Ai Murakami Quartet: Jazz Ensemble in New York

About Ai Murakami Quartet

Ai Murakami Quartet is a New York City–based jazz group heard regularly at Smalls Jazz Club. Working in the free jazz lineage, the quartet leans on open forms, quick shifts in tempo, and close listening between players. Their sets tend to build from small motifs into collective improvisation, with structure arriving through ensemble instinct rather than written arrangement. The approach favors clarity of interaction over spectacle, leaving space for risk and reset as part of the performance.