Artist description The Ill Wind Ensemble creates a unique world of music with spontaneous improvisation, unusual instruments and an ambient but jazzy sound. Our performances feature traditional and unusual wind and percussion instruments whose origins range from the hardware store to India, from found objects to Medieval Europe.

Music Style Improvised Music, World Fusion, Trance Music

Musical Influences World Music, John Cage, Brian Eno, Early Music

Similar Artists Tom Cora, David Moss, Fred Frith, Gypsy Musicians

Artist History Formed in 1993, The Ill Wind Ensemble has performed in their hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont at the Hooker Dunham Arts Center, the Vermont Jazz Center, the Windham Art Gallery, La Sirena, and the Common Ground. They have appeared at venues in Western Massachusetts including Fire and Water Café, the Shelburne Falls Art Bank, the Montague Bookmill, and the Kripalu Yoga Center, and in Cambridge Massachusetts at the Middle East Cafe and the Multicultural Arts Center. The band plays twice a month at the Vermont Jazz Center to provide musical accompaniment for a group of improvising dancers.

Group Members Eric Boyer, John Levin, Kevin Moreau, Charlie Schneeweis

Instruments Reedpipes, shawms, bagpipes, recorders, trumpets, clarinets, sarangi, rebab, percussion, found objects, homemade instruments, piano

Albums Another Eternity

Location Brattleboro, VT - USA

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