The Improvisations series was created in 2011, and offers nine concerts each season and is now in its third year of presenting. Stephen Haynes and Joe Morris, who perform with a guest, or guests, sharing concerts of completely improvised music, curate the series. To date, their guests have included Tyshawn Sorey, William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Mark Dresser, Kyoko Kitamura, Fay Victor, Ingrid Laubrock, Sara Schoenbeck, Nate Wooley, and many others.

The current season of Improvisations concludes with an evening-long assembly of musicians that mixes well-known players with emerging players in a series of ad hoc groupings of various sizes and culminating with all the players performing in the large ensemble, Abstract Forest.

Joe Morris guitar/bass
Stephen Haynes/cornets

Jerome Deupree/drums
Taylor Ho Bynum/ cornet
Tatsuya Nakatani/percussion
Mat Maneri/viola
Jim Hobbs/alto saxophone
Daniel Levin/cello
Brad Barrett/bass
Andria Nicademou/vibraphone
Chris Cretella/guitar
Joelle Wagner/bassoon
Daniel Pencer/tenor sax, clarinet
Zoe Christiansen/clarinet
Minta White/ flute
Matt Plummer/trombone
Matt Chilton/reeds
Sean Sonderagger/reeds

6-11 PM, Saturday, May 24, 2014
Real Art Ways
Hartford, CT

$15/$12 for members