Aaron Comess will bring his improv group The Air Conditioned Gypsies to New York City’s Rockwood Stage 2 on July 27. The free show will see Comess team up with fellow drummer Jojo Mayer, as well as guitarist Brandon Ross and bassist Chris Morrissey. Leon Gruenbaum will also play the Samchillian, an instrument he invented himself.

“I’ve been putting shows together with The Air Conditioned Gypsies dating back over 10 years,” says Comess. “The concept is to put different groups of musicians together and improvise but to keep things short like a song rather than a long jam. This band concept is an opportunity for me to call up my favorite creative musicians to do a set of improvisations. I’ve always loved this approach. The Air Conditioned Gypsies has been a great avenue to do so with different hand picked groups of my favorite musicians that I think would work well together. There are so many amazing people to choose from in NYC…it’s one of the reasons I love living here…it’s a constant inspiration, and that is what this group is celebrating.”