Previous events

Dec30

FREEX!

Selah Moon at One Art Community Center , 1439 N 52nd St, Philadelphia

7:30 Doors

8:00 Space Whale Orchestra (your hosts the Never-Normal chamber jazz freak ensemble)

9:00 The Acoustic Truth Band: Ali Richardson guitar and vocals, Lena vocals and Paul "Lava" Upsher beat box and percussion

10:00 EL3 - Elliott Levin Trio (Philly jazz legend leads his trio featuring incredible improvisation and spoken word)

11:00 Round Robin: a collective improvisation suite made of alternating random groups of 3 players from all 3 sets!

BYOB!

Our Awesome Venue:

Selah Moon is a little jewel nestled in the One Art Community Center. Its mission is to showcase the arts in all its many forms and its power to heal. Join us for a very special evening of freestyle music and a homemade vegan dinner jawn featuring a fresh menu of wraps, rice and beans, soup and salads and very special baked edible desserts. Come hungry and enjoy the relaxed cafe-style seating and entertainment.

Nov24

$10 at the door

BYOB!

Selah Moon Cafe is a woman-owned homemade vegan dinner jawn featuring a fresh menu of wraps, rice and beans, salads and very special baked edible desserts. Come hungry and enjoy the relaxed cafe-style seating and entertainment.

The lineup includes:

7:30 Doors

8:00 The Great Blue Heron (trio led by Mike Watson bass clarinetist from Sun Ra Arkestra)

9:00 Space Whale Orchestra (your hosts the Never-Normal chamber jazz freak quartet)

10:00 EL3 - Elliott Levin - reeds & words (Philly jazz legend leads his trio featuring incredible improvisation and spoken word) and featuring, Dave Hotep- guitars, Tom Lowrey & Ron Howerton- percussion,

11:00 Round Robin: a collective improvisation suite made of alternating random groups of 3 players from all 3 sets!

Parking is super easy, if you are a-drivin'. Very close to Girard/Lancaster trolley as well. Always nice to take public trans, because you know, space cakes and saving the planet.

Oct23

Burton Greene / Elliott Levin / Scott Verrastro

The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street , Philadelphia

This Monday at the Rotunda, please join us for a rare Philly appearance from avant-jazz pianist BURTON GREENE, in a trio performance with saxophonist/flutist/poet ELLIOTT LEVIN and percussionist SCOTT VERRASTRO. Burton just turned 80 in June and is one of the pioneers of improv piano and synthesizers in the jazz/avant realm, alongside Cecil Taylor, Dave Burrell, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Few, Paul Bley, and Andrew Hill. He made two albums for ESP and one for BYG and even recorded for Columbia in 1968. He's an expat living in the Netherlands for a few decades and makes it over here occasionally but American appearances are getting rarer.

We'll be playing two sets with room for solo expression, starting shortly after 8pm. As always at Rotunda, events are free but donations are strongly encouraged.

Interstellar/Ascension Jam Session

Rittenhouse Soundworks, 19 W Rittenhouse Street, Philadelphia

Germantown-based recording studio, Rittenhouse Soundworks presents a Coltrane-inspired Jam Session featuring the experimental music ensemble, Eye2Eye Trio. This group of sound explorers consists of Bert Harris - bass, Kim Pedro - drums, Elliott Levin - sax & flutes, with guest saxophonist, Larry Price. Expect an expansive, high energy event touching each era of the Coltrane musical legacy. All artists in the house are encouraged to participate.

Elliott Levin // Baby Blood // Nobody Nose // Bozo Big SHIT

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Mustard Zone (tioga Not Denton)

Elliott Levin // Junior Wayne // Brandon Young // Neil Coburn

Baby Blood

Nobody Nose

Bozo Big Shit Garbage Band

Show at 9pm $5

Further Jazz

The Wild Detectives, 314 W 8th St, Dallas

Elliott will be joined by Stefan Gonzalez and Aaron Gonzalez to play as a trio in the backyard. After them goes Ataraxia Trio, which is Dennis Gonzalez, Drew Phelps and Jagath Lakpriya. DJ Mutarrancho will be selecting mucha buena música (jazzes and others sounds from far beyond) before, between and after.

Sep2

OPT+

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Heritage, 914 N 2nd St, Philadelphia

ELLIOTT LEVIN- reeds

BRENDAN COONEY- keys

GREGG MERVINE- percussion

(+special guests) Balkan & Free-Jazz inspired compositions & improvisations

(could be titled "Beware Fun Ahead!")

Sep1

Night of the Freex!

One Art Community Center, 1431-39 N 52nd St, Philadelphia

Join us as Space Whale Orchestra hosts a night of free/experimental music at One Art Community Center! One Art Cafe will be offering delicious homemade vegan food for dinner and snacks including wraps, rice and beans, salads and baked yummies. Please support this incredible nurturing establishment by filling your belly as well as your ears.

The awesome lineup includes:

7:30 Doors

8-8:30 Asimina Chremos (engaging performance art/movement)

8:40-9:25 Jupiter Blue - Tara Middleton and DM Hotep of Sun Ra Arkestra (lyrical grooves & jazz-sourced vocal soundscapes)

9:30-10:15 - Space Whale Orchestra (improvised musical madness)

10:30-11:15 - Elliot Levin Trio (virtuosic free jazz)

with a group improvisation to follow!

$10 at the door

Aug30

Gretchen Elise Band

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Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia

Gretchen Elise is a Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter with an engaging passion for life and the unexpected. Flirting with reggae, soul, hip hop and dance music while grounded in her jazz-based passionate, fluid voice, her songs tell compelling stories guided by undivided attention to a good groove.

This gig will feature Elliott Levin on horn/ flute... NaeemBOT on vox, Luke Walker, Brandon Krakowsky bass Anam Owili-Eger keys, Ricardo Martinó drums. Great fun.