo Rataplan, RelativE ResonancE...
Lisa Mezzacappa Quartet at The Deluxe spotlights a San Francisco Bay Area bassist, composer, bandleader, and curator known for adventurous original music at the intersection of written composition and improvisation. Mezzacappa’s work ranges from avant-garde jazz to chamber, electro-acoustic, film, and interdisciplinary projects; expect an exploratory small-group set with strong ensemble interplay rather than conventional...