Brandon Ross: Immortal Abandon (Solo Guitar)

“If you’ve got a stringed instrument of any kind, let Brandon Ross play it, he’s sure to coax out some kind of unnameable beauty.” — The New York Times

Guitarist, composer, and improviser Brandon Ross brings a rare solo concert to LOOVE Annex on Saturday, November 28, 2026, presenting Immortal Abandon—a new work for acoustic and electric guitars and electronics ahead of its upcoming studio recording.

Described by The Paris Review as “a one-man atmosphere factory, availing himself of all the sounds—cries, squeaks, cracks, fuzz, whispers, organ-like echoes—that an electric guitar, in the hands of a master, can produce,” Ross moves fluidly between intimate chamber resonance, pan-tonal harmonic architecture, and expansive electronic sound design. Across both nylon/steel-string acoustic instruments and electric guitar with live electronics, Immortal Abandon distills four decades of fearless sonic exploration into an intimate, immersive solo performance.

About the Artist

Brandon Ross (acoustic & electric guitars, electronics) has been a defining collaborator with many of modern creative music’s visionary voices, including Henry Threadgill, Wadada Leo Smith, Cassandra Wilson, Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris, Leroy Jenkins, Arto Lindsay, The Lounge Lizards, Tony Williams, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Muhal Richard Abrams, Archie Shepp, and Me’Shell N’degeocello. He co-leads the acclaimed avant power trio Harriet Tubman (with Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis), leads the Chamber Music for Improvisors acoustic duo For Living Lovers with acoustic bass guitarist Stomu Takeishi (Revealing Essence, Sunnyside; commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works program), and fronts the acoustic quartet Blazing Beauty (Costume, Puppet). Ross is a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation MAP Grant and commissions from NYSCA and the ASCAP Foundation, and has taught at Princeton University’s Graduate Program in Composition and the Banff Summer Institute of Jazz and Creative Music.

Show Details

• Date: Saturday, November 28, 2026
• Doors: 7:30 PM  |  Show: 8:00 PM
• Venue: LOOVE Annex — 238 N 12th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
• Program: Brandon Ross — Immortal Abandon (Solo Acoustic & Electric Guitars and Electronics)