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10/06 Monday

8:00 PM Blink/Thirsty Ear

Blink

blink. is a musical collective steeped in jazz, rock, and free improvisation featuring bassist Jeff Greene, drummer Quin Kirchner, guitarist Dave Miller, and saxophonist Greg Ward. blink.’s members, all young and active Chicago-based musicians, came together in the fall of 2006 with the purpose of playing some of Jeff’s new compositions and experimenting with improvisational ideas. The chemistry was immediately apparent to everyone involved and a new ensemble was born. Its members have performed with musical luminaries such as Jeff Parker, Hamid Drake, Steve Coleman, Mark Turner, Von Freeman, Ernest Dawkins, Kalyan Pathak, and Rufus Reid at venues spanning North America and in Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America. Their compositions have been commissioned and performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Peoria Ballet Company, and have received awards from the Illinois Arts Council.

Their debut recording, “The Epidemic of Ideas,” is the result of months of rehearsals, performances, and numerous fun-filled experiments, which were ultimately recorded in the converted bank vault of the I.V. Lab Studios on Chicago’s north side. To further bring the music to life they enlisted the help of Manny Sanchez, the I.V. Lab’s founder and masterful engineer. His experience with local and national rock staples such as Algernon, Billy Corgan, and Umphry’s McGee ensured that “The Epidemic of Ideas” would sound unique among other post-rock/post-jazz affairs. It features twelve original compositions and will be released in the fall of 2008 on the Thirsty Ear label.

http://www.myspace.com/blinkchicago
http://www.thirstyear.com/

10:00 PM The Fringe

Over Thirty Years of playing every Monday!

whoaah that's a long time, I guess telepathy is normal after that long.

John Lockwood
Bob Gullotti
George Garzone