Every Wednesday, we present Chicago’s top jazz artists in a lively atmosphere, full of cocktail-shaking and spirited conversation.

Hunter Diamond and Lucas Gillan unfurl a collection of transcendental folk narratives in their addition to the legacy of freely improvised saxophone and drum duos. Perigee (Curio Records) captures them in deep melodic and textural meditations that unfolded during a pre-pandemic live performance at Elastic Arts Foundation. Through close connective listening the duo swerve nimbly between metered groove and non-pulsed sound canvases.

Perigee is part of The Metal and Wood project, a series of live improvisations between woodwind artist Hunter Diamond and various drummers living in the United States. Captured in different locations in Chicago and New Orleans, these recordings document Diamond’s ongoing interest in the saxophone-drums duo pairing made historic by legendary collaborations between John Coltrane & Rashied Ali, Archie Shepp & Max Roach, Dewey Redman & Ed Blackwell, Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins, Joe McPhee & Hamid Drake, and many others.

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