Lucas Gillan in The Velvet Lounge

Lucas Gillan's Many Blessings is a young jazz group that finds a home in the
craggy meeting point between clever composition and fiery improvisation.
Gillan plays drums and contributes all of the group's compositions and
arrangements, which owe a large debt to past jazz masters like Thelonious
Monk, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus, but also reflect his very
contemporary viewpoint on the jazz tradition. A Tucson, AZ native who grew
up playing as much punk, hardcore and indie rock as straight-ahead jazz,
Gillan brings a diverse set of influences to his playing, writing and ...

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Lucas Gillan's Many Blessings is a young jazz group that finds a home in the
craggy meeting point between clever composition and fiery improvisation.
Gillan plays drums and contributes all of the group's compositions and
arrangements, which owe a large debt to past jazz masters like Thelonious
Monk, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus, but also reflect his very
contemporary viewpoint on the jazz tradition. A Tucson, AZ native who grew
up playing as much punk, hardcore and indie rock as straight-ahead jazz,
Gillan brings a diverse set of influences to his playing, writing and
bandleading. A recent graduate of the highly respected NIU jazz studies
program, Gillan is known both as the program director of Internet jazz radio
station AccuJazz.com and as an active drummer in Chicago's jazz scene.
Completing the group's lineup is Marquis Hill on trumpet, Jonathon Edwards
on baritone sax, and Darius Savage on bass.

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