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A deep, heartfelt thank you to the musicians for their friendship and incredible music skills; and the people and organizations who helped us putting this tour together: Isabella Tomas, Luciano Dutra, Renan Perobelli, Manoela Wright, Bernardo Oliveira, Mariana Mansur, Pedro Azevedo, Luiza Morandini, Renand Grando, Circuito de Improvisação Livre, Alex Minkin, Ticun Brazil, Chesney Hearst and all their amazing staff & audiences! Without these people's help with housing, funding, producing & setting up shows, publicity, equipment, etc, this tour would not have been possible. We feel privileged to have been part of bringing their artistry to your attention and hope to be back in the future!

Kudos to Jez Nelson and Peter Margasak for this great feature/playlist on the ‪#Chicago‬ scene at ‪BBCRadio3's JazzOn3‬! Go have a listen to Michael Zerang & The Blue Lights "Dacing for Cigarettes", taken from the debut album "Songs from the Big Book of Love," released on ‪#‎PinkPalace‬ Recordings, May 15! Direct streaming link: http://bbc.in/1Fhxhcu

The fifth album in alto saxophonist and composer Darius Jones‘ continuing Man’ish Boy saga, Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation), will be released tomorrow. It marks his return to instrumental music, following last year’s The Oversoul Manual, written for and performed by four female singers in a language created by Jones.

Pianist Eve Risser Celebrates the Release of "Des Pas Sur La Neige" (Clean Feed) with a Solo Concert at the AKUT-FESTIVAL in Mainz, Germany, November 20.

Barcode Quartet is very excited to head out on a Brazilian tour this August. Vocalist Annette Giesriegl, violinist Alison Blunt, pianist Elisabeth Harnik and percussionist/media artist Josef Klammer, will perform music created entirely in the moment from a starting point of contrasting histories, energies and aesthetics. This tour is made possible with the support of the Austrian Embassy in Brazil. Please find the Upcoming Tour Dates below & join us!

«If the recording is more accessible than listeners might have expected from well-known Chicago innovators such as Zerang and colleagues, the live performance at Constellation was still more alluring. Though certainly not for everyone's tastes, the music of percussionist Zerang & the Blue Lights clearly has been designed to welcome listeners into the world of avant-garde jazz. It would be difficult to imagine a much more effective enticement.»