Tonight, experimental Buffalo 10-piece Wooden Cities gets together for one of it's rare performances at Hallwalls to play, among other pieces, a version on John Zorn's Cobra. Cobra is an experimental, improvisational piece that rather than having written music, is scripted with cue notes. The number and type of musicians that can be associated and play the piece can change, and in this instance, the Wooden Cities crew is featuring a 10-person lineup, featuring band prompter / conductor Brendan Fitzgerald, acclaimed Buffalo sax player Steve Baczkowski, horn player Nathan Heidelberger, among quite a number of other musicians. The piece never sounds the same twice, as each time it will be imrpovised by groups of different instrumentation and size. It was created in an experimental scripted manner that was made famous by composers like John Cage, and the group will even include some pieces by Cage in their set tonight, as well pieces by 104 year old Elliott Carter, and band member Nathan Heidelberger. The show will no doubt take some unexpected turns throughout the improv, and much of the musical tension will be built by the musicians relationships and musical bonds with one another, rather than by scripted musical notation. This is definitely a great Friday night event for fans of classical, imrpov, and avant-garde music alike. Things get started around 8pm, and tickets will cost you $10, unless you are a student ($8), senior ($8), or a Hallwalls member ($5).