Thurston Moore
free jazz avant-garde spiritual jazz
Influences: Derek Bailey, Sonny Sharrock, Albert Ayler
Thurston Moore plays electric guitar, joined by Mark Wastell on percussion, in a duo built on drone-like textures, post-psychedelic haze and bursts of free improvisation. Their December 2025 Vortex show was described as "deeply post-psychedelic, dreamlike in atmosphere, before expanding into the charming spasms of free jazz." Moore co-founded Sonic Youth, bringing a rock guitarist's feel for noise and sustain to the improvised idiom.
Personnel:
Thurston Moore (guitar)
Mark Wastell (percussion)
Upcoming gigs
- Sun 08 Nov — 19:00 — Thurston Moore and Mark Wastell at Vortex Jazz Club