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Mazurek, Rob & Exploding Star Orchestra: Live at Adler Planetarium
Mazurek, Rob & Exploding Star Orchestra:
Live at Adler Planetarium

(International Anthem -- USA )


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Drawing from the 2023 studio album Lightning Dreamers, trumpeter and bandleader Rob Mazurek assembles a stellar lineup — including electric pianists Angelica Sanchez and Craig Taborn, cellist Tomeka Reid, flutist Nicole Mitchell, bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, drummers Chad Taylor and Gerald Cleaver, and vocalist Damon Locks — for a psychedelic improvisational journey recorded under the dome of Chicago's Adler Planetarium.

Mazurek, Rob: Milan
Mazurek, Rob:
Milan

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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A deeply personal and spiritual solo journey that unfolds from near-silence to powerful, ritualistic expression, from Chicago trumpeter and improviser Rob Mazurek, recording for Radio Popolare in Milan, Italy while performing on trumpet, piccolo trumpet, piano, prepared piano, sampler, magic yellow bucket, bells, shakers, flutes, voice, and various percussion.

Mazurek, Rob Exploding Star Orchestra / Small Unit: Spectral Fiction
Mazurek, Rob Exploding Star Orchestra / Small Unit:
Spectral Fiction

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


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Compressing his Exploding Star Orchestra to a sextet, Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek presents two expansive works of ecstatic, exploratory electric and groove-oriented jazz, performed with Damon Locks (voice, electronics), Tomeka Reid (cello), Angelica Sanchez (Wurlitzer electric piano), Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten (double bass) and Chad Taylor (drums).

Mazurek, Rob & Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers [VINYL]
Mazurek, Rob & Exploding Star Orchestra:
Lightning Dreamers [VINYL]

(International Anthem -- USA )


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Led by trumpeter Rob Mazurek with Damon Locks (Black Monuments Ensemble), Jeff Parker (Tortoise), Nicole Mitchell, Gerald Cleaver, Angelica Sanchez, Mauricio Takara and Craig Taborn, this compact version of Exploding Star Orchestra performs Mazurek's deep space and wide-ranging electric jazz compositions, including a side-long, immersive journey evoking spirits past, present and future.

Chicago Underground Quartet: Good Days
Chicago Underground Quartet:
Good Days

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


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19 years after the last Chicago Underground Quartet album, this session with Rob Mazurek on piccolo trumpet, electronics & bells, Jeff Parker on electric guitar, and Chad Taylor on drums, percussion and newcomer Josh Johnson on synth bass & keys is a warm reunion, with individual compositions from Taylor, Mazurek & Parker, and two solo pieces by Mazurek and Taylor.

Grubbs, David / Mats Gustafsson / Rob Mazurek: The Underflow
Grubbs, David / Mats Gustafsson / Rob Mazurek:
The Underflow

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


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Recorded during two nights at Underflow Records and Art Gallery in Athens, Greece in 2019, The Underflow trio of Mats Gustafsson (reeds, fluteophone, electronics) from Sweden, with Chicago-based Rob Mazurek (trumpet, electronics), and David Grubbs (electric guitar) present an album of wide-ranging, powerful, often explosively eccentric, and always informed improvisation.

Mazurek, Rob: Psychotropic Electric Eel Dreams IV
Mazurek, Rob:
Psychotropic Electric Eel Dreams IV

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


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Recordings from the 4-channel sound composition for the ESS Florasonic installation series at Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, of Rob Mazurek's work using recordings of electric eels from National Institute of Research and Technology in Manaus, Brazil, combined with analog/digital synthesis to create environments of beautiful undulating and radiant sonic textures.

Mazurek, Rob: Love Waves Ecstatic Charge
Mazurek, Rob:
Love Waves Ecstatic Charge

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


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One of three releases in Rob Mazurek's Marfa Trio, recorded in Marfa, TX, using 106 distorted still images and fragmented skipping sound from video shot at Abbaye Royal de Fontevraud, France in 2005, repurposed for this intense and wild sound work which processes the images through modular synth and computer, shaped by Mazurek's unique approach to sound.

Resnik, Cene Free Stellar Trio + Rob Mazurek: Age Of Chaos
Resnik, Cene Free Stellar Trio + Rob Mazurek:
Age Of Chaos

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Saxophonist Cene Resnik seeks spiritual focus in his free playing with his trio of drummer Marko Lasic (Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra, Alchemical Playgrounds) and pianist Giorgio Pacorig, finding the perfect foil in Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek, as they take the stage at the 2018 Jazz Cerkno Festival for this extended energetic, introspective, & spiritual concert.

Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter [VINYL]
Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek:
Star Splitter [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Referencing the poem "Star-splitter" by Robert Frost, Italian improviser Gabriele Mitelli on cornet, soprano sax & alto flugelhorn, and Chicago improviser Rob Mazurek on piccolo trumpet, both using electronics, object & voice, create a spiritually rich and warm series, "gazing" at four planets through immersive, unique and authoritative performance; exceptional.

Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter
Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek:
Star Splitter

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Referencing the poem "Star-splitter" by Robert Frost, Italian improviser Gabriele Mitelli on cornet, soprano sax & alto flugelhorn, and Chicago improviser Rob Mazurek on piccolo trumpet, both using electronics, objects & voice, create a spiritually rich and warm series, "gazing" at four planets through immersive, unique and authoritative performance; exceptional.

Mazurek, Rob: Chimeric Stoned Horn [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Mazurek, Rob:
Chimeric Stoned Horn [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


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The 2nd part of Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek's Astral Spirits series that started with "Vortice of the Faun", Mazurek performing on piccolo trumpet, electronics, voice, and percussion in a detailed journey, released alongside Mazurek's art opening "Constellation Scores" at URDLA, the cover showing two 3-D prints and the package comes with glasses to view them.

Mazurek, Rob: Rome
Mazurek, Rob:
Rome

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Rob Mazurek solo works are brilliant displays of honest, lyrical and emotional playing, here recording in Rome for Radio Roma, bringing the cornet to the foreground, starting with a piece only on the horn, then adding electronics, piano, and prepared piano for a set of ethereal and spiritual improvisations that are not bound by any specific genre.

Mazurek, Rob (w/ Takara / Granado / Rohrer / Somervell): Chants and Corners
Mazurek, Rob (w/ Takara / Granado / Rohrer / Somervell):
Chants and Corners

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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With members of Sao Paulo Underground, Pharoah and The Underground, and Chicago Underground, cornetist/electroacoustic artist Rob Mazurek leads a quintet with Mauricio Takara (drums), Thomas Rohrer (winds), Philip Somervell (piano) and Guilherme Granado (keys) through a unexpected confluence of styles to create an otherworldly blend of spiritual music.

Thollem / Mazurek: Blind Curves and Box Canyons
Thollem / Mazurek:
Blind Curves and Box Canyons

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Recorded at an exhibition of visual works by Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek in Texas, this was the first meeting with pianist Thollem McDonas, in an ardent session of explorative improvisation using electric and analog piano, sythn, samplers, cornet, voice, bells and effects; inquisitive and cathartic music of great drive.

Mazurek, Rob: Mother Ode
Mazurek, Rob:
Mother Ode

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


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An emotional solo concert performed at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery, an ode to Mazurek's mother a few months after her passing, on cornet, flutes, bells, books, maracas, apples, and little electronics, in a touching and beautiful celebration of her life.

Dixon, Bill: Envoi
Dixon, Bill:
Envoi

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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The late trumpeter Bill Dixon's final performance at the 2011 Victo Festival, performing with and directing an incredible group including Taylor Ho Bynum, Rob Mazurek, Stephen Haynes, Graham Haynes, &c. &c.



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