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Leaves

transforming the magic and mystical into sound.

About Me


Buy "Live at the Ice Factory" Here!


Audiversity Review
Not to be mistaken with the grungy Icelandic indie-rock group by the same name, Leaves is a collaboration of four Chicago jazz/improv musicians weaving their individual sounds into a warm, autumnal blend of modern creative jazz, post-bop and the ambitious post-rock Chicago has become known for in the past decade. The focus of this album, recorded live during two spring 06 performances at Chicago's The Ice Factory, is the interplay of Tyler Beach's amazingly toned electric guitar and Charles Gorcyski's balmy saxophone. Beach echoes the likes of Bill Frisell, a jazz guitarist renown for the individual style he brought to a typically redundant instrument as far as tone goes, as well as a more restrained Jeff Parker of Tortoise fame, while Gorcyski's alto seems to descend from the school of Lee Konitz. They continually tease and dare each other in many directions over the slyly subdued and melodic drumming of Charles Rumback, the grounding bass of Dan Thatcher and garnishing electronic textures. Live at The Ice Factory rarely finds the talented musicians in a particular groove, but instead, themes and moods continually ebb and flow from melodic bop to restrained skronks with blaring technical prowess. They craft a sound that could as easily blend into the background of an art gallery, soundtrack an early, grey Sunday morning or provide welcomed ambiance to any knowing establishment.
by Michael Ardaiolo

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Member Since: 3/26/2006
Band Website: leavesmusic.net
Band Members: Tyler Beach ----guitar;
Charley Gorczynski----alto
saxophone, loops;
Charles Rumback-----drums, nord;
Daniel Thatcher------acoustic bass
Influences: Life. Sound. Vision.
Sounds Like: the earth. human beings. dreams.
Record Label: fresh produce
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

leaves in the studio...

drove to michigan late last night.we're in benton harbor working on the new record at key club studios with bill skibbe.things are going well so far, much more ahead of us...-cr/leaves...
Posted by Leaves on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:05:00 PST

leafy tour

gravy.it's been gravy.family and friends in lawrence, leadville, denver, boulder, creston, minneapolis....iowa city next then back to chicago.thanks to everyone who's helped us out with floor space to...
Posted by Leaves on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:56:00 PST

live leaves

party people... Leaves new cd is up for grabs on www.fprecords.com seven bones. if you don't want to commit seven bucks to something you're not sure that you'll be into, we're playing live on wnur tod...
Posted by Leaves on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:13:00 PST

new cd is available....

cd preview show went well. you can get the cd now for $7 through fprecords.com, or at select record stores. if you're favorite shop doesn't have it, you better tell 'em....Leaves Live at the Ice Facto...
Posted by Leaves on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:24:00 PST

News

apparently our songs are a little too long for myspace, so what you hear is an excerpt from a november 2005 show at ice factory. Soon we will make available something from our upcoming live release.....
Posted by Leaves on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:21:00 PST