Next month's New Thing on Monday, March 6 is kind of a big deal. Here's Tim on that show and what I can get excited about:

"Aquiles is the trumpeter in Irreversible Entanglements, who are somewhat of a supergroup in the US free jazz scene right now, and are playing the Chan Centre [on Saturday, February 25]. Lisa Cay Miller, who is co-presenting the New Thing series with us as part of her role as Artistic Director for NOW Society, suggested reaching out to Aquiles to see if he'd be interested in staying in town for a bit. He's already doing some workshops and shows for NOW, and was kind enough to stay even longer so that he could do the New Thing.

"I honestly have no idea what his show is going to be like, as he wants to wait until he gets here to figure out who he's going to play with. So it's going to be a night of surprises, which is what this music is supposed to be all about."

Tickets will go on sale for Aquiles Navarro's gig at Tyrant when the venue publishes its March calendar: watch the gig list for that.