Ishmael Ali is a dynamic cellist, guitarist, improviser, and composer based out of Chicago. His work centers on exploring sound through improvisation, experimentation, composition, and collaboration, focusing on a wide array of idiomatic approaches in an ever-changing, always-growing list of projects informed by diverse influences. Vibraphonist, drummer, and composer has been an integral member of […]

Edward Wilkerson Jr. is one of the great saxophone and clarinet players on the Chicago scene, but from the ’80s into the new millennium may have become best known as a bandleader and composer, particularly associated with medium- to large-scale projects (somewhat daunting in an era when creative music bandleaders are challenged to keep even […]

Tim Daisy is an American drummer and composer working in the fields of improvised and composed music. Tim moved to Chicago in 1997 and since that time has performed, recorded, and toured with many national and international improvised musicians and ensembles. In 2011 he received the New Music America Composers Assistance Award and in 2011, […]

Tontine Ensemble was founded in the spring of 2014 with the mission to perform improvisational and contemporary chamber works, as well as champion new music from composers in their community. Its four current members first played together for a Blank Radio (Milwaukee, WI) recording session and immediately began rehearsing regularly. Allen Russell, Molly Lieberman, Pat […]

Gleaming Shard is the duo of Da Wei Wang and Jerome Bryerton long time collaborators in the group Street Tentacle with Jeff Chan. Da Wei Wang is a veteran guitar hawk of the Chicago avant-rock scene. He is best known for his work in the legendary industrial-gospel-punk band, Ono. He is also an improviser in […]

Keefe Jackson Saxophonist/clarinetist/improvisor/composer, Keefe Jackson arrived in Chicago in 2001 from his native Fayettevile, Arkansas. He performs regularly in the U.S. and in Europe with many musicians including Pandelis Karayorgis, Tomeka Reid, Tim Daisy, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Jason Adasiewicz, Mike Reed, Jason Stein, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Oscar Jan Hoogland […]

Trio de Ruido Ausberto Acevedo – Bass Charles Malave – Guitars Felipe Tobar – Violins Felipe Tobar In an incessant musical search since he moved to Chicago in 2011 from Santiago de Chile, violinist and improviser Felipe Tobar’s style is influenced by classical, folk and jazz. His repertoire includes South and North American folk and […]

Bill Harris/Norman W. Long Duo Bill Harris Bill Harris (b. 1987, Pittsburgh, PA) is a percussionist, improviser, and audio engineer in Chicago. He also operates and produces for Amalgam, a Chicago-based label and collective, and co-operates Chicago recording studio Marmalade. Bill focuses on solo work incorporating acoustic and electronic material, using feedback and timbral manipulation. […]

Monday, April 15th at 7:00 p.m. Location: Northbrook Public Library Eric Leonardson/Carol Genetti Duo Eric Leonardson Eric Leonardson, a Chicago-based audio artist, serves as co-founder and President of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and Vice President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. He is Associate Professor Adjunct in the Department of Sound at The School of the Art […]

Monday, April 16th at 7:00 p.m. Location: Color Club, Chicago, IL Eric Leonardson/Carol Genetti Duo Eric Leonardson Eric Leonardson, a Chicago-based audio artist, serves as co-founder and President of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and Vice President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. He is Associate Professor Adjunct in the Department of Sound at The School of the […]

Superposition Members of the Chicago free improvising, collaborative band TV Pow–Todd A. Carter and Michael Hartman–as a duo are Superposition, recording improvisations and composed improvisations primarily on piano, Rhodes, organ, and synthesizers, then mixing, adding and editing them into appealing tracks that merge electronics, jazz forms and soundscape. Glaciers by Superposition on Kettle Hole Records […]

While the saxophone/drum duo has a deep history in the realms of jazz and improvised music, this pairing of Chicagoan Dave Rempis and Detroiter Ben Hall puts a new spin on the possibilities.  After Hall’s jaw-dropping set with Damon Locks at the 2022 Catalytic Sound Festival, utilizing a low-end concert bass drum and tympani setup […]