The evening will feature live painting from visual artist Tamara Wasserman.

TWIN TALK

For over a decade, Chicago’s Twin Talk has steadily drifted from the conventions of the saxophone trio. While reedist Dustin Laurenzi, bassist-singer Katie Ernst, and drummer Andrew Green are deeply rooted in jazz tradition, they’ve spent their time on the band stage together making their music more elastic, spontaneous, and open, embracing new inspirations without stifling the improvisational heart of their work. All three musicians are active members in the city’s bustling jazz community, each playing in numerous working bands, but they’ve found a true collective voice as Twin Talk. They’ve used live performances as opportunities to stretch—expanding on composed material and ditching set lists in favor of calling tunes on the fly—but on their upcoming album Weaver they’ve pushed themselves further than ever, using the recording studio as a place for experimentation, letting a new batch of compositions develop and take new shapes. As critic Howard Reich wrote recently in the Chicago Tribune, “These musicians listen keenly to one another, and with a sensitivity that only comes from familiarity and trust.”

twintalkmusic.com

https://www.instagram.com/twintalkband/

MERIDIAN TRIO

Nick Mazzarella’s Meridian Trio—formed in 2014—traverses the “inside” and “outside” hemispheres of jazz using a repertoire of his original compositions that integrate elements of the blues and modalism with abstract compositional techniques and free improvisation, often employing memorable melodic phrases, swinging grooves, and other cyclical rhythmic structures. The group’s 2017 debut recording Triangulum “keeps links with the jazz tradition and goes to unknown territories, destroying all the remaining distinctions that some more distracted listeners (and players) still make between ‘mainstream’ and ‘avant-garde’.” (Clean Feed Records).

“Mazzarella seeks to embody the history of the music while pushing it forward into new realms.”

– All About Jazz

8pm MERIDIAN TRIO

Nick Mazzarella – Sax

Matt Ulery – Bass

Jeremy Cunningham – Drums

9:15 TWIN TALK

Dustin Laurenzi – Sax

Katie Ernst – Bass

Andrew Greene – Drums

7:30 Doors

8pm Show

$15 Suggested Donation

FREE PARKING

free livestream = youtube.com/fultonstreetcollective