Music in the Park 2026: Kenny Foster's Game Night Quartet

Join us for an evening of free live music in Otto Henderberg Park!

Presenting: Kenny Foster's Game Night Quartet

In 2023, Kenny Foster contacted bass player Matt McNulty, and suggested that they get together with keyboardist Jon Tucker, to do some rehearsals with the idea of creating a side project that would be primarily devoted to playing improvised music with more open structures. Matt suggested Dave Maccarone as a drummer. These musicians have been very important in the development of the interaction and sound of the quartet. 

The group has become a laboratory to experiment with the materials at hand and develop personal interaction without the need to gig regularly. Rehearsals and performances are Game Nights. The quartet never really knows the outcome until they play. Although accustomed to formal structures and techniques, this band permits the music to grow organically based on choices that players make while improvising. They have given themselves permission to challenge notions of how things must develop. In doing so, they have drawn on elements of Free jazz, Funk, Fusion, 12 tone music, Chance music, Rock, Bop, Blues, World Music, Pop, Performance Art, and more…….