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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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supported by 4 fans who also own “For Esme, with Love and Squalor”
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Wild noise rock on Upset the Rhythm that chucks free jazz, punk, and drone into a blender and presses “puree.”
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A Night Walking Through Mirrors
by Chicago / London Underground
When two longtime improv jazz collaborators meet these powerful peers from another city, the result is alchemical magic.
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