Improv Nights 2026: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 2), guest curated by Chris Ryan Williams
About This Event
Live classical performance at Roulette
About Improv Nights 2026: A Tribute to Derek Bailey
At Roulette, *Improv Nights 2026: A Tribute to Derek Bailey* frames live classical performance around the legacy of Bailey’s unsentimental approach to improvisation. Featured performers include Improv Nights 2026, Chris Ryan Williams, and Derek Bailey, with the program treating “tribute” less as nostalgia than as a working method onstage. In New York, where Roulette has long functioned as a home base for experimental music, this kind of memorial concert carries cultural weight even without a specific NYC-premiere claim. One clear takeaway is how the music foregrounds decision-making in real time, not repertoire.
About the Artists
Chris Ryan Williams
Chris Ryan Williams is an artist known for contributions in the field of performance, though specific details about their genre or style are not provided.
Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey is an individual artist associated here with classical performance in New York City. His work has been presented at Roulette, including appearances tied to the Improv Nights 2026 series and its multi-night tribute programs curated by Wendy Eisenberg, Chris Ryan Williams, and Chris Cochrane.