THURS 8 & 9:30 Fab 4 Tribute w/Jacob Sacks, Adam Kolker, Jeremy Stratton, Vinnie Sperrazza
About This Event
At Bar Bayeux, saxophonist Adam Kolker, pianist Jacob Sacks, bassist Jeremy Stratton and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza present a Fab 4 tribute. The quartet applies a mix of composed material and free improvisation—Sacks’s arrangement-minded approach and Kolker’s compositional saxophone voice meet Stratton’s inwardly shaping ensemble work and Sperrazza’s textural drumming to apply modern jazz and free-improv approaches to the material.
About Fab 4 Tribute
At Bar Bayeux, the other “Fab 4 Tribute” brings together saxophonist-composer Adam Kolker, pianist-composer Jacob Sacks, and the rhythm team of Jeremy Stratton and Vinnie Sperrazza. The set treats the “four” idea less as nostalgia than as a working method, using jazz and free improvisation to test how written material holds up under pressure. In a city where small-room ensembles have long served as laboratories, this quartet continues that lineage without claiming a premiere or historical first. One thing stands out: Stratton and Sperrazza keep the music in motion by changing texture as quickly as the soloists change direction.
About the Artists
Jacob Sacks
Jacob Sacks is a jazz pianist and composer who works in the space between modern jazz and free improvisation. In New York City he appears at rooms like Bar Bayeux, where his projects often hinge on arrangement as much as spontaneity.
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.
Vinnie Sperrazza
Vinnie Sperrazza is a New York City–based drummer whose work sits between modern jazz and free improvisation. In NYC rooms like Bar Bayeux, he appears in small, conversational ensembles, including recent performances with pianist-composer Jacob Sacks, saxophonist-composer Adam Kolker, and bassist Jeremy Stratton.