'Spontaneous Construction' Friday nights @ the Blue Note

by Andrew Frisicano

Steven Bernstein

Speaking of Colin Stetson, you can see him tonight at the Blue Note (2/25), where he plays with Steven Bernstein (trumpet), Vicente Archer (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums) as part of Spontaneous Construction, a new series put on by Search & Restore happening at the venue most Fridays (midnight doors, with a $10 cover). The idea is to pair up musicians that don’t regularly play together into one-night combos, and the schedule for the next few months includes big names like Jason Moran, Bobby Previte, Ari Hoenig, Nasheet Waits and Dave King (with plenty TBAs too). All the sets will be recorded for Search & Restore’s ongoing video project, which launched earlier this year. For a taste of the quality of those videos, check out their recording of the group Four Bags, posted below, with the Spontaneous Construction schedule thus far…

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Spontaneous Construction @ The Blue Note
Feb 25: Steven Bernstein, Colin Stetson, Vincente Archer & Dan Weiss
March 4th: Ben Allison + Ari Hoenig + more TBA
March 11th: Nasheet Waits + Joe McPhee + more TBA
March 18th: Kenny Wollesen + more TBA
April 1st: Tony Malaby + Jason Moran + Joey Baron + Bob Stewart
April 8th: Jean-Michel Pilc + Bobby Previte + more TBA
April 22nd: Dave King + more TBA