ShapeShifter Lab

Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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Percussionist-composer Adam Rudolph leads a sprawling orchestra—strings attached, and packed with some of downtown's brightest lights—in new music organized through graphic notation, linguistic cues, raga forms and other nontraditional methods. The group...

Benyoro

African music

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In the West African language Bambara, benyoro means "meeting place," which seems pretty apt given that this band's members hail from Mali, Martinique and Wisconsin. Accordingly, the group mixes traditional motifs with funksome flavors and grooves gal...

Dave Allen Quartet + Carlo DeRosa's Cross Fade

Avant-jazz & free jazz, Mainstream jazz

ShapeShifter Lab hosts a sharp double bill, featuring guitarist Dave Allen (appearing at 9:30pm with saxist John O'Gallagher, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Mark Ferber) and bassist Carlo De Rosa (playing at 8:30pm with saxist Mark Shim, pianist Luis...

Dave Allen Quartet + Carlo DeRosa's Cross Fade

Avant-jazz & free jazz, Mainstream jazz

ShapeShifter Lab hosts a sharp double bill, featuring guitarist Dave Allen (appearing at 9:30pm with saxist John O'Gallagher, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Mark Ferber) and bassist Carlo De Rosa (playing at 8:30pm with saxist Mark Shim, pianist Luis...

Brian Charette Organ Trio

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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Adventurous organist and Down Beat "rising star" Brian Charette slims down to a trio, for a gig in support of his acclaimed recent disc, Music for Organ Sextette.

The Fringe + The Galindo/Phaneuf Quartet

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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• Critics' pick

The trio known as the the Fringe has been mining the fruitful intersection between postbop and free jazz since 1971. Tonight the Boston institution—which includes saxophonist George Garzone, bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti—makes a rare...

The Fringe + The Galindo/Phaneuf Quartet

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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• Critics' pick

The trio known as the the Fringe has been mining the fruitful intersection between postbop and free jazz since 1971. Tonight the Boston institution—which includes saxophonist George Garzone, bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti—makes a rare...

Ricardo Gallo's Tierra de Nadie

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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Pianist Ricardo Gallo offers edgy, freewheeling jazz accented with elements from his native Colombia. Joining Gallo here are saxist Dan Blake, bassist Mark Helias, drummer Pheeroan akLaff and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi.

Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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Multi-instrumentalist Dan Willis leads his Erik Satie repertory project. In the past, we've been impressed by the way Willis takes chances with the source material, running the gamut between stately chamber music and gritty fusion. His homage befits its...

Dave Douglas Jazz Workshop

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

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• Critics' pick

Restless trumpeter, bandleader, scene-maker and independent entrepreneur Dave Douglas hits ShapeShifter with a version of the superb quintet heard on his latest Greenleaf Music LP, Time Travel: saxophonist Jon Irabagon, pianist Matt Mitchell, bassist...