CALENDAR

DOORS @ 7:30 / SHOWS @ 8PM, UNLESS POSTED OTHERWISE 

• Thu

  15

  May

  2025

  Levon Sings! with Brandon Lopez and Carmen Quill May 15

  7:30 doors 8:00 Show $15.00 suggested donation

  

   

  Brandon Lopez is a bassist and composer living in New York City. His work deals with improvisation, finding new sonic possibilities on the double bass. Collaborations with the likes Fred Moten, Gerald Cleaver, John Zorn, The Mat Maneri Quartet, Nate Wooley’s “knknighgh”, Satoko Fuji, Zeena Parkins, Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey, Standing On The Corner, Cecilia Lopez, Ash Fure, Joe Morris, Tyshawn Sorey, and many others. His collaborative work with Fred Moten and Gerald Cleaver was critically acclaimed by publications of note and won Best of Jazz 2022 in the NYTimes. His most recent solo recording won best of 2023 in the NYC Jazz record.

   

  Carmen Quill (formerly Carmen Q. Rothwell) is a double bassist, composer, and singer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is recognized for her sound and versatility on the double bass, her captivating performances as a solo artist, and her intuitive sensitivity as an improviser. Her debut solo recording, Don’t Get Comfy / Nowhere (2020), “thrives on the meeting of reservation and vulnerability, and its songs feel as emotional and virtuosic as a power ballad yet are sparse and withholding as a Rembrandt” (Pitchfork). In addition to producing and performing her solo music she performs and releases music as part of the bands tilt, Scree, and a host of other projects and collaborations. 

   

  Levon (Henry) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, theorist, and teacher based in New York City. While primarily associated with saxophones & clarinets (whether for Julian Lage, Paula Cole, or Jib Kidder), Levon has always made his own music in the margins on a variety of other instruments. His solo project has gradually shifted focus from instrumental to vocal music –self-accompanied on guitar and keyboards– which he has finally begun performing live.