The EP Drunken Raccoon features Jorge Variego (clarinet, soprano saxophone and compositions), Jon Hamar (double bass) and Keith Brown (drums). It was recorded live on 12-16-19 at the University of Tennessee, Powell Recital Hall. Recording engineer: Chris Jerger.
Drunken Raccoon is the ensemble’s most recent exploration in trio format that fuses elements of tango, jazz, free improvisation and electronics. The EP includes two new works that feature the soprano saxophone, Drunken Raccoon and Polish Vodka, a Tango Blues, a personal homage to Anthony Braxton in Free Fugue, and a newly commissioned work by a young composer, The March, by Kris Monson that incorporates live electronics.
All original compositions by Jorge Variego except The March by Kris Monson.