David Grubbs: On Derek Bailey

Excerpts from Roulette concerts between 1986-99 by improvising activist guitarist Derek Bailey, with commentary by musician/professor/author David Grubbs (Records Ruin The Landscape). Emerging from the London free improv scene, Bailey tapped New York musicians to engage in his wildly diverse Company Weeks, in groupings and pairings with John Zorn (sax), Carlos Zingaro (violin), Ikue Mori (electronic percussion), Jim Staley (trombone), Ciro Baptiste (percussion), Jamaladeen Tacuma (bass), Calvin Weston (drums), Susie Ibarra (percussion), Richard Teitelbaum (electronics), and Greg Bendian (percussion). John Zorn is honoring Derek Bailey with three Nights of Improvisation at Roulette, Jan. 19-21, 2023.

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The Roulette Tapes - David Grubbs: On Derek Bailey

Matt Mehlan: Mixology Festival

Composer/curator Matt Mehlan shares his history and vision for Roulette's annual Mixology Festival (returning 4-5 Feb, 2023), music technology, and the future of the concert hall. Illustrated with clips from Festival performances since 1991: Zeena Parkins, DeForrest Brown, Jr., Carl Stone, Bruce Gremo/Rene Beekman, Val Jeanty, Ron Kuivila, Marcia Bassett/Ted Gordon, Long Distance Poison, and David Linton/Chiaki Watanabe.

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The Roulette Tapes - Matt Mehlan: Mixology Festival

Wendy Eisenberg: Divining Rod The guitarist, singer, improviser, and songwriter introduces excerpts from Roulette performances with the project Eye Music and collaborations with Ryan Sawyer, Lester St. Louis, Luisa Muir, Carla Kihlstedt's Necessary Monsters, Booker Stardrum, Andrew Links… plus ruminations on vibraphone, Lasik surgery, dreams, and more. 

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The Roulette Tapes - Wendy Eisenberg: Divining Rod

Terry Jenoure: The Legacy Variations

Composer, violinist, vocalist, poet, visual artist, and educator Terry Jenoure traces the arc of a spiritual, artistic, and ancestral journey across nearly four decades of performances at Roulette. From an early fascination with folk music, to the church, to working alongside Leroy Jenkins, to exploring a Puerto Rican, Jamaican, and African heritage, Jenoure’s musical explorations and creations are a testament to tradition and imagination. We hear stories and excerpts from collaborative projects with Brandon Ross, James Kamal Jones aka Kamal Sabir, Pheroan Ak Laff, Gene Torres, Maria Mitchell, and others in this compelling musical tale. Jenoure returns to Roulette April 16, 2023, livestreamed and archived.

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The Roulette Tapes - Terry Jenoure: The Legacy Variations

eddy kwon: Functional Magic

Violinist/violist, vocalist, composer, improviser, and interdisciplinary Brooklyn-based performing artist eddy kwon in excerpts from three appearances at Roulette: the solo work UMMA-YA; JUNI ONE SET: Boy mother/faceless bloom (with Senga Nengudi, Crow Nishimura, Joshua Kohl); and tombstar (with Isabel Crespo Pardo, Zekkereya El-magharbel, Lesley Mok). The artist provides commentary on the influence and embrace of ritual, ceremony, Butoh, queer and trans Korean shamans, and cultural traditions and challenges. eddy kwon returns to Roulette with a new project on 19 May 2023.

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The Roulette Tapes - eddy kwon: Functional Magic

The cross-genre and multidisciplinary Czech composer/performer (accordion, hichiriki, synthesizer, harmonica, voice, dance) walks us through three performances commissioned through Roulette: Opera, a multimedia piece; a solo performance, Spectacle; and the installation/performance, Pieces from Darkness. Vítková returns to Roulette 16 Nov 2023 to revisit their Opera concept.

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The Roulette Tapes: Lucie Vítková: Embodied

Composer and multi-instrumentalist John King (viola, guitar, electronics) in excerpts and commentary from six appearances at Roulette where his solo, small and large ensemble, and "politically tinged" works have appeared since the mid-1980s. This program features performances by collaborators including vocalist Gelsey Bell, bassist William Parker, violist Joanna Mattrey, Crucible String Quartet, TILT Brass, Cornelius Dufallo's Secret Quartet, The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and one of his scores for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

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The Roulette Tapes- John King: Free Radicals

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