Bassist Joshua Abrams’s importance to Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene over the last few decades is indisputable. He’s laid down the harmonic anchor in loads of disparate ensembles, providing muscle and shape to bands led by cornetists Rob Mazurek and Josh Berman; reedists Dave Rempis, Ernest Dawkins, and Jason Stein; flutist Nicole Mitchell; and drummers Hamid Drake and Mike Reed.…
Bassist Joshua Abrams’s importance to Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene over the last few decades is indisputable. He’s laid down the harmonic anchor in loads of disparate ensembles, providing muscle and shape to bands led by cornetists Rob Mazurek and Josh Berman; reedists Dave Rempis, Ernest Dawkins, and Jason Stein; flutist Nicole Mitchell; and drummers Hamid Drake and Mike Reed.…