We apologize, but online ticket sales have ended. This does not mean that the event is necessarily sold out. This close to show time tickets are only available at the door.
For all sold out shows (Le) Poisson Rouge will do a ticket giveaway in the gallery bar 2 hours prior to the start of the show.
Bio:
Originally active for a dozen years, from 1980-1992, the Microscopic Septet were widely recognized as "New York's Most Famous Unknown Band." The group started with a basic reeds-and-rhythm texture (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sax, piano, bass and drums) that was sonically similar to the sound of the Swing Era. However, they employed these textures to address a widely eclectic range of styles, from free-form music to R&B, rhumbas and ragtime. The result was a brilliant blend of fresh-sounding orchestration and inspired soloing. Beloved in New York, where they generally drew capacity crowds, "The Micros" were one of the most celebrated of the many cutting-edge units associated with experimental music's best-known venue, the Knitting Factory, during the peak years of the "Downtown" music movement in the mid 1980s onward.
In 2006, Cuneiform released two double-CD sets containing all four of the Micros albums. The Micros reunited to play a few shows and had such a good time doing so, that they decided to make the Micros a 'occasional regular thing'. After two well-received weeks in Europe, the band returned very well-rehearsed to New York where they recorded Lobster Leaps In, their first new album in 20 years!
The music of The Microscopic Septet is the sound of jazz in 20th century America: all of it, from Ellington to Ayler, bebop to Zorn, Dixieland to experimental, captured in a microcosm. It distilled the essence of jazz as a popular music into a sound that swung, a music that was intelligent, sometimes smart-aleck, and always good fun.
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One Ring Zero is led by Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. Using odd-ball instruments such as the claviola, theremin, toy piano, and glockenspiel, the band creates a soundscape that can perhaps best be described as klezmer-cartoon-circus-flea music. One Ring Zero has released six CDs, including their ground-breaking album, As Smart As We Are, which features songs with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers, Rick Moody, and Neil Gaiman. One Ring Zero's music has been featured in dance concerts, films, television, animations, fashion shows, and NPR programming including This American Life, Fresh Air, and Morning Edition.
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Microscopic Septet
One Ring Zero:
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian. This show is General Admission, first come, first serve. Seating is Limited. A purchased ticket does not guarantee you a seat. There is a two item minimum for all seated performances.
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