These recordings document a first-meeting of a quartet of improvisers during the pandemic in Spring of 2021. The  grouping is assembled from individuals with divergent approaches that feed a wide tonal palette blending and morphing into kinetic mass of sound.

Norman W. Long’s practice involves walking, listening, improvising, performing, recording and composing to create environments and situations in which he and the audience are engaged in dialogues about memory space, value, silence and the invisible. Norman finds inspiration in the Creative Music and electric imaginations of The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Pauline Oliveros, Phuture, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi, Hildegard Westercamp and King Tubby.

Wills Mckenna is a saxophonist, flutist, and multi-instrumentalist based in Chicago, IL. He has played in a wide range of projects, from jazz to improvised music to pop oriented groups. He is a member of the Wills McKenna Quintet, Je’raf, Bison Bison, and Gramps The Vamp, amongst others.