THE WEBSITE OF ONE JAMES N. MCKAIN

"I go down to Hell and I discover things that do not bother
other people. But be careful: Hell is rising and it's coming at
you." -- Pasolini

I am a saxophonist living in my home of Brooklyn, New York. I am interested in the notion of deconstructing inheritances of the mediums that I work in (broadly speaking: music). This is a passive activity. I am a vessel. ;) Per the old improviser act of good will, we list who our frequent collabs are. Well, here they are, in alphabetical order: T.J. Borden, Kelly Bray, Caleb Duval, Ipek Eginli, Sandy Ewen, Kaelen Ghandhi, Tete Leguia, Chris LiButti, Kevin Murray, James Paul Nadien, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter, and Tom Weeks. If, as a record collector, as you are wont to do -- you will ask me my influences -- email me about that. Address below.

Would you like to buy recordings from me? Surely you would. My Bandcamp account is here.

I host an archive of miscellany here. Included will be various hard-to-find out-of-print media from my personal collection of errata that otherwise does not exist on the Internet.

Here is an archive of previous years' performances.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES OF ONE JAMES N. MCKAIN

08.19.2026 -- w/ Brittany Karlson, Michael Larocca & Chris LiButti -- Freddy's Bar & Backroom -- Brooklyn, NY
08.29.2026 -- w/ James Paul Nadien & Evan Palmer -- Freddy's Bar & Backroom -- Brooklyn, NY
09.26.2026 -- w/ Michael Larocca, Evan Palmer & Hans Wilhelm Young-Binter -- iBeam -- Brooklyn, NY
11.06.2026 -- w/ T.J. Borden, Ken Filiano, Vinny Golia & James Paul Nadien -- Prospect Series -- Brooklyn, NY

PAST 2026 PERFORMANCES OF ONE JAMES N. MCKAIN

07.21.2026 -- w/ Evan Palmer & Kevin Shea -- Young Ethel's -- Brooklyn, NY
07.18.2026 -- w/ T.J. Borden, Sandy Ewen & Kaelen Ghandhi -- Downtown Music Gallery -- Manhattan, NY
06.25.2026 -- w/ Jeb Bishop, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter -- Tritriangle -- Chicago, IL | video
06.24.2026 -- w/ Alex Cunningham, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter -- Reverberation Vinyl -- Bloomington, IL | video
06.22.2026 -- w/ Alex Cunningham, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter -- Dissonant Works -- St. Louis, MO | video
06.11.2026 -- w/ Caleb Duval & Kevin Murray -- The Record Shop -- Brooklyn, NY
06.10.2026 -- w/ Michael Larocca & Evan Palmer -- Brothers' Wash and Dry -- Queens, NY
06.09.2026 -- w/ Michael Larocca, Ras Moshe & Evan Palmer -- Downtown Music Gallery -- Manhattan, NY
06.08.2026 -- w/ James Paul Nadien, Evan Palmer & Hans Wilhelm Young-Binter -- The Perch -- Philadelphia, PA
05.02.2026 -- w/ Caleb Duval, Kaelen Ghandhi, Ayako Kanda & Michael Larocca -- Freddy's Bar & Backroom -- Brooklyn, NY
04.18.2026 -- w/ James Paul Nadien -- Downtown Music Gallery -- Manhattan, NY
04.17.2026 -- w/ Michael Larocca -- The Sandbox -- New Haven, CT
04.12.2026 -- w/ Kris Gruda & Aaron Yanda -- Brothers' Wash and Dry -- Queens, NY
04.11.2026 -- w/ Chris LiButti & James Paul Nadien -- Cutelab -- Brooklyn, NY
04.04.2026 -- w/ Kaelen Ghandhi | w/ Martin Escalante, Francesca H. & Kaelen Ghandhi -- Brothers' Wash and Dry -- Queens, NY
03.31.2026 -- w/ James Paul Nadien -- Freddy's Bar & Backroom -- Brooklyn, NY
03.20.2026 -- w/ Kaelen Ghandhi, Michael Larocca & Evan Palmer -- The Sandbox -- New Haven, CT | video
03.19.2026 -- w/ T.J. Borden, Kevin Murray & Evan Palmer -- The Record Shop -- Brooklyn, NY | video
03.07.2026 -- w/ ad hoc lineups @ Kris Gruda's Birthday Party -- Susan's Salon -- Brooklyn, NY
02.20.2026 -- w/ T.J. Borden, Ryan Ebaugh & Kevin Murray -- The Record Shop -- Brooklyn, NY
02.03.2026 -- w/ Michael Larocca, Evan Palmer & Nic Rose -- iBeam -- Brooklyn, NY | video
01.21.2026 -- w/ Chris LiButti -- Freddy's Bar & Backroom -- Brooklyn, NY
01.14.2026 -- w/ Forbes Graham, Evan Palmer & Weasel Walter-- Bradley Bicycle Co-Op -- New Haven, CT | video
01.13.2026 -- w/ Kaelen Ghandhi, Evan Palmer, Weasel Walter & Hans Wilhelm Young-Binter -- The Record Shop -- Brooklyn, NY | video
01.12.2026 -- w/ Evan Palmer, Jared Radichel & Weasel Walter -- Grey's Warehouse -- Philadelphia, PA
01.11.2026 -- w/ Evan Palmer & Weasel Walter -- Zephyr Pub -- Kent, OH | video
01.10.2026 -- w/ Ipek Eginli, Evan Palmer & Weasel Walter -- Waterloo Arts Cafe -- Cleveland, OH |video
01.09.2026 -- w/ Ipek Eginli, Evan Palmer & Weasel Walter -- Blockhouse Bar -- Bloomington, IN | video
01.08.2026 -- w/ Ipek Eginli, Evan Palmer & Weasel Walter -- The Jazz Gallery -- Milwaukee, WI | video 1 | video 2
01.07.2026 -- w/ Ipek Eginli & Weasel Walter -- Marmalade -- Chicago, IL | video
01.06.2026 -- w/ Alex Cunningham, Ipek Eginli, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter -- Dissonant Works -- St. Louis, MO | video
01.05.2026 -- w/ Alex Cunningham, Ipek Eginli, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter -- Old Baptist Foundation at Southern Illinois University -- Carbondale, IL | video

Here is a list of everyone that I have played with in a live improvised setting (as far as I remember).