The Stone at The New School serves as an artist-centric home and community for experimental and avant-garde artists, where they can perform what they want without any interference. With concerts every Tuesday through Saturday evening, The Stone at The New School continues the tradition of the landmark non-profit performance space founded in 2005 by Artistic Director John Zorn, within a greatly improved space.

The Stone at The New School Presents: Mark Dresser

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Active since 2006, this all-star jazz collective with pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Matt Wilson has toured all around the world and recorded two critically acclaimed releases, The Big Picture (2007) and The Guest House (2012). Myra Melford has distinguished herself through her unique ability to blend jazz with elements of blues, Indian classical music, and avant-garde improvisation. She has pursued a creative vision that is both wholly distinctive and all-embracing, where composition and improvisation interact seamlessly and ingeniously, one side strengthening the other. Divergent idioms and eras coalesce—from jazz, blues and global folk styles to various corners of the classical tradition. Extramusical influences—the poetry of Rumi or the spirituality of the Huichol Indians of Mexico—also figure in the mix. In the end, Melford’s efforts are probably best served by labels like “contemporary music” or “new music,” or other tags that signify artistic freedom and daring more than any boundaries of genre.

Mark Dresser

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 19, 2025

Trio M · 222

Past events

Jun 28 - Jul 1, 2023

The Stone at The New School Presents: Mark Dresser · The New School College of Performing Arts

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