Outdoor Performance 9/1 at Saratoga Arts Celebrating New Album Release 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Longtime musical collaborators Jonathan Moritz and Mike Pride  will be staging an outdoor performance at Saratoga Arts Center, 6:30 – 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1. 

The pair have worked together for more than two decades, sharing a deep love for experimentation and free improvisation. The Sept. 1 performance celebrates the release of their second album, “Summertime” (Neither / Nor Records 2024), described as an amalgam of avant-garde jazz, lo-fi, sound collage, improv, field recording, with a touch of psychedelic production. 

“The record is all improvised sax and drums duets that we recorded organically in 2020 and 2021 over weekends in Mike’s back yard, studio and near a stream during our family vacation in Maine,” Moritz says.  “The laughter and screaming of our children, the stream gurgling, the splashes of rocks were not added afterwords but in the background during the recordings, an ode to our daily life. I feel this record is a culmination of our improvised, joyful adventures together.”

Location: Outdoor performance at Saratoga Arts Center, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. RSVP (suggested donation of $10-$20, pay what you can for the artist community). For more information, go to: https://improvspaces.wordpress.com/.