Velvet Gentlemen
Dan Willis

Cross-inspired by the music of Erik Satie and the precision-randomness paradox of quantum physics - and infused with creative improvised music, jazz, and psychadelic '70s and '80s rock - Velvet Gentlemen is an earful experience. Dan uses combinations of instruments not often heard in jazz, such as the Chinese suona, the American duduk, and the Western oboe and English horn. These eclectic influences and exotic sounds are woven together gracefully and elegantly.

Dan Willis - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Oboe, English Horn,
Duduk, Sinai, Suona, Zura, Piccolo, Bass Clarinet, Samba Whistle
Chuck MacKinnon - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, and EFX
Pete McCann - Electric Guitar
Ron Oswanski - Fender Rhodes Piano, Accordion
Kermit Driscoll - Electric Bass
Stephan Crump - Bass, Electric Bass
John Hollenbeck - Drums and Percussion