ISOTOPE 217

The music of Isotope 217 is as complex and varied as the influences of it's members. John Herndon - drums, percussion and Dan Bitney - drums, percussion have been playing together in Tortoise since 1990.Jeff Parker - Guitar (Tortoise, New Horizons Ensemble, Chicago Underground Orchestra) joined Herndon and Bitney in Tortoise live as early as 1995. Parker has played with Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, all the Marsalises, Lisle Ellis, Charles Earland, Lester Bowie, Ed Wilkerson, Fred Anderson, Fred Hopkins, Famadou Don Maye and Malachi Favors to name a few. He is affiliated with Chicago's AACM through his membership in Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble with whom he has recorded 4 albums. Rob Mazurek - Cornet (Chicago Underground Orchestra) Whilst his earlier recordings owe a debt to Hard Bop, his work with the Underground Orchestra has " taken his playing towards the fringes ....the assured muscle of Lee Morgan still pulses through Mazurek's read more...