Jul 20, 2026
8 & 10:30PM
Jul 19, 2026
8 & 10:30PM
Jul 18, 2026
8 & 10:30PM
Jul 17, 2026
8 & 10:30PM
Jul 16, 2026
8 & 10:30PM
Soundoff Session
The Circle has been cultivating a live, improvised, collaborative music space for years now. They bring that energy to Cafe Erzulie for a high-energy collab with the Soundoff Sessions and the JGI. Sets at 8 and 9:30, Soundoff Sessions until late. Creatives, bring your axe — whatever it is — and your energy.
Soundoff Session
Pianist Luther Allison will give a multidisciplinary performance with his band and an accompanying visual artist. Sets at 8 and 9:30, Soundoff Sessions until late. Creatives, bring your axe — whatever it is — and your energy.
Soundoff Session
Bassists, composers and longtime friends Devon Gates and Liany Mateo meet as co-bandleaders for the first time at this special presentation. Sets at 8 and 9:30, Soundoff Sessions until late. Creatives, bring your axe — whatever it is — and your energy.
Part of the JGI's Black Music Month series. (On Tuesday, June 23, Gates and Mateo are in conversation with Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin at 651 Arts.
Perhaps not since Amiri Baraka has a wordsmith made such has a wordsmith made such fruitful alliances among jazz improvisers as the poet and theorist Fred Moten has in recent years. His incisive, agile verses are a perfect match for the precise and highly physical bass work of frequent collaborator Brandon López.