So what of the ten year anniversary celebration? Well, I take this music as a sign that whatever I may want or think I want there are forces at work beyond my awareness and that improvised music can offer wonderful surprises if one is open to them. As for the band, we've been playing a lot in 2004 celebrating our anniversary. And so our celebration of a decade of music is marked with a project that does not look to the past but to the future. We look forward to celebrating that future with you in another ten years. — Ellery Eskelin
ARTISTS Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax); Andrea Parkins (piano, accodion, sampler); Jim Black (drums, percussion); Marc Ribot (electric guitar); Melvin Gibbs (electric bass); Jessica Constable (voice)