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66 Boxes

Leader: Yoni Kretzmer Years Active: Personnel: Yoni Kretzmer: tenor saxophone Daniel Levin: cello Eyal Maoz: guitar Andrew Drury: drums Albums: Graceless (Out Now, 2014) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014     Feb 9 Legion Bar    

Signal Problems

Leader: Danny Gouker Years Active: 2012-present Personnel: Danny Gouker: trumpet Eric Trudel: tenor saxophone Adam Hopkins: bass Nathan Ellman-Bell: drums Albums: self-titled (pfMentum, 2014) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2012     Oct 30 Korzo    

Red Microphone

Leader: collaborative Years Active: 2013-present Personnel: John Pietaro Ras Moshe Rocco John Iacovone Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic (bass) Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014     Aug 16 El Taller Latino Americano   Jul 24 The Commons   Jun 4 The Commons   Jun 1 Firehouse Space   Mar 19 Bar Chord   2013    

Transcendence Quartet

Leader: Ras Moshe Years Active: 2006-2009 Personnel: Ras Moshe (reeds, flute) Dave Ross (guitar) Shayna Dulberger (bass) Rashid Bakr (drums) Albums: Transcendence (KMB Jazz, 2007) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2009     Aug 5[1] Brooklyn Lyceum   Mar 28[2] Corridor Gallery   2008     Jun 8 Douglass Street Music Collective   May 28[3]

Music Now! Unit

Leader: Ras Moshe Years Active: 1998-present Personnel (varying lineups including the following): Anders Nilsson Andre Martinez Chris Forbes Dafna Naphtali Dave Sewelson David Moss Francois Grillot Jackson Krall James Keepnews Jeff Arnal Joel Freedman John Pietaro Kyoko Kitamura Larry Roland Luke Stewart Marc Santos Matt Heyner Matt Lavelle Nick Gianni Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic Raphe Malik Rashid

February Featured Artist: Mara Rosenbloom

Mara Rosenbloom is an exciting, young pianist who has emerged on the New York scene since 2008. Mainly known for the quartet she leads in her own name with Darius Jones (alto saxophone), Sean Conly (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), her music defies definition in that it is neither resolutely experimental, nor is it “in.”

CACAW

Leader: Landon Knoblock Years Active: 2011-present Personnel: Landon Knoblock: keyboards, compositions Oscar Noriega: alto saxophone Jeff Davis: drums Albums: Stellar Power (Skirl, 2013) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014     Mar 21 Spectrum   Feb 8 Spectrum   2013     Dec 3 Korzo   2012     Nov 14 Barbes   Oct 6

Tom Rainey Trio

Leader: Tom Rainey Years Active: 2009-present Personnel: Tom Rainey (drums) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor & soprano saxophones) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Albums: Camino Cielo Echo (Intakt, 2012) Pool School (Clean Feed, 2010) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014     Dec 30 Cornelia Street Café   Jul 18 Cornelia Street Café   2013     Dec 30

Ingrid Laubrock-Tom Rainey Duo

Leader: collaborative Years Active: 2009-present Personnel: Ingrid Laubrock (tenor, alto & soprano saxophones) Tom Rainey (drums) Albums: Buoyancy (Relative Pitch, 2016) And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch, 2014) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014     Dec 7 61 Local (Snugs)   Jun 5 Thunderbird (Pittsburgh)   Jun 2 The Icehouse (J.T.’s Jazz Implosion Series,

Small Elephant Band

Leader: Sean Moran Years Active: 2008-present Personnel: Sean Moran (guitar) Michael McGinnis (clarinet, bass clarinet) Chris Dingman (vibraphone) Reuben Radding (bass) Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Albums: Tusk (NCM East, 2013) Live Performances (complete): Date Venue Media 2014     Jun 15 Why Not Jazz Room   2013     Dec 10 Korzo   Mar 31 Barbes