The new Sound It Out concert series aims to further a progressive tradition by hosting musicians from jazz and other venturesome genres at the Greenwich House Music School in New York’s West Village. Established in 1905, Greenwich House Music has long been a focal point of the downtown arts scene, with pivotal figures from Henry Cowell, Edgar Varèse and John Cage to Meredith Monk, Joan La Barbara and Morton Subotnick associated with the institution. Singer-songwriter Steve Earle and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen have performed at Greenwich House, and jazz has a history there, too: Varèse and composer Earle Brown, collaborating with saxophonist-producer Teo Macero, hosted an improvisation session in 1957 with a group of players that included Charles Mingus and Art Farmer. Curated by Bradley Bambarger, Sound It Out aims to further bind Greenwich House Music with scenes across New York City.
