FRI 8 & 9:30 - VEN Trio w/Noah Garabedian, Ele Howell
About This Event
The VEN Trio (featuring bassist Vinicius Gomes and saxophonist Noah Garabedian) teams with drummer Ele Howell at Bar Bayeux. The trio foregrounds collective listening and elastic time, favoring structures that can be revised in the moment; Garabedian brings an ethnomusicology-informed approach (BA UCLA, MM NYU; 2025 New Jazz Works Grant, 2022 Calouste Gulbenkian In View Grant) while Howell tours with Ravi Coltrane and Christian Scott.
About the Artists
VEN Trio
VEN Trio is a New York City–based jazz and free-improvising group heard at Bar Bayeux. The trio works with bassist Vinicius Gomes, whose playing emphasizes collective listening and elastic time, shifting between grounded pulse and spare counterlines.
Vinicius Gomes
Vinicius Gomes is a New York City–based bassist working across jazz and free improvisation. At Bar Bayeux, he appears in small-group settings with musicians including Sebastian de Urquiza, Glenn Zaleski, Rudy Royston, Kayla Williams, Dan Pappalardo, and Keita Ogawa.
Noah Garabedian
Noah Garabedian holds a BA in Ethnomusicology from The University of California Los Angeles, and a Master's of Music Performance from New York University. He is a 2025 New Jazz Works Grant recipient from Chamber Music America; 2022 Calouste Gulbenkian In View Grant recipient; 202
Ele Howell
Ele Howell is a young artist, drummer, percussionist and composer. Touring worldwide with Ravi Coltrane and Christian Scott.