THURS 8 & 9:30 Gary Versace w/Adam Kolker, Jeremy Stratton, Jochen Rueckert
About This Event
At Bar Bayeux Gary Versace leads a quartet with saxophonist-composer Adam Kolker, Jeremy Stratton and drummer Jochen Rueckert. Versace’s balance of straight-ahead and freer approaches, and his preference for structure and clear voicings, meets Kolker’s compositional voice, Stratton’s responsive ensemble shaping and Rueckert’s precise forward motion, with the music shifting between tight arrangements and open interplay.
About the Artists
Gary Versace
Gary Versace is a New York–based jazz musician known for work that moves easily between straight-ahead settings and freer improvisation. He appears at NYC rooms such as Bar Bayeux, where he joins drummer Rob Garcia’s Sizzle Ensemble alongside saxophonist Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass.
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.
Jochen Rueckert
Jochen Rueckert is a German-born jazz drummer who has made New York City his base since the late 1990s, building a steady presence on bandstands and recordings. He has appeared on more than 120 albums and is known for long-running work with artists such as Marc Copland, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, and Pat Metheny.