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a Light Sleeper Chicago, Illinois
Chicago’s a Light Sleeper is an ever-evolving quartet exploring collaborative composition from the bottom up, featuring breezy intertwining melodies from saxophonist Maria Elena Hernandez and violist Traci Newhouse, D. Pennepalli’s idiosyncratic guitar lines, and drummer Matthew Jung’s graceful clockwork core. ... more
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Maria plays on this wonderful album, from Chicago's legendary "circus-punk" marching band Mucca Pazza!
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This is Dave's long-running "prog-metal big band", featuring a revolving cast of some of Chicago's finest musicians -- including, on occasion, Traci and Maria!
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Bargos Steeler (1997-2000)
by Bargos Steeler
Dheeru played in this band while in college, near the turn of the century. My, those were heady times...
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Imaginary Mountains
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No one does music quite like Camille and Xavier do. I see their music as being akin to soundtracks for unfilmed movies. In this instance it is a movie about explorers of mountainous terrain, perhaps the terrain of our lives. Merci pour cette musique si intrigante. :-)
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Somnambulist
by The Kandinsky Effect
This heady trio cranks out driving, electronic-tinged power jazz. It's a raucous party that's a bit free and a touch punk.
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