JACK WRIGHT, a sound-explorer on saxophone from Easton PA, CAROL GENETTI, a sound vocalist (as opposed to word or text) from Chicago, and JON MUELLER, percussionist of Milwaukee, are all extraordinary improvisers and soloists in their own right. Their first meeting was Sept. 2004 in Chicago, followed by another in June 2005. These were preceded by years of collaboration between Jack and Carol, who have toured several times on the east coast. The focus of the trio is on long, twisting lines of intense and sustained textures, broken abruptly by stuttered gaps and shifts of direction. They take acoustic instruments to the very edge of electronic sounds (indeed Jon is playing only snare drum, minimally amplified). This fall they will be making a huge loop through the Midwest--Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Nashville, Lexington, Columbus, Cincinnati, Bloomington IN, and Chicago.

The duo of Carol and Jack is featured on "The Shattering", a cd compiling Carol's appearances at the High Zero Festival 2000 in Baltimore. "It would certainly appear that Genetti is Wright---s vocal collaborator of choice. Genetti---s refreshing and rough-edged spontaneity definitely educes some of Wright---s best playing, perhaps because Wright---s aesthetic approximates a search for the ineffable qualities of the human voice in his palette of reed sounds, not to mention the ineffable vocal qualities of other animal species." ~ Michael A Parker http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r1002_030.htm

CAROL GENETTI is considered by many in the experimental music underground to be one of the most exceptional performers to come out of Chicago, Carol Genetti is a vocalist focused on improvisation and the pure sonic exploration of the human voice. Her work is grounded in an almost inhuman extended technique, but also contains a mastery of vocal styles such as jazz and Bulgarian folk singing, creating a distinct non-verbal sound palette that has a provocative depth. Genetti has toured throughout the US, Canada, France and Germany. She has collaborated with many of the most powerful voices in new music, including Pauline Oliveros, Jon Rose, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Tatsu Aoki, Eric Leonardson, Yuko Nexus6, Kitamura, Toshi Makihara, Bob Marsh, Jack Wright, Michael Vorfeld and technology artist Andrea Polli. Her voice work appears on many cds including Hans Fjellestad's "Red Sauce Baby," "In the Eye of the Ear Sound Art Festival", and "Sounding Off" accompanying CD to the book of the same name. She has also released duet CDs, including "Animus" (Not In The Family) with Eric Leonardson in 1998 and more recently "In the Garden of Earthly Delights" (Spring Garden Music) with Bob Marsh in the fall of 2000.

"Genetti's wordless vocals dart and soar with an unforced flexibility. She effortlessly utilizes an impressive rang; leaping from warm, full tones to the highest creaks and lowest growls."
--- Michael Rosenstein, Cadence (March 2001)

"Her elastic chords perform feats that seem nearly impossible. Genetti moans, shrieks, bleep, growls, blats, and produces an infinite number of indescribably subversive sputters."
--- Steven A. Loewy, All Music Guide (February 2001)

JACK WRIGHT has been a bold saxophonist, as well as an influential musical personality over the past twenty-five years. Either on tour or organizing the next one, he has played in virtually every venue available to experimental improvised music in the US, and many in Europe as well. He has been called the Johnny Appleseed of free improvisation for his encouragement to young players. As a musical explorer as well, his music passes through radical shifts of style and approach from one year to the next, yet always somehow identifiable as his own. These days he is playing mostly alto and soprano saxophones, in every possible direction, sometimes even recognizable as such. Now, after fifteen years living in Boulder CO, he has returned to his native Pennsylvania and resides in Easton, which enables him to commute easily to NYC and Phila. both. He is also increasingly active in Europe, touring both sides of the Atlantic with European musicians.

The Washington Post says, "In the rarefied, underground world of experimental free improvisation, saxophonist Jack Wright is king". And a German publication, Bad Alchemy, had this to say of his solo: "Wright does not make music, he embodies it, he transforms it with a naivet-- of another order. It grows into a sound river, he is part of the diaphragm through which the heterogeneous whispers."

Jack has over sixty partners around the US and in Europe with whom he plays on his travels and records. His most recent tours have been with French soprano sax player Michel Doneda and NYC percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in France and the US; cellist Bob Marsh of the Bay area and Carol Genetti; Michael Griener percussion and Sabine Vogel flute of Berlin; Reuben Radding, NYC bassist; Phil Durrant, English laptop musician; trumpet player Tom Djll from Oakland and soprano sax player Bhob Rainey.

For a full bio, writings, sound files and list of recordings visit his website: www.springgardenmusic.com

feature article in Signal to Noise Magazine: www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/monthly2003/04apr_text.html

2001 interview with John Berndt:
www.redroom.org/documentation/wright.html

JON MUELLER of Milwaukee was born in 1970 and started playing drums at the age of 15. For one year, he played only snare drum, which proved challenging to start a death metal band with. In 1990 he moved to Chicago, and studied drums with the late jazz legend Hal Russell, an experience that opened up a whole new approach to drumming to him. During this time he also studied film and writing, and became frustrated with how they continuously fall short of one another. He eventually received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and in 1999 finally completed the ridiculous novella Pianobread. He continues to write, but only when the voices tell him. Musically, he has been involved the groups Telecognac, Pele, and Collections of Colonies of Bees, playing drums, percussion, piano, and narrative. Always interested in the mysterious result of collaborations, he has recorded or performed with a broad range of artists, including guitarist Chris Rosenau, violinist Aranos, saxophonist Boris Hauf, vocalist/pianist Jarboe, saxophonist Steve Nelson-Raney, multi-instrumentalist Hal Rammel, saxophonist Bhob Rainey, table-top guitarist Adam Sonderberg, sound artist Asmus Tietchens, cellist Matt Turner, sound artist Achim Wollscheid, and he has also performed as part of cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra. He has composed music for dance and film, has appeared on numerous CDs and LPs on labels throughout the world, and has performed throughout the U.S. and Japan. He is an active participant in organisation de Crouton - known to many people as a record label, but known to some as a strange voice in the night.

"Mueller has found a way to go beyond his free jazz past and take the world of instrumental virtuosity into the 21st century."
- Dan Warburton, Paristransatlantic.com (FR)

"Mueller is absolutely breathtaking to watch. His jazz-influenced drumming is unique, creative, and inspiring."
- Marvin Lin, Tinymixtapes.com (US)

"Mueller's drumming is quite phenomenal being at the same time sympathetic and full, always propulsive but always leaving space for the other players."
- David Cowling, Americana UK (UK)

"(Mueller's) creative drumming style ranges from fire music madness to extremely delicate textures that have little to do with conventional drumming."
- Francois Couture, All Music Guide