current: Jeremy Strachan (reeds), Dan Gaucher (percussion), Mike Smith (bass), Nick Buligan (brass), Colin Fisher (tenor)
past: Brandon Valdivia (Shaman of Rhythm)
Influences
Yma Sumac, sun ra, oliver nelson, eric dolphy, mats gustafsson, AIMToronto, Drumheller, Gerry Mulligan, Ornette, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, comedy, melodrama, various philosophies, everything
Great CD review in this issue of Eye Magazine 'Strachan's riffs and clever arrangements here recall the slinky charts of Far East suite-era Duke Ellington. Potential Things is a welcome salvo in the fight against jazz's stultification, and a promising record in it's own right'
That was a great set at Sneaky Dee's. A canvas illuminated by swaths of colour, giving a nod to jazz-fusion, elements of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, yet at the same time infusing frenetic jazz-rock blasts of a Soft Machine. A time-honoured spirit and free-flowing songcraft. Entertaining.
