After more than 32 years of concerts in Lower Manhattan, Roulette is moving to BROOKLYN. As the construction continues on the new space - a beautiful Art Deco Concert Hall in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn - we spoke to some of the artists who have been a part of Roulette; about the past, present and future.

This is #2 of this interview series, featuring Jeremiah Cymerman, Matana Roberts and Mary Halvorson.

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Jeremiah Cymerman is a composer & clarinetist based in New York City. Since 2002 he has been active in a wide variety of musical contexts, premiering new works in downtown institutions like Roulette, Issue Project Room & The Stone, touring internationally, improvising with numerous musicians in various situations, curating concerts, producing & engineering albums and publishing numerous articles on music and music production. Largely influenced by New York’s tradition of music & art making Cymerman’s work reflects an interest in improvisation, electronic manipulation & production, traditional, studio & graphic composition as well as solo performance. Cymerman has worked or performed with a broad range of contemporary artists including Nate Wooley, John Zorn, Toby Driver, Jandek, MC Paul Barman, Harris Eisenstadt, Evan Parker, Matthew Welch, Otomo Yoshihide, Jessica Pavone, Butch Morris, Peter Evans, Anthony Coleman and Mary Halvorson among many others.

Matana (mah-tah-Nah) Roberts; internationally recognized, Chicago born saxophonist/composer/sound conceptualist; works in various mediums of improvised music/sound art performance; has collaborated alongside many sound luminaries of this time period; current work focused on the place/problem of memory as recognized, deciphered, deconstructed through radical modes of sound communication, notation, and multi genres of improvisation; based in New York city.

Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson has been active in New York since 2002, following jazz studies at Wesleyan University and the New School. Critics have called Ms. Halvorson “NYC’s least-predictable improviser” (Howard Mandel, City Arts), “the most forward-thinking guitarist working right now” (Lars Gotrich, NPR.org) and “one of today’s most formidable bandleaders” (Francis Davis, Village Voice). In addition to her longstanding trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, and her quintet, which adds trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson and alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, Ms. Halvorson also co-leads a chamber-jazz duo with violist Jessica Pavone, the avant-rock band People and the collective ensembles Crackleknob, MAP and The Thirteenth Assembly. She is also an active member of bands led by Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomas Fujiwara, Curtis Hasselbring, Ingrid Laubrock, Myra Melford, Marc Ribot, Tom Rainey and Matthew Welch among others.