!! Nr. 8 of Best Jazz Albums 2025 of New York Times: Hyperglyph by Chicago Underground Duo !!
Much of the borderless spirit emanating from the vital Chicago label International Anthem was already evident a quarter century back in the early work of this tandem, which has expanded into various larger groups while always orbiting around the multi-instrumentalists Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor. On their first album as a two-piece in 11 years — and, aptly, their International Anthem debut — they reassert their folk-rooted futurism, setting free-form trumpet-drums duets alongside pulsing electroacoustic grooves and blissful thumb-piano interludes, imbuing it all with surreal wonder.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/music/best-jazz-albums.html/ 8. Chicago Underground Duo, Hyperglyph.)
“When it feels right we do it. We have worked together and have been friends for a long time. This creates a kind of continuity not only in the music, but in our lives.” (Mazurek 2025)
„With all this noise on this record, you’d hardly believe it’s two people [...]“ (Hickman, Treblezine, 2025)
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Duo - ROB MAZUREK & CHAD TAYLOR
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Rob Mazurek, piccolo trumpet, electronics, vocals
Chad Taylor, drums
Chad Taylor, drums
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