THURS 8 & 9:30 Yayoi Ikawa w/Adam Kolker, Jeremy Stratton, George Schuller
About This Event
Pianist and composer Yayoi Ikawa leads a small-group engagement at Bar Bayeux with saxophonist-composer Adam Kolker, drummer George Schuller, and New York-based improviser Jeremy Stratton. The lineup pairs Ikawa’s compositional grounding with Kolker’s saxophone voice, Stratton’s inside shaping of form, and Schuller’s balance of swing and open-ended improvisation, foregrounding attentive interplay and shifting textures.
About the Artists
Adam Kolker
Adam Kolker is a jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work in the jazz genre.
Jeremy Stratton
Jeremy Stratton is a New York City jazz musician whose work sits between modern jazz and freer improvisation. At Bar Bayeux he has appeared in small-group settings alongside artists such as Matt Mitchell, Adam Kolker, Jeff Williams, Glenn Zaleski, Ben Monder, Kayvon Gordon, Marty Ehrlich, and Jerome Harris.
George Schuller
George Schuller is a jazz drummer whose work moves between straight-ahead swing and open-ended free improvisation. The son of composer Gunther Schuller, he carries a musician’s grounding in structure while staying alert to rupture and surprise.