Tomchess’ Strange Ornaments Quartet

Art Cafe 884 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Tomchess - Oud, Ney, Morsing, Compositions Aaron Shraage - Dragon Mouth Trumpet, Shakuhachi Zach Swanson - Bass Dan Kurfirst - Percussion

DCNN @ Downtown Music Gallery

Downtown Music Gallery 13 Monroe Street, NY, NY, United States

Daniel Carter - Reeds, Trumpet Ben Cohen - Reeds Eli Wallace - Keys Dan Kurfirst - Percussion

XNN @ Bushwick Improvised Music Series

Bushwick Public House 1288 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Daniel Carter - Winds, Trumpet Ben Cohen - Saxophone Eli Wallace - Keys Dan Kurfirst - Drums

XALAM DUO(Brandon Terzic/Dan Kurfirst) + Special Guests

Bossa 2463 18th st, Washington, DC, United States

https://xalamproject.bandcamp.com/album/brandon-terzic-xalam-project Multi-instrumentalist Brandon Terzic has performed with everyone from Jazz legend Henry Threadgill to the rising Sudanese star Alsarah, covering a large musical terrain both as a sideman and as a leader. After multiple trips to the Middle East and North Africa, his focus shifted towards the modalities and rhythms of Arabic Oud and the

Fridays @ Freer | Sackler w/ Huda Asfour et. al

Freer Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW PO Box 37012, MRC 707, Washington, DC, United States

Huda Asfour - Oud Lauren Stansbury - Banjo and Cello Simone Baron on Accordion Hajar Moutawakkil on Darbouka Dan Kurfirst on percussions Vishal Kanwar Cajon and Tabla

Go Organic Orchestra + Brooklyn Raga Massive – Ragmala

Rubin Museum(NY, NY) 150 West 17th St, New York, NY, United States

“To give birth to the ancient in a new time is creation.” —Carl Jung Go: Organic Orchestra is a 21st-century vision of an orchestra of the future. Artistic director Adam Rudolph’s prototypical approach to composing and improvisational conducting embraces musical forms and cosmologies from around the world. For the first time, Brooklyn Raga Massive, known

Afro Yaqcui Music Collective

An Die Musik 409 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

"The Afro Yaqui Music Collective is nothing short of pure, uncut sonic radical love. These extraordinary artists have returned this thing called ‘jazz’ back to its real roots—to the earth, to the sky, to the women who produced and protected a people’s culture. Ben Barson, Gizelxanath Rodriguez, and the crew have committed to making liberation music—which is to say, music without borders or boundaries; future music from the well of the past that’s always on time; joyful music that swings and sings and sometimes stings but always keeps us dancing toward freedom. Follow them. Don’t miss them. An encounter with the Afro Yaqui Music Collective may be the most inspiring musical experience of your life."

Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

Brandon Terzic Xalam Trio

Jalopy Theatre 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Brandon Terzic - Oud/Ngoni Daro Behrozi - Saxophone Dan Kurfirst - Percussion

Brandon Terzic

Barbes 376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Brandon Terzic - Oud, Ngoni Dan Kurfirst - Percussion more TBA

Axis

El Taller 215 E 99th Street, New York, NY, United States

Devin Brajha Waldman - Alto Sax Daniel Carter - Reeds ,Trumpet Alexis Marcelo - Piano Dan Kurfirst - Drums,Perussion Leonid Galaganov - Drums, Percussion

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