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Light at Depth

by Dan Phillips Quartet

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Submersion 09:33
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Capsizing 09:40
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Dan Phillips Quartet - Light at Depth
Tune list and order:

Light at Depth (Phillips)
Whirl (Phillips, Baker, Pabian, Harris)
Convoluted Confluence (Phillips)
Submersion (Phillips, Baker, Pabian, Harris)
Progressive Waves (Phillips)
Capsizing (Phillips, Baker, Pabian, Harris)
Abyssal Plain (Phillips)
Dan Phillips Quartet - Light at Depth
More about the musicians:

Dan Phillips is an American guitarist, composer educator and band leader who has worked professionally in New York, Chicago, Bangkok and Tokyo. His Chicago based Trio has released three original recordings “Journey in Mind”, “Moment of Clarity” and “Destination Unknown”. His Bangkok Quartet has two releases “Bangkok Edge” and “Bangkok Edge Live” he also produced an educational/ concert DVD “Jazz Guitar Basics and Beyond”. He is also the leader of the “Chicago Edge Ensemble” which just released its first album “Decaying Orbit” featuring Chicago greats Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop and Mars Williams. He has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada, Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Denmark, Ashikaga City Jazz Festival in Japan, Pattaya Music Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Chiang Mai Jazz Festival and Hua Hin Jazz Festivals in Thailand, and All Souls and Empty Bottle Jazz Festivals in Chicago. Dan has also presented Jazz workshops throughout Asia, Europe and The U. S. He is currently Lecturer of Guitar and Jazz Studies at Silapakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music where he was selected to represent the college at the Montreal Jazz Festival in his senior year in the “Berklee All Star” ensemble. He completed his graduate studies at Northwestern, University. Dan has performed with jazz musicians such as Gerald Wilson, Danilo Pérez, Judy Roberts, Hugo Rasmussen, Jeff Parker, John Stowell, Matt Darriau, JimBlack, Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop, Mars Williams, Ben Street, Chris Speed, Pat Zimmerly, Mike Sarin and Ed Thigpen and many more.
For more info check out www.danphillipsmusic.com or www.facebook.com/danphillipsguitarist/

Jim Baker has been playing piano and synthesizer, mostly in improvisational contexts, for a few decades in Chicago and elsewhere in the world. He is probably on about 60 or 70 recordings, some of which involve Michael Zerang, Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, Charles Rumback, Dave Rempis, Keefe Jackson, Guillermo Gregorio, Christoph Erb, David Boykin, Fred Anderson, amongst others. Recent and forthcoming recordings include "Don't buy him a parrot..." by Erb/Baker/Rosaly; " 'Don't mind me, I'm just everywhere, always', said the Basilisk, unreassuringly" by Wihuba (Edward Wilkerson, Jr, Steve Hunt, Jim Baker); "Tulips" by Madness of Crowds (Brian Sandstrom/Matt Lux/Nate Lepine/Joe Adamik/Baker) and trios with Bernard Santacruz/Samuel Silvant, and Brandon Lopez/Bill Harris. He has a solo recording ("More Questions than Answers") on Delmark; is working on more solo material; and plays nearly every week in Chicago with Extraordinary Popular Delusions (Mars Williams/Brian Sandstrom/Steve Hunt/Baker) at their long-running residency at Beat Kitchen.

Krzysztof Pabian hails from Europe as a classical-trained bassist. He began his music studies at the age of 8 on accordion and piano and switched to bass at age 14. Krzysztof moved to the U.S. in 1993 where he studied at Northwestern University to graduate with two Masters degrees in jazz and classical double bass performance. Krzysztof has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Civic Orchestra and worked in an array of ensembles under the direction of Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Christopher Eshenbach, Zubin Mehta, George Solti, Lawrence Foster, Pinchas Zukerman and Krzysztof Penderecki to name a few. In the area of jazz Krzysztof has performed with Danilo Pérez, Judy Roberts, Eddie Henderson, Max Roach, Ron Blake, Hamid Drake, Mars Williams, Jarek Smietana and the Lincoln Center Jazz Sextet. Krzysztof has toured throughout North America and Europe with various groups and configurations.
For more info check out www.pabian.com

Bill Harris is a drummer, composer, improviser, and audio engineer from Pittsburgh currently based in Chicago. Since moving to Chicago in 2011, he has been working heavily in Chicago's vibrant jazz/experimental/improvised music scene and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Chicago luminaries such as Dave Rempis, Kent Kessler, Josh Berman, Jeb Bishop, Ed Wilkerson, Peter Maunu, Jason Stein, Keefe Jackson, Jim Baker, and Ben Lamar Gay. He co-leads a number of groups such as Four Letter Words, Bowlcut, Devouring the Guilt, and Errata, and his work has been featured at Chicago venues such as Constellation, Elastic Arts, the Hungy Brain, the Hideout, the Empty Bottle, and Experimental Sound Studios. He also operates and produces for a small, artist-run collective/label called Amalgam which aims to document works of experimental and improvised music in Chicago and has been featured in the Chicago Reader and other publications.

Dan Phillips Quartet - Light at Depth
What reviewers have said about Dan Phillips’ previous work:

Chicago Edge Ensemble

RECOGNITIONS

New York City Jazz Records Honorable Mention for album of the year 2017 and2018
Avant Music News’ Best of 2017 Honorable mention 2108
Tom Hulls’ Best of 2017
REVIEWS

“… The music on this album is filled with surprises and incredible turns., the musical language is rich expressive, vivid and incredible …”
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Insidious Anthem Avantscena 2018

“… The compositions begin with an intricate and complex sonic architecture or quiet, searching textures that highlight the rich palette of the Ensemble… Phillips sets the basic theme and the overall atmosphere. Later these parts mature into collective, free jazz improvisations that enjoy the full power and the soulful sound of the Ensemble .…”
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Insidious Anthem Salt Peanuts 2018

“… Dan Phillips’ music is highly variable, constantly changing and dynamic. He masterfully puts together loud, expressive, passionate and vivacious improvisations, turbulent and free solos, subtle, peaceful and soft solos with other elements …”
Review of Dan Phillips Trio Divergent Flow Avantscena 2018

“… Overall this is highly original music, which offers superb musicality and unique sonic expression both artistic and professional to the core …”
Review of Dan Phillips Trio Divergent Flow Polish Blog Spot 2018

“… With each release Phillips’ sound continues to mature and expand. What remains unchanged is his imaginative creativity and his restless inventiveness. These and his shared musical vision with his sidemen—accomplished artists in their own rights—are what make this recording an absorbing musical treat …”
Review of Dan Phillips Trio Divergent Flow Chicago Jazz Magazine 2018

“… Chicago Edge Ensemble is an all-terrain vehicle, a quintet equally capable of negotiating the bumpity-smooth contours of swinging postbop, the banked hairpin turns of fusion-funk, the fog and ether of AACM-style intrigue and the tumultuous thicket that awaits if you gleefully careen off the road …”
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Jazz Times 2017

“… Phillips in particular proves why he’s the most under-appreciated electric guitarist from the Chicago area. There’s no hesitation or sense of compromise on Decaying Orbit. As the band name implies, this is jazz and improvisational material which goes to the edge, stays there, and doesn’t retreat …”
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Audiophile Audition 2017

“… With its palpable personality, rigorous but approachable compositions, and sure-footed sense of self, Chicago Edge Ensemble's Decaying Orbit not only pays homage to the city that Phillips loves, but also solidly places him on the map as a formidable instrumentalist and composer. It's a treat to hear him play with such a first rate band of some of Chicago - and the world's - greatest musicians …”
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Broadway World 2017

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“… Dan Phillips leads a Quintet with a big Chicago sound and memorable compositions…”
Review The Wire Magazine 2017

“… Decaying Orbit” – the song and the album fulfills the of its members and furthers the legacy of its worldly leader…”
Review Something Else Reviews 2017

“… Chicago jazz is the complexity of the postmodern with a predisposition for rump shaking. The Quintet rarely lowers the flame below boiling…”
Review allaboutjazz 2017

“… The beauty of Decaying Orbit is its broad appeal. Fans of both traditional and more adventurous jazz will find much to like here. Indeed, the Chicago Edge Ensemble does manage to succeed in representing the city’s diverse musical roots, and in a highly enjoyable fashion to boot … ”.
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit avantmusicnews 2017

“... This is a fine album of interesting themes and powerful performances by the full ensemble and the soloists. Everyone draws deeply from the limitless well of the city’s musical history and creates a bold and thoughtful statement ... ”
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit jazzandbluesbloagspot 2017

“… The Variety of moods, expressions, characters and playing techniques, masterful and organic synthesis of different musical language elements and expressive and extraordinaryimprovisong create innovative sound on this album … ”
Review of Dan Phillips Trio “Divergent Flow” Avantscena 2018

“... With each release Phillips’ sound continues to mature and expand. What remains unchanged is his imaginative creativity and his restless inventiveness. These and his shared musical vision with his sidemen—accomplished artists in their own rights—are what make this recording an absorbing musical treat ...”
Review of Dan Phillips Trio “Divergent Flow” Chicago Jazz Magazine 2018

“... the improvised pieces are easily mistaken for thoroughly composed music. The sound is coherent, coordinated and is what we might dub Chicago organic ...”
Allaboutjazz review of Converging Tributaries” 2017

"... Much in that way a storm cloud has no definite borders or concrete shape, yet possesses a presence that implies depth (and more), the quartet of guitarist Dan Phillips, trombonist Jeb Bishop, double bassist Krzysztof Pabian and drummer Timothy Daisy rain down with plenty of free jazz improvisation, but by coalescing into the occasional groove, they provide a sense of focus and direction to music that doesn’t always move that way ..."
Bird is the Worm review of Converging Tributaries” 2017

“... Phillips and company play with confidence. None are in a hurry to achieve any notable goal other than to add their own contributions to those of the rest of the group. Thus move seamlessly between order and chaos, with varying tone and dynamics ...”
Allaboutjazz review of Converging Tributaries” 2017

“... Chicago Edge Ensemble is an all-terrain vehicle, a quintet equally capable of negotiating the bumpity-smooth contours of swinging postbop, the banked hairpin turns of fusion-funk, the fog and ether of AACM-style intrigue and the tumultuous thicket that awaits if you gleefully careen off the road ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Jazz Times 2017

“... Phillips in particular proves why he’s the most under-appreciated electric guitarist from the Chicago area. There’s no hesitation or sense of compromise on Decaying Orbit. As the band name implies, this is jazz and improvisational material which goes to the edge, stays there, and doesn’t retreat ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Audiophile Audition 2017

“... With its palpable personality, rigorous but approachable compositions, and sure-footed sense of self, Chicago Edge Ensemble's Decaying Orbit not only pays homage to the city that Phillips loves, but also solidly places him on the map as a formidable instrumentalist and composer. It's a treat to hear him play with such a first rate band of some of Chicago - and the world's - greatest musicians ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Broadway World 2017

“... Dan Phillips leads a Quintet with a big Chicago sound and memorable compositions ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit The Wire Magazine 2017

“... "Decaying Orbit" – the song and the album fulfills the of its members and furthers the legacy of its worldly leader ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit Something Else Reviews 2017

“... Chicago jazz is the complexity of the postmodern with a predisposition for rump shaking. The Quintet rarely lowers the flame below boiling ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit allaboutjazz 2017

“... The beauty of Decaying Orbit is its broad appeal. Fans of both traditional and more adventurous jazz will find much to like here. Indeed, the Chicago Edge Ensemble does manage to succeed in representing the city’s diverse musical roots, and in a highly enjoyable fashion to boot ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit avantmusicnews 2017

“... This is a fine album of interesting themes and powerful performances by the full ensemble and the soloists. Everyone draws deeply from the limitless well of the city’s musical history and creates a bold and thoughtful statement ...“
Review of Chicago Edge Ensemble Decaying Orbit jazzandbluesbloagspot. 2017

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