Michael Sarin at the drum set, solo.

Over the last twenty-seven years, drummer Michael Sarin has been at the center of New York City’s genre bending jazz and improvisation community. His versatility and musical wit helped forge long associations with forward-looking artists Thomas Chapin, Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Ben Allison, and David Krakauer.

This performance at Zero Station is an opportunity to present the drum set on its own, this uniquely American creation: a collection of individual percussion instruments, grouped together and played with both hands and feet. The drum set (drum kit, trap kit, traps, tubs...) is always evolving, incorporating sounds from wherever the practitioner finds them, becoming part of this drum language. Primal and universal to all humans, rhythm and the drumʼs evolution is displayed by incredibly sophisticated expressions throughout the worldʼs cultures. Michael, a skilled and creative drummer will sound like an entire orchestra.

The performance will be about 60 minutes in duration.

Suggestion donation $15.00