Drummer Mike Reed Releases New Project “A New Kind Of Dance” | Available NOW
Chicago Drummer/Composer/Impresario Mike Reed Releases A New Kind of Dance (482 Music), His 6th Record With His Long-Standing Quartet
People, Places, & Things
A New Kind of Dance Features Reed’s Original Compositons, Alongside Covers of Ellington/Strayhorn, Mos Def & A Traditional Bulgarian Folk Dance
Also Features Luminary Matthew Shipp & Thelonious Monk Competition Winner Marquis Hill
When drummer, composer and bandleader Mike Reed isn’t playing music he spends much of his time watching others making it. But he also observes audiences. As a concert and festival organizer he’s informally noted the interaction between performer and audience for years, and while his rapidly expanding discography makes plain he privileges art above all else, his awareness of the listener is always present.