American tenor sax player-clarinetist Stephen Gauci created a small scene around himself. He runs the Bushwick Improvised Music Series in Brooklyn, where he has presented over 600 concerts featuring many of New York’s most interesting free improvisers, Gauci himself performs at this series every Monday with his working quartet featuring guitarist Sandy Ewen, double bass player Adam Lane, and drummer Kevin Shea, and claims that this is the longest-running avant-jazz set in New York City history. Many of his live performances are documented by his own DIY label, GauciMusic, which has released more than sixty albums since
