St. Louis, MO, has a deep and powerful history of all forms of improvised music.
The 3 Nights in September festival offers up some of the St. Louis areas most active improvisors, ranging in style from noise to free jazz and more.
This schedule is subject to last minute changes! For up to date info, please see our Facebook event page
Our performers:
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 at 8pm
NNN Cook (Nathan Cook)
Henry Claude/Glenn"Pappa" Wright/Joseph Hess, drums
Brain Transplant (Chris Smentkowski and Ajay Khanna, electronics)
Hess/Cunningham Duo (Joseph Hess, drums and Alex Cunningham, electric guitar, electric violin)
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 at 8pm
Jeremy "Ghost Ice" Kannapell and Ben Stegmann
George Sams (trumpet), Charles "Bobo" Shaw (drums) and friends
Dave Stone and friends (sax, clarinet and more)
Perihelion Ensemble (featuring Greg Mills, piano, with Dave Stone, sax, Tracy Andreotti, cello and Henry Claude, percussion)
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24 at 8pm
Experimental Arts Ensemble (Fred Tomkins, flutes, Jim Hegarty, piano and electronics, Tom Zirkle, percussion, Lee Scott Price, guitar, Tracy Andreotti, cello, Michael Castro, poet)
Vernacular String Trio (Alex Cunningham, violin, Tracy Andreotti, cello, Josh Weinstein, bass)
STL Free Jazz Collective (Baba Mike Nelson, multiple instruments, Jay Dubz, alto sax, Jim Hegarty, piano and electronics, Paul Steinbeck, electric bass, Gary Sykes, drums and percussion, Michael Castro, poet)