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Michael Zerang
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Michael Zerang was born in Chicago, Illinois, 1958, and is a first-generation American of Assyrian decent. He am a professional musician, composer, producer, and educator since 1976, focusing extensively on improvised music, free jazz, contemporary composition, puppet theater, experimental theater, and international musical forms. As an ensemble member, he has worked in a concentrated fashion with several small and large groups over the years, contributing as a composer and performer, including Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Liof Munimula, Survival Unit III, Brötzmann/McPhee/Kessler/Zerang Quartet, Resonance Ensemble, Friction Brothers, Johannes Bauer Band, and The Winter Solstice Concerts with Hamid Drake – an annual event in Chicago since 1990
ES Trio: The Foreign In Us
by Hrayr Attarian
German saxophonist and clarinetist Edith Steyer is a consummate improviser. Her spontaneously created work defies genres, blending jazz, ethnic, and Western classical influences. On April 6, 2023, Steyer appeared at the Elastic Arts venue in Chicago together with two of the city's most distinctive musicians, pianist Mabel Kwan and percussionist Michael Zerang. The material from this ...
The Foreign In Us
By Edith Steyer
Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ornaments (Streets Of Neukölln); The Foreign In Me; Labyrinth; Distant Nearness; Secret Serenade; Broken
Piece; Rest In Spheres; Natural Traditional; Mechanical Gardeners; For Hanna Diyab.
Frank Carlberg, Karl Evangelista & Benoit Delbecq
by Maurice Hogue
Thelonious Monk has always been a magnet for jazz pianists. Frank Carlberg's fascination with the mysterious Monk has led to a second recording with his large ensemble. It's called Elegy For Thelonious. San Francisco guitarist Karl Evangelista is one who tends to fly under the radar, but his recent What Else Is There?, recorded in Chicago, ...
Welcome to the Red Island
Album: For New Zealand
By Gebhard Ullmann
Label: NotTwo Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 5:50
For New Zealand
Label: NotTwo Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Composite 13 - For New Zealand; Welcome To The Red Island; Sketch 6; Yoyo; BA-8; Variations On A Masterplan (Part 1).
Astragaloi
By Dave Rempis
Label: Aerophonic Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Milkvetch; Macateta; Locoweed; Lafo Litupa; Goat’s Thorn.
The Chicago Plan, Paul Williamson & Patricia Brennan
by Maurice Hogue
No point in looking for a roadmap for this edition of One Man's Jazz because it's all over the place. New releases come from the avant sounds of The Chicago Plan (Gebhard Ullmann, Steve Swell, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang), Norway's Andreas Røysum, vibraphonist Patricia Brennan and South Korean bassist Jeong Lim Yang. International groups presenting ...
