THURS 8 & 9:30 - Steve Cardenas w/Adam Kolker, Jeremy Stratton, George Schuller
About This Event
Steve Cardenas leads a quartet at Bar Bayeux with saxophonist and composer Adam Kolker, Jeremy Stratton and drummer George Schuller. The lineup pairs Cardenas’s patient, ambient-informed guitar with Kolker’s compositional saxophone voice, Stratton’s attentive ensemble shaping and Schuller’s momentum-focused drumming, resulting in measured collective improvisations that emphasize texture and form over display.
About the Artists
Steve Cardenas
Steve Cardenas is a guitarist whose early work took shape in Kansas City before he settled into New York City’s jazz community in the mid-1990s. His playing moves between modern jazz and freer forms, with an ear for atmosphere that also aligns with ambient jazz.
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.