Thursday, March 12, 2026
On Thursday, March 14, 2026, the Tompkins Square Library hosted a concert by Music Libre Femmes, in its basement performance space. This performance featured Cheryl Pyle on flute, Ayumi Ishito on saxophones, and Robert Piket on piano. There were approximately 30 people in attendance.
The performance started at 6:00, and was introduced by .. After explaining that the series , and announcing upcoming performance dates as well, he introduced the performers:
((Host
)) :So we are celebrating Women’s History Month with music lipo fun. And this is a group of all women free jazz improvisers who compose, create spontaneous, in-the-moment music. The group consists of some of the most experienced improvisers of the New York Jazz scene. And they have recently played at the Lady Got Chops Festival, the Downtown Music Gallery, and many of the New York City Jazz venues.
After which, the performance began and lasted about forty minutes, after which the audience applauded.
After the event, Pyle had the following comments about the series:
((Cheryl Pyle)) :I started the group Music Libra Femmes, Free Music Women, because I saw a film called Fire Music, and they interviewed Carla Blay and Ingrid Sertso, and they didn’t talk about any of their music. And they didn’t talk about any other women improvisers, Barbara Donald, you know, anybody. So I wanted to do some concerts with all women.
((CP)) :And today we played with Roberta Piket on piano and Ayumi Ishito on tenor sax and soprano sax and myself, Cheryl Pyle on C-flute, piccolo and alto flute. And we’re here at the Tompkins Square Library in the East Village and we just had a wonderful concert.
