A band that I’ve been a part of for a few years now, the Kevin Kizer Quintet, will be releasing it’s debut recording, “Aspects”, on BluJazz Records at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago this Sunday night from 8-9:30.  We’ll be playing most of the songs off the record and probably a few others, as well.  Kevin and I have played numerous concerts together as part of the longstanding Chicago band, Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls.  He’s a creative and unique saxophonist, and I’m really glad he’s got a record out under his own name, now!  hope to see you at the Showcase!

New York friends – I also will be playing with the lovely vocalist, Bridget Davis, at the Ella Lounge in the Lower East Side on Manhattan this Thursday from 8-9pm.  Hope to see you out!

Plume by Horse-Fire

The album was engineered and mixed by Nick Broste.  I’ve worked with Nick a handful of times and he’s really great!  He’s also a fantastic trombonist.  Check him out!

It was also nice to finally record at Shape Shoppe, which was started by Griffin Rodriguez of Icy Demons, one of my favorite Chicago bands.

Jake and I go way back to our college days at Northern Illinois University and have stayed close friends and musical associates ever since.  I love that guy!  Soon after I moved to Chicago, Jake and I started a trio with the great Tim Daisy.  It’s gone through many iterations and has taken us all the way to Poland!  I’m really glad we’re all still making music.  Nick Mazzarella is a saxophonist I’ve admired for some time now and I’m happy we finally got the chance to make some music.

So – check this album out!!!  Thanks for your time and support!

I’m excited to be playing with a new trio here in NYC.  I’ll be playing tuesday happy hour at the 5th Estate in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn this tuesday, November 22nd.  Check out the Facebook event.

On December 2nd, I’ll be playing with Caroline Davis‘ Wingbridge at Papacookie in Brooklyn.  The great drummer, Matt Wilson, will be playing this set with us!  See Performances for other NYC/Chicago shows coming up.

Also, my good friend and musical brother, Ted Sirota, has a new website.  There, you’ll find a bunch of old Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls videos of live performances!  I hadn’t seen most of them – took me on a trip down memory lane!

going back to Chicago tomorrow for some concerts I’m really excited about.  Hope to see you!

9/19–Jim Gailloreto Quartet @ Smoke Daddy (Chicago)

9/20–Spilter @ The Whistler  (Chicago)

9/21-24–Geof Bradfield’s African Flowers @ Hyde Park Jazz Festival  (Chicago)

9/23–Hood Smoke @ Tonic Room (IV Lab Studios showcase, Chicago)

9/26–New Fracture Trio @ The Skylark  (Chicago)

9/28–Bryan Doherty Quartet @ The Whistler

I’m really excited about this album.  We did a lot of nice stuff in a pretty informal setting in the studio.  Lowman is really good at getting the magic out of his musicians.  Kumquat May will be released on Atavistic this coming Tuesday, 9/13.

Preview some of the tracks here.

Here are some reviews that have already come in:

Musical Mathematics

Sound & Image

Benzine Magazine

Guitarist Dave Miller leaves town for Brooklyn

“No matter the format, these nine songs are blink. at its recorded best. For such a chameleonic collective, it’s hard to ask for more.”

check the full review here.

(scroll down to the last two posts to see VIDEO from blink.’s performance.)

blink. is Jeff Greene (bass/electronics/compositions), Greg Ward (alto sax), Dave Miller (guitar/electronics), and Quin Kirchner (drums/electronics).

Here’s audio of our complete performance from the House Party Starting Jazz Series, which is curated by Andrew Trim and me.  The recording was engineered mixed and released by Caleb Willitz and pieceofcoalmusic.com.

This particular night was hosted in Kate Walsh’s apartment in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago.  blink. played first, followed by the Geof Bradfield Trio (w/ Dennis Carroll and Dana Hall).  Geof’s trio played a super-fiery and inspired set, which should also be released at Piece of Coal soon.  For now, here is a short video of their set.