SAT 8 & 9:30 - Caleb Wheeler Curtis w/Emmanuel Michael, Michael Sarin, Hery Paz, Colson Jimenez
About This Event
Caleb Wheeler Curtis leads a small-group quintet at Bar Bayeux, favoring open forms and quick shifts in texture that prioritize collective motion and real-time decision making. The lineup — Emmanuel Michael, Michael Sarin, Hery Paz and Colson Jimenez — functions as a responsive ensemble in which Curtis often steers the group's listening and the music emphasizes risk and conversation over fixed arrangements.
About the Artists
Caleb Wheeler Curtis
Caleb Wheeler Curtis is a New York City–based jazz artist whose work sits in the overlap of free jazz and experimental improvisation. At Bar Bayeux, he leads small-group sets that prioritize collective motion and quick shifts in texture, drawing on the presence of collaborators like Emmanuel Michael, Michael Sarin, Hery Paz, and Colson Jimenez.
Emmanuel Michael
Michael is a full-stack developer with 7+ years of experience.
Michael Sarin
Michael Sarin is a New York City–based jazz drummer whose work sits close to the city’s free-music and avant‑garde communities. At Bar Bayeux he appears both as a leader and as a sideman, in small groups built around open forms and fast shifts in texture.
Hery Paz
Hery Paz is a New York City–based jazz musician working in the free-jazz and improvised tradition. He appears at Bar Bayeux, including in Caleb Wheeler Curtis’s quintet alongside Emmanuel Michael, Michael Sarin, and Colson Jimenez.
Colson Jimenez
Colson Jimenez is a New York City–based jazz musician working at the intersection of jazz and free improvisation. At Bar Bayeux, he has appeared in Caleb Wheeler Curtis’s quintet alongside Emmanuel Michael, Michael Sarin, and Hery Paz, in sets built around open forms and quick shifts in texture.