DESCRIPTION:
Weasel Walter – drums, composition
Tyshawn Sorey – trombone
Matt Nelson – tenor saxophone
Chris Pitsiokos – alto saxophone
Michael Foster – tenor/soprano saxophone
Jaimie Branch – trumpet
Forbes Graham – trumpet
Steve Swell – trombone
Tim Dahl – bass
Brandon Lopez – bass
Leila Bordreuil – cello
Brandon Seabrook – guitar

Brooklyn, NY – Multi-instrumentalist and composer Weasel Walter presents a longform work for large ensemble harnessing free jazz virtuosity with deliberate structural control and variation. The 12-piece group (featuring multiple reeds, brass, guitars, double basses, and Walter himself on drums) delivers an outrageous assault of ceaseless momentum and musical surprise with orchestration ranging from unaccompanied solos to the full-bore apocalypse of the full orchestra, and everything in between. Building off the traditions of John Coltrane’s legendary Ascension, Globe Unity Orchestra’s various works, and the complex sonics of modern composers like Xenakis, Penderecki, and Stockhausen, the Weasel Walter Large Ensemble conjures a high-energy atmosphere where instrumental extremity is paramount. Previous soloists in the group have included Henry Kaiser, Elliott Sharp and Peter Evans.