Melissa Almaguer presents ¡alebrijes!
Friday, July 10, 2026
7:00 PM
The Jazz Gallery
1160 Broadway, Suite 612, New York, NY 10001
$30–$40
Scheduled
About This Event
Melissa Almaguer brings her project ¡alebrijes to The Jazz Gallery, presenting ensemble work that frames vivid themes and shifting colors. Her practice, which moves between composition and improvisation with a measured narrative pacing and an emphasis on clarity and phrasing, foregrounds the way a melody can be re-lit from different angles.
About ¡alebrijes
¡alebrijes arrives at The Jazz Gallery as a live New York set shaped by jazz language and Mexican visual folklore. The title points to the alebrije: an invented creature from Oaxacan craft traditions, assembled from parts, color, and story. Featuring Melissa Almaguer, the music treats that idea as structure, moving between composed motifs and improvisation that recombines materials in real time. It reads as a cultural translation rather than a theme, and the restraint gives the concept weight.
About the Artist
Melissa Almaguer
Melissa Almaguer is a jazz artist whose work often moves between composition and improvisation with a measured, narrative sense of pacing. In New York City she appears at The Jazz Gallery, including the program *Melissa Almaguer presents ¡alebrijes*, a project that frames ensemble playing around vivid themes and shifting colors.