Onyx Collective (American band)

In October 2014, they began hosting a show on KNOW-WAVE Radio, bringing in guests to jam live on-air, which led to collaborations with station regulars like Dev Hynes and Wiki.

[3] From 2014 until 2020, Onyx Collective became known for their guerrilla approach to public performance, presenting improvised music in non-traditional pop-up venues in Lower Manhattan, including clothing stores, barber shops, and gallery spaces.

In 2016, they hosted NYXO, a three-month residency at 225 West Broadway in Tribeca, which featured musicians as varied as Show Me The Body, Phony PPL, and Puerto-Rican jazz legend John Benitez.

[4] Onyx Collective recordings and performances have featured vocalists like Dev Hynes, Kelsey Lu, Nick Hakim, Princess Nokia, Duendita, Okay Kaya, Julian Soto, and Ian Isiah; pianists Julius Rodriguez, Isaac Sleator, Mike Swoop, and Josh Benitez; bassists Felix Pastorius, Spencer Murphy, Walter Stinson, Daryl Johns, and Dean Torrey; drummers Yussef Dayes and David Frazier, Jr., and guitarist Jack Gulielmetti.

[9] The band has had a longtime association with the New York City visual art scene, specifically artists Julian Schnabel, Brian Bellott,[10] Adam Zhu,[11] and Maxwell Dieter;[12] in a formal exhibition setting, they've contributed to Jason Moran's Jazz On A High Floor in the Afternoon at The Whitney, as well as Agathe Snow's Stamina at The Guggenheim.