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GINO SITSON- SAM NEWSOME DUO

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Vocalist Gino Sitson and soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome will collaborate to present an evening of vocal body percussion and innovative extended saxophone techniques. Expect a mesmerizing performance as these master improvisers effortlessly weave together a tapestry of African inspired rhythms, enchanting melodies and mind-bending textures that will leave your awestruck.

$20

THE TWO OF US

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

RHIANNON & LAURENCE HOBGOOD voice and piano 7:30-8:30pm ET   with special guests: 8:30-9:00pm The Murmuration Project voice and body improvisation   $20 online advanced in-person tickets $25 in-person at door (online ticket sales closes 2 hours before set time) one ticket for both sets  

$20

Todd Horton and the return of D BOP and WHATSA

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

D BOP Todd Horton - trumpet & flügelhorn Erik Lawrence- tenor & soprano saxophones, flute Francis Jacob - guitar Stomu Takeishi - bass Aaron Comess - drums __________________ WHATSA Todd Horton - electrified trumpet & flügelhorn Erik Lawrence- tenor & soprano saxophones, flute Pat Daugherty - keyboards Teddy Kumpel - guitar Mamadou Ba - bass […]

$20

Stephen Philip Harvey – Sphinx Album Release Concert

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Stephen Philip Harvey – Tenor Sax/Pedals (@stephenpharvey | https://www.facebook.com/stephenpharveymusic) Connor Evans – Guitar (@connorevans) Sara Magnúsdóttir – Keys (@saramjollm) Adi Meyerson – Bass (@adibop) Lee Fish – Drums (@leefishmusic)

$20

LADJA – AN IMMERSIVE BALLET EXPERIENCE

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

LADJA - AN IMMERSIVE BALLET EXPERIENCE An Immersive Ballet Experience performed by BROOKLYNORCHESTRA featuring Yannick Lebrun composed and conducted by Olivier Glissant

$35

ChamberQUEER Presents BaroQUEER

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Experience the fusion of music and dance history! BaroQUEER at ShapeShifter Lab explores how dance forms influenced classical music, past and present. Rediscover "historically informed performance" and its connection to French and English country dances, extending to the disco-inspired creations. Enjoy an eclectic repertoire featuring Charpentier, Julius Eastman, Cullen O’Neil, Corelli, Wainwright, Piazzolla, and more. […]

$25

Charlie Ballantine Quartet

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Charlie Ballantine - Guitar Zach Lapidus  - Piano Vinnie Sperazza - Drums Peter Brendler - Bass   Charlie Ballantine brings his new quartet. This project features all new and unreleased original music recently recorded at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn NY with Jon Cowherd, Rudy Royston, and Tony Scherr. “In the vein of fellow guitarists […]

$20

MESS And Logan Kane (Album Release) – Double Bill

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

7pm Logan Kane 8pm MESS MESS- Daniel Rossi- Drums/Compositions Noam Borns- Keys Andre Saxalcot- Sax Nick Saia- Guitar Dave Strawn- Guitar/Bass Logan Kane - Bass Logan Kane Quartet- Logan Kane - Bass Jon Elbaz- Piano JK Kim - Drums Nicole McCabe- Sax Daniel Rossi’s MESS is an ever evolving experiment. They have one self titled […]

$20

Will Ross Group Presents Landscapes

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Oct 26, 2023 9:30pm   Wallace Roney Jr. – Trumpet Cole Lumpkin – Keyboards Adriel Vincent Brown – Drums Jeremy Smith – Percussion Paul Cuffari – Bass

$20

Magic, Murder, and Mayhem: An Operatic Halloween Spectaculathon!

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Gluten Free Opera Presents: Magic, Murder, and Mayhem: An Operatic Halloween Spectaculathon (Part I of our Deconstructing the Diva concert series) Gluten Free Opera has one mission: present excellent opera in a format accessible to all people of all ages. Our founding Halloween concert features some of the best ghost stories opera has to offer! […]

$20

Doom Dogs

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Oct 28, 2023 7PM Reeves Gabrels; guitars, Jonathan Kane; drums, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells; basses and electronics Doom Dogs is an improvising trio that got its start in the turbulent heart of NYC, flourishing amidst the incredibly active and culturally rich epoch known as 'The Downtown Scene' where we played The Knit V1, 2 and 3. […]

$20

Makrokosmos Orchestra

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Nov 3, 2023 8 p.m. $20 The Makrokosmos Orchestra presents an evening of dynamic, genre-defying large-ensemble compositions by Tim O'Dell and Richard Nelson featuring some of New York’s finest players. Works on this adventurous program include the premiere of O'Dell's Gratitude (for Wayne Shorter) and a preview of Dissolve and Cohere from Nelson's upcoming album […]

$20

Pentiment Live

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Alkemie Tracy Cowart (voice, harps, percussion) Sian Ricketts (voice, recorders, douçaines, shawm) David McCormick (vielle) Niccolo Seligmann (vielles, viola da gamba, kantele, scheitholt, percussion) Ben Matus (voice, bagpipes, dulcian) joined by: Jim Hopkins (synthesizer) Loren Ludwig (viols, percussion) Oliver Weston (viola da gamba) Charles Mueller (technical director)

$25

The Great Blu Orb Show

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Bob Dee’s Cosmosis Bob Dee – Guitar Michael Bates – Bass Greg Joseph – Drums live stream link coming soon:  $10.00

$20

Ben Sutin Quartet – Mr. Inevitable Pre-Release Show

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Nov 7, 2023 6pm $20 Ben Sutin - violin, Ben Rosenblum - piano/accordion, Chris Tordini - bass, Johnathan Blake - drums About "Mr. Inevitable" A collection of compositions that expresses the peaks and valleys of life through music, each song depicting various tropes of the collective human experience. Representing each song is a collage of […]

$20

Flip City

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

David Aaron-saxophones Nick Panoutsos-bass Dave Gould-drums & toys   Website: www.shortmemory.org/flip–city/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/shortmemoryrecords/ Bandcamp: https://davidaaron4.bandcamp.com/   Short IG video clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxN61wjgyCY/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== Longer video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Z3VMyVv9o   Led by Canadian-born saxophonist, David Henry Aaron, Flip City has been playing around the NYC scenes since 1996.  David regularly works as a freelance saxophonist in all genres, as well as a teacher, composer, […]

$20

Yuhan Su Liberated Gesture Album Release Concert

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Show time at  8:00 pm doors at 7:30 pm   Yuhan Su / Vibraphone. Compositions Caroline Davis / Saxophone Matt Mitchell / Piano Marty Kenney / Bass Dan Weiss / Drums   ‘Like the best fiction, it’s entirely enveloping’ - Downbeat Magazine. Recent nominee for the DownBeat Critics Poll in the category “Rising Star” of Vibraphone, […]

$20

MARKO DJORDJEVIC & SVETI + ABSURD CONDITION DOUBLE BILL

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

MARKO DJORDJEVIC & SVETI 7PM Marko Djordjevic - drums and compositions Justin Salisbury - piano and keys Ksenia Vasileva - el. bass   ABSURD CONDITION 8PM Chris Savarino (Drums) Tim Barnard (Guitar) Ethan Emery (Bass)

$20

Griffin Woodard Quintet

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Griffin Woodard - bass clarinet Daniel Spearman- trumpet Cameron Campbell - piano Miles Gilbert - bass Hugh Kline - drums   The Griffin Woodard Quintet is a highly skilled band of young musicians connecting with audiences through individual and collaborative artistic expression. The quintet faithfully integrates each member's distinctive voice into a radiant, melodic tapestry. The […]

$20

Afro-Cuban Percussion Workshop

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Pellito El Afrokan, congas percussion Cuban percussionist Pellito el Afrokan, the grandson of the late great Cuban musician Pello El Afrokan, the originator of the Cuban Mozambique rhythm/dance, will conduct a percussion workshop where he will teach  Cuban rhythms on conga drums and other percussion instruments.  Conga drums will be provided, though you are welcome […]

$20

Summer Children

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Summer Children is a captivating folk band led by the talented singer-songwriter and guitar player, Aayushi Karnik. Aayushi's journey from India to the United States to pursue an education at the prestigious Juilliard School's Undergraduate Program for Jazz Guitar showcases her dedication to musical growth and exploration. With her band, she aspires to blend the heartfelt […]

$20

Technology And Bones Presents: Music On Canvas

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Technology And Bones is the solo project of bass trombone player Alix Tucou. “Technology And Bones is a music project that mixes sounds from everyday life, music production and improvisation with my main instrument, the bass trombone…a kind of crossroad between pure Music composition and sound design with the will to make any listener dive […]

$20

TELOS CONSORT PLAYS SHAPESHIFTER

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Telos Consort presents an exciting evening of new works for our unique instrumentation, including compositions by ensemble members Cole Reyes, Thomas Giles, Kyle Landry, and Jules Biber. The Consort is a group of creatives reimagining the concert experience through the performance of works by living composers. We create an environment for the avid concert-goer and […]

$25

Kendall Perry: An Ocean Of Becoming

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Kendall Perry – piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal harmonies Magda Kress – bass Caro Moore – drums Annie Blythe – cello Dave Klodowski – piano Lily Ali-Oshatz – vocal harmonies ---------------------------------------- $20 online advance (Closed) $25 at door ---------------------------------------- An Ocean of Becoming is a retrospective of Kendall Perry’s transportive instrumental works spanning over […]

$20

Sam Blakeslee Large Group

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

doors 6:30 pm show: 7 pm Sam Blakeslee - compositions/arrangements Erica Seguine - conductor Dave Pietro, Brian Krock, Joseph Herbst, John Lowery, Andrew Gutauskas - woodwinds John Lake, David Neves, Jonathan Saraga, David Adewumi - trumpets Sam Blakeslee, Nick Vayenas, John Yao, Jennifer Wharton - trombones Olli Hirvonen - guitar Martha Kato - piano Matt […]

$20

Gilberto’s Annual Birthday Celebration Jam

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The accomplished young groove maker has hosted his annual birthday celebration, which features an exciting mix of music veterans, as well as, up and coming performers, at Shapeshifter since he turned 10 years old. This year, Gilberto’s special guests include bassist Lonnie Plaxico, saxophonist Jay Rodriguez, pianist Ben Stivers and a host of Gilberto’s talented […]

$20

Bolide Group, The Music of Pete Davenport and Other Jazz Standards

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Bolide is a modern jazz group that features world-class established veteran musicians from NYC. Current and past members include Nitzan Gavrielli, Russ Lossing- keyboards, Matt Maneri- viola, Ed Schuller, Jerome Harris Bass, Chris Bacas - saxes, and Pete Davenport - drums. Bolide has recorded two CDs, Bolide and Times Like These, which showcase the compositions […]

$20

PROTOCINEMA: A Showcase of Independent & Experimental Short Films

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Protocinema is a live screening of short (<15m) video works from unknown or emerging directors that subvert traditional cinematic norms. The program will highlight works that are evocative, eclectic, experimental, low-budget/DIY, and often ask more questions than they answer. Protocinema believes that short films are a democratic medium for everyone, not just filmmakers, and seeks […]

Free

Postponed “LOS VECINOS” / Flamenco Fusion

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Nov 30, 2023 7pm doors 7:30pm show $20   Arturo Soriano / Tenor Sax; Flute Adrián Alvarado / Guitar About Alfonso Cid / Cantaor; Flute Peter Teresi / Bass Luis Ossa / Percussion   Los Vecinos (The Neighbors) is a collective of musicians from New York City and its surrounding area. All of them bring […]

$20