jazz

Portuguese/Japanese "sound artist" Marcos Fernandes is a Jekyll/Hyde split, half open-eared anthropologist, half restless experimentalist. His found-sound collages are what may have happened had Alan Lomax taken his field recordings off the Smithsonian shelves and into some smoky NYC loft jam session. As a percussionist and improviser, Fernandes evokes music from a far-off land caught on a half-tuned radio frequency, his inner ethnomusicologist at times overcome by lowercase atmospherics. This Sunday at the CEC, Fernandes will play a duet with guitarist Scott Homan, followed by sets by Baltimore laptop trio Suitcase, No-Net curator Jack Wright and Philly new jazz trio M-Unit. The final set will feature various small groupings and a group improvisation by the 14-piece ensemble. With sparse minimalism (Wright, Suitcase) sharing the stage with sensual atmospherics (cellist Helen Espvall) and raucous thrash-jazz (bassist Evan Lipson), Fernandes might be rushing to hit record on his deck.

Sun., Oct. 30, 8 p.m., Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-1911, cec.libertynet.org.