An often raucous and always informed debut from the dual reed & drums Chicago trio Near Miss of Rob Magill on tenor & soprano sax and bass clarinet, Gerrit Hatcher on tenor sax and Bill Harris on drums, Magill and Hatcher having collaborated previously on Triplet Fawns with Patrick Shiroishi, and Whole Abandoned Star, while Hatcher & Harris are a part of Devouring the Guilt.
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Rob Magill-tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Gerrit Hatcher-tenor saxophone
Bill Harris-drums
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Label: Kettle Hole Records
Catalog ID: KTHL011
Squidco Product Code: 33483
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at The Music Garage, in Chicago, Illinois, September 27th, 2022, by Bill Harris.
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• Show Bio for Rob Magill "Rob Magill is a Southern California based composer/improviser/multi-instrumentalist/singer-song writer. Started recording solo material in 2010. Inspirations of music drawing from, 17th-21st century Classical Music, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Delta Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Soul, Post-Hardcore, Punk, American Folk, Indigenous Folk, Noise, Improvised Logics, and so forth. Using these ideas freely within specific contexts, along with unknown aspects of sound." ^ Hide Bio for Rob Magill • Show Bio for Gerrit Hatcher "Gerrit Hatcher is a Chicago-based tenor saxophonist, improviser, and composer. Born in Boston and raised in Normal, Illinois, Hatcher grew up studying trombone, and switched to tenor saxophone at 20 while attending the University of Illinois. Hatcher graduated from UIUC in 2013 and received a Masters in Arts and Politics at Sciences Po the following year. He moved to Chicago in 2015, and, inspired by Chicago's rich improvising music scene, soon began to make music with Chicago musicians, forging new improvising collaborations, and leading ensembles of his own. Hatcher's own work typically engages with free jazz both as a set of experimental practices, and as an idiom with a history unto itself. He also participates across the diverse spectrum of experimental and improvised music being made in Chicago today. Gerrit has many active projects including his duo with Anton Hatwich, as well as a duo with Julian Kirshner, a solo saxophone practice, the improvising trio Devouring the Guilt with Eli Namay and Bill Harris, a trio with Mars Williams and Lia Kohl, and his organ quartet Refunction." ^ Hide Bio for Gerrit Hatcher • Show Bio for Bill Harris "Bill Harris is a percussionist, composer, improviser, and audio engineer from Pittsburgh currently based in Chicago. He also operates and produces for Amalgam, a Chicago-based collective. (B. 1987, Pittsburgh, PA) Bill has been active in Chicago's music communities since 2011, working at the intersection of free improvisation, jazz, noise, rock, and country. His music has been presented at Constellation, Elastic Arts, The Bop Stop, The Hungry Brain, The Hideout, Experimental Sound Studios, Spot Tavern, Beat Kitchen, Empty Bottle, and Comfort Station. Bill is humbled to have played or recorded with Jim Baker, Dave Rempis, Kent Kessler, Brian Sandstrom, Ed Wilkerson, Carol Genetti, Angel Bat Dawid, Jeb Bishop, Peter Maunu, Josh Berman, Brandon Lopez, Keefe Jackson, and Jason Roebke, among many other experimental and improvisatory musicians and artists. Bill is constantly inspired by and thankful to work with his frequent collaborators: Ishmael Ali, Jake Wark, Timothee Quost, PT Bell, Gerrit Hatcher, Eli Namay, Matt Piet, Brianna Tong, Wills McKenna, David Fletcher, Jess McIntosh, Aaron Smith, Jeff Kimmel, Adam Shead, Molly Jones, Jakob Heinemann, and many others... In 2015 he started Amalgam, a 100% artist-run collective and label dedicated to showcasing works of improvised and experimental music in Chicago. Bill is also an audio engineer working in both studio and live situations, and operates an independent studio in Chicago with engineering, mixing, mastering, and production credits on labels such as Amalgam, Astral Spirits, No Index, 577 Records and Ears&Eyes." ^ Hide Bio for Bill Harris
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Track Listing:
1. Summer Storm 4:11
2. Thirty-Three Dollars 17:17
3. Distant Lightning 19:04
Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
Recordings by or featuring Reed & Wind Players
Chicago Jazz & Improvisation
Trio Recordings
New in Improvised Music
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 | Magill, Rob Blues Etudes (Kettle Hole Records) |
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 | Rempis / Karayorgis / Heinemann / Harris Truss (Driff Records & Aerophonics) |
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 | Superposition (Todd A. Carter / Michael Hartman) Glaciers (Kettle Hole Records) |
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 | Hatcher, Gerrit Solo Five (Kettle Hole Records) |
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| Magill, Rob Blues Etudes (Kettle Hole Records) |
| A series of reed and wind improvisations, including two pieces with electronics, from Southern California composer and improviser Rob Magill, each of the 9 tracks on this album focusing on a different instrument: alto saxophone, soprano saxpohone, clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, bass recorder, sheng and tenor saxophone, plus a multi-instrumental "misc". | |
 | Harris, Bill ONOMAT (Amalgam) |
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 | Moore, Allen / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris Hearsay (Amalgam) |
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| Harris, Bill Blinking Glue (Amalgam) |
| An extension of his prior solo record, ONOMAT, Chicago drummer & percussionist Bill Harris also uses a prepared floor tom and feedback in this unedited 25 minute live performance at Music Garage in Illinois, notated for six track section as he explores unique rhythmic concepts augmented with encompassing environmental sonics and unusual disruptive elements. | |
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 | je'raf Throw Neck (Amalgam) |
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 | Four Letter Words (Piet / Wark / Harris) Pinch Point (Amalgam) |
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 | Magill / Hatcher / Kirchen / Kirshner Whole Abandoned Star (Kettle Hole Records) |
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 | Hatcher, Gerrit / Rob Magill / Patrick Shiroishi Triplet Fawns (Kettle Hole Records) |
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 | Hatcher, Gerrit Burnt Pan Rolling Boil (Kettle Hole Records) |
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