Χαλασμένο κουαρτέτο & Νίκος Σιδηροκαστρίτης

A "quartet" with five players on stage tells you the rules are already bending. Halasmeno Kouarteto — the Broken Quartet — gathers five improvisers around compositions by bassist Giorgos Venturis, with drummer Nikos Sidirokastritis working from behind the kit. The written material is only a starting point; what happens after the downbeat gets decided in the room, in real time.

Poetry Bar is an intimate, jazz-leaning room in central Athens, the kind of place where you hear the brushes as plainly as the cymbals. Expect long stretches of collective playing, sharp turns, and no two passages alike.

These five meet for one night only — this material, this room, this Thursday.