released May 10, 2021

Artist Bios


JayVe Montgomery is a Nashville sound artist and multi-instrumentalist of the Chicago school of Free, Creative, and Improvised musics, Sonic Healing Ministries sector. He was Senior Program Specialist for the Chicago Park District’s Inferno Mobile Recording Studio (2006-2013), a collaborative sound-making program for youth and people with disabilities. He was also a curator and artist-in-residence at Brown Rice (2008-2012), an art space for listening in Chicago, IL.
Since moving to Nashville, he has become an integral member of the improvised and experimental music scene of the city and region; gaining local recognition for Nashville Scene solo performance of the year 2019; and becoming alum of Pitchfork Music Festival (Standing on the Corner), High Zero Festival of Improvised and Experimental Music, and True/False Film and Music Festival.
www.jayvemontgomery.com

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Wayne Montana

Wayne Montana is a member of The Eternals. He was also a member of Trenchmouth, a post-hardcore band from Chicago

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Austria-based pianist and composer Elisabeth Harnik has created a multi-faceted body of work by blurring genre boundaries through various collaborations in the field of improvised music, interdisciplinary projects, sound art, and contemporary compositional works. She studied classical piano at the Musikhochschule Graz and later - with Beat Furrer – composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz. Her compositional and improvisational activities have led to commissions and festival invitations in Europe and beyond.
Besides her solo performances, she is a member of numerous ensembles for improvised music and has performed and recorded with a great number of internationally recognized representatives of the contemporary jazz scene worldwide since 1996.
elisabeth-harnik.at

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Tim Rowe makes music and videos in Oakland California. His misleadingly titled video series How to Play the Drums is available online.
timrowe.blog

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Myles Boisen is a sound engineer/ composer/ instrumentalist in Oakland CA. with a few thousand records under his belt. www.mylesboisen.com ... mylesboisen.bandcamp.com

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Tom Burris writes for Free Jazz Blog. He has been a founding member of several unknown music collectives and projects, including the mighty Sea Krowns, which he co-founded with Alix Cain. He lives happily with his lovely wife, Cindy, and their beloved French bulldog, Lemon, in Lapel, Indiana. He is grateful to only be a few hours away from Chicago, but doesn't get to visit nearly often enough. His daughter Natalie plays bass in the L.A. band Easy Love. His other daughter Shaddai attends college in Kingston, Jamaica. He has two grandchildren, Khali and Alex. He also just realized that at a certain age, family members become a part of one's bio. He also misses going to free jazz & improv shows at The Spot Tavern in Lafayette, IN. (Hi Paul!)

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Molly Jones practices improvisation and composition in Chicago. She plays electronics, saxophones, and flutes and has performed in jazz, classical, Eastern European, and Scottish ensembles, as well as created multimedia performance and installation work. Her practice comes from a place of playfulness, listening, and attention.
www.mollyjonesmusic.com


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Described as “an intrepid composer, architect of sound and beast of the bass...” (Brad Cohan, NYC Jazz Record) composer, bassist, and improviser Max Johnson creates complex worlds of sound, challenging his listeners to engage deeply and be rewarded with an experience always crafted with love, care, and clarity. With nine albums and over two thousand concerts internationally with artists like Ingrid Laubrock, Anthony Braxton, Mary Halvorson, David Grisman, Tyshawn Sorey, Henry Grimes, Sam Bush, John Zorn, Nels Cline, and Mivos Quartet, Johnson brings a wild energy and excitement. He has been commissioned by the Jerome Foundation, Steven R. Gerber Trust, University of Glasgkow; been featured on over fifty albums; and can be heard in Spike Lee's Academy Award winning film, "The BlacKkKlansman". Max Johnson currently teaches at Brooklyn College, and is the father to a beautiful chihuahua named Gabby.
www.maxjohnsonmusic.com
























Mastered by Myles Boisen :: Guerilla Recording, Oakland, CA