Sylvie Courvoisier, Jamie Saft and Ben Perowsky will present new music combining energetic improvisation, classical and groove all filtered through the lens of Downtown New York’s Lower East Side.
As a pianist and improviser, Sylvie Courvoisier has been commissioned to write music for concerts, radio, dance and theater. Her newest release, as a leader, ABATON with Mark Feldman and Erik Friedlander is on ECM records.
Jamie Saft’s stylistic versatility, multi-instrumentalist capabilities, and production skills have been featured with Bobby Previte, John Zorn, the B-52’s, Laurie Anderson, The Beastie Boys, Jerry Granelli, Dave Douglas, Holly Palmer, Marc Ribot’s Los Cubanos Postisos, Elysian Fields, Boomish, Black Beatle, Pramrod Sexena, Liminal, Antony and the Johnsons, Chocolate Genius, JoJo Mayer’s Nerve, E-Z Pour Sprout, Cuong Vu, Chris Speed Trio Iffy, Jane Ira Bloom, and the Groove Collective.
Ben Perowsky started playing professionally with big stars like jazz great James Moody, pop songstress Rickie Lee Jones and soul/jazz hitmaker Roy Ayers. In recent years, Ben has played with Joan As Police Woman, Uri Caine, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Ed Pastorini’s 101 Crustaceans, Chris Speed’s Iffy, John