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Concerts Series:

Tuesday, February 10th: 6:30: PATRICK GOLDEN / KEVIN SHEA Drum Duo 7:30: SYLVAIN LEROUX - flutes - reeds / HILL GREENE - Contrabass / DAN KURFIRST - Drums // 8:30: HILLIARD GREENE - Contrabass / JAMES KEEPNEWS - Guitar / ROSI HERTLEIN - Violin

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THE DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY 35th ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE CONCERT SERIES Continues with:

Tuesday, February 10th:
6:30: PATRICK GOLDEN / KEVIN SHEA Drum Duo
7:30: SYLVAIN LEROUX - Fula flutes - reeds / HILL GREENE - Contrabass / DAN KURFIRST - Drums
8:30: HILLIARD GREENE - Contrabass / JAMES KEEPNEWS - Guitar / ROSI HERTLEIN - Violin

Saturday, February 14th, 2026: GauciMusic Series:
6:30: JONATHAN HAFFNER - tenor sax / DALIUS NAUJO - drums - percussion
7:30: STEPHEN GAUCI - tenor sax - flute / SHOGO YAMGISHI - bass / JAMES PAUL NADIEN - Drums
8:30: IGOR LUMPERT - tenor sax / BILLY MINTZ - drums

Tuesday, February 17th: Relative Pitch Presents: 6:30 - 8:30 Plus
Set 1: CHUCK ROTH - Guitar / ELIZA SALEM - Drums
Set 2: CHUCK ROTH - Guitar / NORA STANLEY - Alto Sax
Set 3: CHUCK ROTH / NORA STANLEY / ELIZA SALEM

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Notes from Underground

THE Big Bad Beautiful USED CD sale list - Updated for 10/9/2025

Sale!

Here's the deal for this list:

1-3 CD's no discount
4-9 CD's take 10% off
10 & more CD's, take 20% off

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VISION FESTIVAL 2025, Number 29 or 30!?!? Shining a Light through the Darkness!

The 29th or 30th (depending on who you ask) annual Vision Festival ended last night and it was indeed one of the real highlights of this year! 28 sets over six nights and all sets (that I caught) were well worth exploring and being inspired by. I’ve attended each and every Vision Fest since it began in 1995 and have rarely missed a set since I find the fest to be an endless source of Positive Art, Protest

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Four Freedoms

Four Freedoms

DAVE DOUGLAS with MARTA WARELIS / NICK DUNSTON / JOEY BARON

Then Again

Then Again

HENRY NOW with FRED FRITH / TIM HODGKINSON / JOHN GREAVES / CHRIS CUTLER

Circle the Heart

Circle the Heart

MARTY EHRLICH / JULIUS HEMPHILL

dance! skip! hop!

dance! skip! hop!

TOMEKA REID QUARTET with MARY HALVORSON / JASON ROEBKE / TOMAS FUJIWARA

Matter

Matter

FRED FRITH – MARIÁ PORTUGAL

The Bagatelles Vol. 5 - Kris Davis Quartet

The Bagatelles Vol. 5 - Kris Davis Quartet

JOHN ZORN // KRIS DAVIS QUARTET with MARY HALVORSON / DREW GRESS / KENNY WOLLESEN

John Zorn’s Olympiad - Vol. 4 Curling

John Zorn’s Olympiad - Vol. 4 Curling

JOHN ZORN // ROVA SAX QUARTET / WILLIAM WINANT PERCUSSION GROUP

Tebugo

Tebugo

EVAN PARKER / PAUL ROGERS / LOUIS MOHOLO

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Featured LPs

LACE [Deluxe Limited Edition of 65 / Signed & numbered by Zeena Parkins / Handmade Lace on cover]

LACE [Deluxe Limited Edition of 65 / Signed & numbered by Zeena Parkins / Handmade Lace on cover]

ZEENA PARKINS // WILLIAM WINANT / JAMES FEI / MAGGIE PARKINS / TILT BRASS BAND

The Omniverse Oriki

The Omniverse Oriki

MARSHALL ALLEN with KASH KILLION / DM HOTEP / KEVIN DIEHL / JOSEPH TOLEDO / OLUFEMI MITCHELL / TONGO HERNANDEZ / JOHN WILKIE

Bremen 65 [2 LP Set]

Bremen 65 [2 LP Set]

THELONIOUS MONK with CHARLIE ROUSE / LARRY GALES / BEN RILEY

Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) [2 LP Set]

Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) [2 LP Set]

NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY with EVAN PARKER

Tzadik Limited Editions

The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs

JOHN ZORN // BARBARA HANNIGAN / MATHIEU AMALRIC / THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM

Bagatelles Box Four - Volumes 13 - 16 [4 CD Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set] (PURPLE) - Signed by John Zorn, limited edition

Bagatelles Box Four - Volumes 13 - 16 [4 CD Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set] (PURPLE) - Signed by John Zorn, limited edition

JOHN ZORN // CHRIS SPEED / JON IRABAGON QUARTET with CHRISTIAN McBRIDE / CHES SMITH / PETER EVANS / BEN GOLDBERG 4 with CRAIG TABORN / JORGE ROEDER / THOMAS MORGAN / SAM EASTMOND w...

New Masada Quartet [Limited Edition of 200, signed by John Zorn]

New Masada Quartet [Limited Edition of 200, signed by John Zorn]

NEW MASADA QUARTET with JOHN ZORN / JULIAN LAGE / JORGE ROEDER / KENNY WOLLESEN

30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes [10 CD Deluxe Box Set / Limited Edition of 1,000 worldwide]

30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes [10 CD Deluxe Box Set / Limited Edition of 1,000 worldwide]

JOHN ZORN // MASADA with DAVE DOUGLAS / GREG COHEN / JOEY BARON

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Happy 30th Anniversary to Downtown Music Gallery!

Saturday, May 1st was the actual anniversary of Downtown Music Gallery, 30 years to the day! I am immensely proud of all we’ve accomplished since we opened out doors on 211 East 5th St. in the East Village. Special thanks to all of the well-wishers who’ve written to us or come down in the past month, we do appreciate your kind words of support! We, here at DMG, are going to celebrate for the entire month with some live outdoor events, some in-store on-line event

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