Janna Lee

Labratio

Erik Sowa

Ben Willis

Tyler Damon

Jacob Fawcett

The Improvised Music Series welcomes Labratio / Lee / Sowa / Willis plus Tyler Damon + Jacob Fawcett duo.

Janna Lee is a Chicago-based vocalist who uses her voice to explore various parts of herself, ranging from ghostly lounge singer to raging demon and everything in between. Her work is an intensely personal maelstrom of harsh noise and processed vocals. Labratio is an alto saxophonist, composer, and improvisor who draws on his love of skronky free jazz, no-wave energy, and Eastern European musical traditions. Erik Sowa is a drummer/percussionist/multi-instrumentalist, and Ben Willis plays bass, incorporating a language of motion into his practice.

They will be joined by double-percussion duo Tyler Damon + Jacob Fawcett. Jacob Little Cloud Fawcett (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe) is a Chicago based drummer and composer who blends aspects of jazz and traditional Native American music in order to create original compositions that accurately reflect Indigenous culture and experience. Tyler Damon is a drummer, improviser and educator from the American Midwest. While tirelessly nurturing his solo voice, he has also been recognized internationally for collaborations past and present, appearing alongside several noted peers of the American underground including Dave Rempis, Tashi Dorji, Gerrit Hatcher, Joshua Abrams, Mars Williams, and Eli Winter, among many others. Both Fawcett and Damon were privileged to have studied with legendary drummer and educator Pete Magadini, whose influence has been a catalyst in the formation of their duo.

$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door