Last Fire Over Heaven before we take off for the hottest and most humid months of the summer. We intend to go out with a bang courtesy of a stellar lineup featuring legendary downtown trombonist Peter Zummo, the science fiction song of lebron lebron and French percussionist Camille Emaille, in a trio with guitarist Alex Cohen and saxophonist Tom Weeks. One of the key players in New York's downtown scene in the 70s and 80s, Peter Zummo is best known for his melodic, groove-based, post-minimalist compositions, and collaborations with the likes of Arthur Russell (in both the concert hall and the clubs) and choreographer Trisha Brown, to name just a few. Tonight he'll be presenting an eccentric song cycle called the $64,000 Litmus Test, with an all-star band whose members can count Arthur Russell, Peter Gordon and the Modern Lovers amongst their previous collaborators ... lebron lebron is the songwriting project of Anthony Lebron, whose previous project with Hektor Fontanez, Twi and the Humble Feather, combined Philip Glass like classical guitar patterns with hocketing vocal chants to ecstatic effect. Lebron and Fontanez (cousins) team up again here, continuing the science fiction themes of Twi while pushing into new, more personal territory ... French drummer Camille Emaille is steadily making it clear that she is a new talent to watch. Playing a customized kit that centers heavily on a bass drum turned upright and prepared with strings and other objects, Emaille is likely to draw comparisons to Chris Corsano and other "kitchen sink" improvisers, but it's clear she's on her own path. She'll be joined by fellow travelers, Alex Cohen (gtr) and Tom Weeks (sax). Please join us!

Peter Zummo: $64,000 Litmus Test:
Songs about pruning, coffeepots, virtual piggy banks, short-order cooks, and whether you get smarter when you get older, or not.

Ernie Brooks, bass guitar
Michael Evans, percussion
Brian Groder, trumpet
Bill Ruyle, drums
Danny Tunick, vibraphone
Peter Zummo, trombone and compositions

Peter Zummo is a composer and trombonist whose work with the contemporary trombone is genre non-conforming, and yet finds a place in any genre. His work as a creator and performer encompasses both the contemporary-classical and vernacular genres. Working in close collaboration with artists in related media, including composers, poets, bandleaders, choreographers, directors, and filmmakers, he functions both as a supporting character as well as a principal artist.

lebron lebron:
lebron lebron began as a solo project by Anthony Lebron in 2016. After the birth of his son, the impetus for his debut singer/songwriter record, Lebron grew a desire to deepen his musical repertoire, thinking one day it could inspire creativity in his son. After revisiting several classical guitar standards and attempting a few pop covers, a narrative for lebron lebron emerged: scenes from the future, told by an aged cyborg reminiscing of love, humanity and the story of the universe. The music is original, contemporary, and at times references previous recordings of Twi the Humble Feather, a folk/classical guitar duo Lebron created with his cousin Hector Fontanez. Their 2009 debut EP, Music for Spaceships and Forests, culminated with European and domestic tours, as well as a Super Bowl commercial sync. With lebron lebron, Anthony and Hector have once again partnered, collaborating on both creative direction and live performance. The first lebron lebron LP, Super Natural America and the Futuristic Seagulls, is scheduled for release summer 2019.

Camille Emaille / Tom Weeks / Alex Cohen:
Camille Emaille is a French percussionist born in 1993 in Nice. After studing classical and contemporary music (in strasbourg and Basel) she released her first solo album on the portugese label Creatives Sources Recordings. She considers music a part of everything, part of everyday life. That’s why she began to improvise, to feel music more as a flux, as something which is already here, something that we (the musician and the audience) just jump into… She works with many artists from varying fields, such as video, muppet theatre, shadow theater with the show Fontanalbe or dancer with choregraph Elodie Sicard and plays in the musical projects Oxke Fixu (duo with clarinet), Ghoast (duo with Tom Weeks), ESCARGOT (her quintet). She used to organize and play in « wild » events, happenings that took place in unusual locations such as closed tunnels, abandoned hospitals, highway bridges, old synagogues (festival Myosotis); events where people go without any knowledge of what will transpire…In 2018 she took part of the creation of the last work from Heiner Goebbels « Everything that happened and would happen » during the Manchester International Festival that will be played at the Park Armory in New York in june 2019. She played with Fred Frith, Fritz Hauser, Hans Koch and William Winant, ErikM, Dieb13, Lê Quan Ninh,…

Alex Cohen is an American guitarist, composer, performance artist, and producer. His work is characterized by non-conformity, free improvisation, experimental electronic music, theatrical performance, and satire of the sacrosanct. As a guitarist, he has performed with Vincent Davis, Eyvind Kang, William Winant, Isiaiah Spencer, Chris Brown, Camille Emaille, the Peanut Twins, and Tom Weeks. He is currently a member of Driven Arts Collective, a multi-disciplinary group of dancers, artists, software engineers, and musicians.

Tom Weeks is a composer, improviser, and saxophonist from the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. He has received a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, and a Master's degree in Composition from Mills College, Oakland, CA. He has studied with Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins, Pauline Oliveros, Chris Brown, W.A. Mathieu, Steve Adams, Richard Evans, and Phil Wilson, among others. His music is influenced by various African-American musical traditions, the historical avant-garde, and the heavy metal and hardcore traditions; utilizing improvisation, extended techniques, and traditional and experimental notational practices. He has worked with musicians such as Alvin Curran, Makoto Kawabata, Ricardo Descalzo, The MolOt Ensemble, Jack Wright, Nick Millevoi, Hans Koch, Walter Thompson, Vinny Golia, William Winant, G. Calvin Weston, members of the ROVA saxophone quartet, and Henry Kaiser, among many others. In addition to leading the bands Ero Guro and BEER, as well as performing with the ensemble TONED, his frequent collaborators include Camille Emaille, Nathan Corder, Joshua Allen, gabby fluke-mogul, and Kevin Murray.