Joe McPhee + Tcheser Holmes

Blank Forms and Grimm Artisanal Ales invite members for drinks and a sunset performance by Joe McPhee and Tcheser Holmes. Following their burned-the-house-down set at last year’s Anniversary Party, Joe McPhee and Tcheser Holmes return for another wide-ranging exploration into the outer limits of free jazz, this time on a Brooklyn rooftop. 

Joe McPhee has been a deeply emotional composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist since his emergence on the creative jazz and new music scenes in the late ‘60s. Inspired by the music of Albert Ayler, he taught himself the saxophone and proceeded to cut two records that remain defining monuments to the civil rights movement: the outré free jazz of Underground Railroad (1969) and avant-funk of Nation Time (1971). His odyssey since has taken McPhee through Deep Listening collaborations with Pauline Oliveros and countless left-field improv sessions both within and way outside of the jazz tradition. He’s joined by the inimitable drummer Tcheser Holmes, known for his collaborations with Aquilles Navarro, Irreversible Entanglements, and Sön.

This is a members-only event in support of Blank Forms' 2025 Membership Campaign. Members can RSVP to morgan@blankforms.org.