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Artist:
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO
Title:
12 Degrees of Freedom
Label:
THRILL JOCKEY
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
THR 060CD
Taylor (drums, vibes), Mazurek (cornet, piano, bamboo flute). Recorded, mixed and edited by Casey Rice (Designer). Mazurek and guest guitarist Jeff Parker are members of Isotope 217. "Ah, the cry of jazz... Canned press: 'Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor are stalwarts on the Chicago Jazz front and have played with myriad artists. On
Duo
the two meld their various influences and talents to form a free-flowing, moon-scaped recording.' Chad & Rob are members of the Chicago Underground Orchestra (one record:
Playground
on Delmark) and are augmented here by Tortoise/Isotope 217 member Jeff Parker (catch) on a few of the tracks. Recorded alternatingly at the Lunar Cabaret, the James Bond Loft, and WNUR studio during the calendar year 1997." -- Hrvatski.
Artist:
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO
Title:
Synesthesia
Label:
THRILL JOCKEY
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
THR 077CD
"A stark departure from the sound cultivated in the group's first recording,
12 Degrees of Freedom
. The new release from Rob Mazurek (Isotope 217) and Chad Taylor (Sam Prekop) utilizes electronics, found sound, moog and studio manipulations, adding elements that make
Synesthesia
not just a jazz record, but a release that shuns categorization in any particular genre."
Artist:
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO
Title:
Axis & Alignment
Label:
THRILL JOCKEY
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
THR 106CD
"
Axis & Alignment
represents the 7th release by the Chicago Underground collective, and 3rd for the duo of Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics) and Chad Taylor (percussion). The Duo's last album, 2000's
Synesthesia
, found Mazurek and Taylor fully integrating elements of electronica and studio manipulation with great success.
Axis & Alignment
was recorded after a year of extensive touring with Isotope 217 and the recording and release of the Chicago Underground Quartet's debut album. These influences inform the melodic, lively compositions found on
Axis & Alignment
. Those who have seen the Duo live have borne witness to Chad Taylor's astounding performance on drum kit and vibraphone, which he often plays simultaneously. 'Microexit' leads the album off with one of Taylor's most haunting vibraphone melodies and perfectly segues into the shapeshifting techno-influenced polyrhythms of 'Lifelines', where Mazurek's cornet melody wraps around the percussion.
Axis & Alignment
is one of the most listenable, yet avant-garde recordings to come from Chicago's fertile Underground."
Artist:
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO
Title:
In Praise of Shadows
Label:
THRILL JOCKEY
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
THR 168CD
"The 9th Chicago Underground release and the fourth as a Duo,
In Praise of Shadows
finds cornetist Rob Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor returning the focus to improvisation. While
In Praise of Shadows
is similar to
Twelve Degrees of Freedom
in concept the record deals with dyad relationships such as tension and release, space and density, sound and silence. It also plays with sonic contrasts, low tone and high tones as well as contrasting approaches juxtaposing free jazz with modern composition."
Artist:
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO
Title:
In Praise of Shadows
Label:
THRILL JOCKEY
Format:
LP
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
THR 168LP
LP version.
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