Tina Mitchell will perform a number of comedic scenes that present a variety of eclectic and hilarious characters who find themselves in strange predicaments. Joining her onstage will be Carla Kissane, Selene Beretta, William Apps and Terence MacSweeny among others.

Helen Yee performs original compositions by live-looping the violin with electronic effects, building evocative layers of sound in real time. Each performance relies on the unique qualities of the moment as no pre-recorded samples are used.

Matthew Fries performs solo piano works including selections from his recent album “Parallel States,” a collection of original compositions created in a collaborative project with his sister, a visual artist.

Hosted by Julia Campanelli, the Spring Soiree benefit promises to be a fun night of festivities.

Tickets on sale at http://springsoireemissjulia.brownpapertickets.com/

 $25 + $10 cash minimum at the bar.     http://springsoireemissjulia.brownpapertickets.com/

Dance of Fury (aka Dunston/Yeager/Ber) is a trio of improvising musicians who met at the Banff Centre in the summer of 2016. Bringing together elements from 20th and 21st-century classical music, the fault line between tonality and atonality, Spanish and Latin Ameircan rhythms, music by Olivier Messiaen, the blues, and more, the ensemble injects youthful vigor into collective improvisations and sonic storytelling. They will be joined by special guest saxophonist Anna Webber.

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum 

Puertorrican born jazz guitarist Gabriel Vicéns brings to Cornelia Street Cafe a set of original music influenced by traditional afro-puertorican styes such as bomba and plena. Gabriel will share the stage with some of the best musicians in the New York scene feauturing: Román Filiú (alto saxophone), Luis Perdomo (piano), Ricky Rodriguez (bass), Henry Cole (drums) and Reynaldo de Jesús (barril).

"A rising jazz guitarist... Vicéns has provided a splendid recording that conveys a clear representation of his culture and individuality" --Mark F. Turner, All About Jazz

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum    http://www.gabrielvicens.com

 $10.00 cover plus $10.00 minimum    http://www.doriandevins.com

 $10.00 cover plus $10.00 minimum    http://www.pogady.com

Four featured tellers, followed by an open story exchange: Up to five audience members will each get five minutes of stage time for stories, poems, spoken word, or music. Sign up: 5:45–6:10pm.

This month’s host: Jeff Rose—with featured tellers John Asante, Sohailla Mahjour, Athalie Paynting, and Nadia Pinder

 $10.00 includes a drink    http://www.facebook.com/NewYorkStoryExchange

Steve Sandberg & Alaya: “Music from a country I’ve never been to but always wanted to visit.” Concerts begin with performances from the solo classical piano repertoire and continue with the quartet’s soaring improvisations on originals that draw from European, African, Latin, Balkan and Indian traditions. The group made its debut in June, 2016, with a sold-out show at the DiMenna Center in NYC, and will record its first CD this March.

"A great combination of different genres ... received a well-deserved standing ovation." (Asaf Blasberg newsletter)

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum    http://stevesandbergmusic.com

New Meridian Arts promotes original works and translations of international writers of talent and scope.

New Meridian Arts is a non-profit small press dedicated to the artistic exchange between cultures through a wide variety of activities

 $10.00 includes a drink    http://www.newmeridianarts.com/

Voted Best Guitarist NYC by the Village Voice 2012, Brandon Seabrook brings a brand new trio to Cornelia St. Cafe featuring Henry Fraser on bass and Daniel Levin on Cello. A seemingly chaotic avalanche of improvisation on strings, abruptly tamed by intricate composition.

"Whether it’s wreaking prog-metal mayhem in Seabrook Power Plant and art-punk noisemongering in Sweet Banditry or playing sideman in improvisational avant-gardist ensemble Black Host and honky tonkin' jazzsters MOPDTK, Seabrook has run the proverbial gamut" -Spin

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum    http://www.brandonseabrook.com

Anat Fort returns to her favorite NY spot with an exciting new band including her long-time collaborator Gary Wang on bass, Chris Cheek on saxophone and Francisco Mela on drums. They will be playing music from Anat’s latest ECM release, “Birdwatching” (named one of the best jazz CD’s in 2016 by the NY Observer), as well as some brand new compositions.

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum    http://www.anatfort.com

 $10.00 includes a drink    http://www.danielmeron.com

Tenor sax iconoclast Tony Malaby will premier a dynamic new quartet featuring some of the most far reaching improvisors on the NYC jazz scene.

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum 

Since releasing Very Early at The Cornelia Street Cafe in October, 2016, it has since received substantial, nationwide air-time, peaking at #100 on the Jazz Week chart, #12 on CMJ chart, and #10 on the RMR chart. Of note, it has recently been in regular rotation on WBGO.

"There's immediate comfort in encountering Audrey Silver's music for the first time. Her voice is an open invitation, an instrument of confession and creation that immediately transports you to someplace else. That's evident from her first utterances through her last words on Very Early.” - Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

 $10.00 cover plus $10.00 minimum    http://www.audreysilver.com ,  http://www.facebook.com/audreysilverjazz

Tenor sax iconoclast Tony Malaby will premier a dynamic new quartet featuring some of the most far reaching improvisors on the NYC jazz scene.

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum 

 $10.00 includes a drink    http://www.liudongfeng.com

Eden Ladin is a New York based pianist and composer with a unique touch and approach to harmony and time. He is mostly known for his work as a sideman in various settings. Eden has been performing, recording and touring with artists Wallace Roney, Avishai Cohen, Ari Hoenig, Omer Avital, Myron Walden and many more. These days, while still performing as a sideman Eden is working on his solo career with an album soon to come out. He'll be playing his original compositions with a band consisting some of New York's finest musicians on the scene.

 $10 cover plus $10 minimum