SAT 8 & 9:30 - George Schuller MI6 w/Mike Fahn, Mike McGinnis, Luke Franco, Jim Hershman, Maryann McSweeney

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.

MI6 is a New York City–based jazz group led by drummer George Schuller, heard most often at Bar Bayeux. The band works the seam between straight-ahead swing language and open, free improvisation, with a working lineup that has included Mike Fahn, Mike McGinnis, Luke Franco, Jim Hershman, and Maryann McSweeney.

Mike Fahn is a U.S. jazz trombonist whose work spans straight-ahead playing and open improvisation. In New York City he appears at Bar Bayeux, including performances with drummer George Schuller’s MI6 alongside Mike McGinnis, Luke Franco, Jim Hershman, and Maryann McSweeney.

Mike McGinnis is a New York–based reed player and composer, working across jazz and free improvisation on saxophone and clarinet. His projects move between written structures and open forms, often emphasizing conversational interplay over solo display.

Luke Franco is a New York City–based jazz and free-improvising musician who appears regularly on local stages, including Bar Bayeux. He is heard in drummer George Schuller’s MI6, working alongside Mike Fahn, Mike McGinnis, Jim Hershman, and Maryann McSweeney in sets that move between swing-era vocabulary and open forms.

Jim Hershman is a New York City–based jazz musician heard at rooms like Bar Bayeux, where he appears in George Schuller’s MI6. In that setting he works alongside players such as Mike Fahn, Mike McGinnis, Luke Franco, and Maryann McSweeney, moving between written material and open improvisation.