ESS presents Nina Dante, Jim Baker, Lia Kohl + Katinka Kleijn, Bill MacKay, Julia Holter + Olivia Block, and Spectralina, performing on the Quarantine Concerts.
Radius premieres Episode 91 & 92 on the Quarantine Concerts for the opening reception of Radius: DECADE, on exhibition via the Audible gallery at ESS May 14 through June 14, 2020.
Legendary saxophonist Urs Leimgruber has been a fixture on the international improvised music scene for decades and has performed with an amazing array of talents. For this rare Chicago appearance, Urs will perform a set of solo music and then join Chicago greats Jason Roebke and Jim Baker.
CHARLES RUMBACK (drums) will perform two sets of his music with JIM BAKER (piano), JOHN TATE (bass), & GREG WARD (alto sax). (Photo by Jacob Hand.)
This discussion and performance will investigate the influence of Malachi Ritscher—the late Chicago-based documentarian, activist, artist, musician, photographer, and supporter of experimental and improvised music whose thousands of audio recordings fill the shelves of the Creative Audio Archive at Experimental Sound Studio.
