Here are the 10 best shows around the city this week, in no particular order.
Saxophone giant Tim Berne is one forward-thinking renegade who started altering the landscape of jazz in the mid-1970s by wielding his horn and, in a show of then-unheard of DIY vision, launched his own record label. A late bloomer, Berne didn't pick up a sax until his very late teens but upon his ... More >>
For more than a decade, cellist Okkyung Lee has been an integral figure in New York's experimental music scene. The Korean native moved to Manhattan in 2000 after studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music and quickly became a fixture at venues such as Tonic and the Stone; she played with ... More >>
Great jazz records we caught, with apologies to those we missed
"I'm a really big fan of Sonic Youth, and I kind of don't make any bones about it." Jeff Tweedy pulled a rabbit out of his beard when he landed Nels Cline in Wilco following Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Screwing with that album's winning formula by introducing an off-the-wall competing guitarist on its ... More >>
Ferocious homage mingles with daring fusion, looking both back and beyond
Balance and teamwork from individualists the record business considers totally impractical
The real possibilities open up when it doesn't cost a bundle to pursue your muse
Gypsies and Jews, Afro-Cubans and avant-gardists, led by two smashing piano players
