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Chicago Underground Duo
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Rob Mazurek - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, RMI electric piano, synths, samplers, voice, flutes, bells
Chad Taylor - drums, percussion, mbira, kalimba
Back to the surface, eleven years on: the Chicago Underground Duo of Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor with their eighth album, "Hyperglyph," on International Anthem. Both are composers, as well as "trumpeter/electronicist" (Mazurek) and "drummer/mbiraist" (Taylor), combining their individual talents into an "oversized ambience" (JazzTimes), driven by rhythms from Nigeria, Mali, Zimbabwe, and Ghana, in the free flight of an improvisational interplay typical of the Windy City from the Arkestra to AACM. In other words: this duo builds musical mountains. But: "Once we've climbed the mountain, we have to deal with what's on the other side."
Rob Mazurek - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, RMI electric piano, synths, samplers, voice, flutes, bells
Chad Taylor - drums, percussion, mbira, kalimba
Back to the surface, eleven years on: the Chicago Underground Duo of Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor with their eighth album, "Hyperglyph," on International Anthem. Both are composers, as well as "trumpeter/electronicist" (Mazurek) and "drummer/mbiraist" (Taylor), combining their individual talents into an "oversized ambience" (JazzTimes), driven by rhythms from Nigeria, Mali, Zimbabwe, and Ghana, in the free flight of an improvisational interplay typical of the Windy City from the Arkestra to AACM. In other words: this duo builds musical mountains. But: "Once we've climbed the mountain, we have to deal with what's on the other side."
