Today a recording of composer/pianist Wayne Horvitz in a trio with Doug Wieselman on clarinet and Tony Scher on bass and guitar from 2002 at Roulette is featured. Horvitz has played a major role in both the formative and mature periods of the New York downtown music revolution since the 80s. His music is a synthesis of jazz, funk, folk, blues, ambient, world music, classical, and the American songbook. Recipient of many awards, his collaborators have included Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Robin Holcomb, Bill Irwin, Gus Van Sant and many more. He has scored or produced works for theater, dance, film, television, and the concert stage.

"Tracking The Odds: The Roulette Concert Archive" is a monthly hour-long radio special produced by Roulette Intermedium (roulette.org) and broadcast in partnership with Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM and Standing Wave Radio. The broadcasts feature selected highlights from Roulette’s New York experimental music space dating from the early 1980s to the present. Thousands of rare, formative, and often unheard recordings by innovators and adventurous musicians populate the archive. Tracking The Odds airs the fourth Monday of the month from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is archived at wavefarm.org.

Founded in 1978, Roulette operates a 400-seat concert hall on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn with a focus on experimental and unorthodox music and performance across all genres and media. It's archive of thousands of audio and video recordings is currently being restored.

Pictured: A screening, reading, and performance for Henry Hills' film "Money" at Roulette (1985) with dancer Pooh Kaye surrounded by (L-R) John Zorn, Tom Cora, Ciro Baptiste, (obstructed, possibly Sally Silvers), Abigail Child, Diane Ward, Susie Timmons, Alan Davies, Bruce Andrews, Ikue Mori, Jim Staley, Butch Morris. Photo: Lona Foote.