Document Chicago
The Document Chicago Series from 482 Music
In January, 2002, Peter Margasak, in his weekly column in the Chicago Reader, noted that the post-Vandermark Chicago free-jazz scene is viewed the world over as a model of sustainable self-sufficiency and collaborative spirit. The article provided a look at the new crop of unfamiliar names -- many of them younger musicians who've been drawn to Chicago in the past few years. It's still too soon to tell what the new generation might contribute as a whole, but recently some individual players have started to show serious promise. This new series provides audio updates on these exciting new players.
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PAUL GIALLORENZO: Get In to Go Out
"Giallorenzo's key inspirations go back five decades, but the way he evokes Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, and particularly early Cecil Taylor doesn't sound the last bit dated" - Chicago Reader
CD price: $12.97

JASON ADASIEWICZ: Rolldown
Recalls the brilliantly oblique postbop material Bobby Hutcherson recorded for Blue Note in the late 60s
Recommended if you like Bobby Hutcherson.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

THE REMPIS PERCUSSION QUARTET: Hunter-Gatherers
A 2 cd set of soaring improv recorded live in Columbia, SC
Recommended if you like Ken Vandermark.CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

THE REMPIS PERCUSSSION QUARTET: Rip Tear Crunch
"...this might be the best new jazz band in town." - Chicago Reader
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

HERCULANEUM: Orange Blossom
Herculaneum mixes creative improvisation with diverse influences such as 20th Century avant-garde composition and Romany Gypsy brass bands to create a cohesive yet cosmopolitan new sound.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

HARRIS EISENSTADT: The Soul and Gone
A variety of complex compositions filled with contrapuntal devices, dense harmonies, and crosscutting lines.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

ARAM SHELTON: Arrive
"Its tightly arranged, emotionally muted originals have a lovely chamber-jazz feel, with musicians combining to repeat unison phrases and carve out spaces for solos; the pieces are elaborate yet never sound fussed over."-Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
Recommended if you like Ornette Coleman.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

DAVE REMPIS QUARTET: Out of Season
A sound-oriented approach to creating longform free improvisations.
Recommended if you like Art Ensemble.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

THE EXCITING TRIO: In Chicago There is Willy
Document Chicago #6: In Windy City fashion, The Exciting Trio blur the lines between jazz-improv and indie rock.
Recommended if you like Tortoise.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

KYLE BRUCKMANN: gasps & fissures
An improviser's response to the paradoxes and absurdities of recording improvised music.
Recommended if you like Butcher.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

VARIOUS: DOCUMENT CHICAGO: New Jazz and Improvisation
"...a refreshing and essential listen for anyone interested in a sound that could only come from one city." - All About Jazz. An inside look at Chicago's famous underground new jazz scene.
Recommended if you like Holm.CD price: $11.97

MATT BAUDER: Weary Already of the Way
Examines cross-currents in improvisation, composition and electronic studio manipulation. The pieces were first created in live performance, and then for this recording constructed through layering and extensive editing.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

JASON ROEBKE: Rapid Croche
Roebke's bassist-as-leader approach and eclectic compositions, which can feature anything from textural free improvisation to ballad forms to underlying grooves, allow the group to take the familiar saxophone trio instrumentation to new and exciting place
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

GREY GHOST: How to Create Words
Aram Shelton plays alto saxophone while simultaneously using the powerbook for both real time sampling and live processing. Johnathan Crawford plays percussion and Kawai SX-240 synthesizer. The results can be startling.
Recommended if you like Radiohead.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99

ROSENBERG / BAKER / HATWICH / DAISY: New Folk, New Blues
Scott Rosenberg, called "one of the best creative saxophonists in America" by the All Music Guide, returns to Chicago to join forces with three of the city's most visible improvisers
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99