MUSIC

Thumbscrew

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 & 12, 2022
7:30 & 9:30 PM

The Jazz Gallery In Person & SATURDAY Live Stream
1158 Broadway (entrance on West 27th Street), NoMad, Manhattan

$30-$40 in person; $20 live stream
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The Thumbscew trio has been together 10 years! Three master musicians — guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanec, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara — who met on a session and decided to keep working together. There music is multivalent and endlessly inventive. Fujiwara has been switching to vibes sometimes lately, which permits them to explore lighter textures.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, my beloved Mark’s Off Madison for Italian with some Ashkenazic thrown in. Streaming at home, have a Mela d’Alba: pour 2 oz. Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy and 1 oz. each of sweet Vermouth and Campari into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. Stir. Express a lemon twist into the drink and then use it as garnish.