DELMARK'S CHICAGO LUZERN EXCHANGE CELEBRATE
THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM, "SEVERAL LIGHTS" AT
HUNGRY BRAIN ON SUNDAY, APRIL 24

The Chicago Luzern Exchange will celebrate the release of their new album,
"Several Lights" at Chicago's Hungry Brain on Sunday, April 24. Details are
as follows:

Sunday, April 24 --- 10 PM
Hungry Brain
2319 West Belmont, Chicago
(773) 935-2118

The Chicago Luzern Exchange is three parts Chicago, one part Luzern.
Cornetist Josh Berman, saxophonist Keefe Jackson, and drummer Frank Rosaly
are all young veterans (aged 27-32) of Chicago's northside improvised music
scene. Tubist Marc Unternährer (30) hails from Luzern, Switzerland. The
group formed in 2002 as Unternährer resided in Chicago for five months as
part of Luzern's and Chicago's "sister cities" program. Since then the
group has performed a handful of times, most notably Chicago's 2004 Empty
Bottle Jazz Festival (trio) and the University of Chicago's Renaissance
Society.

"Several Lights'" nineteen pieces were collectively and freely
improvised--created without pre-determined composition or harmonic
structure. Player's strengths were established and thoroughly embellished
upon throughout the album, sparking ideas and directions that are
challenging and rewarding.

Each band member has honed their chops with an impressive selection of
musicians as they've toured the US., Canada and Europe. Marc Unternahrer
has played with many notable improvisers and composers including Guillermo
Gregorio, John Wolf Brenann and Hans Kennell. Keefe Jackson, Josh Berman
and Frank Rosaly have played with many of the great improvisers from Chicago
and abroad including Jim Baker, Ab Baars, Anthony Coleman, Fred
Lonberg-Holm, Jeff Parker, Rob Mazurek, Wilbert De Joode, Robert Barry. In
2003 Berman and Rosaly performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival as a part of
Ken Vandermark's Crisis Ensemble.