SML – Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, and Gregory Uhlmann – present their second album How You Been. Expanding on the acclaimed Small Medium Large, the record distils improvisations from a series of shows into a finely honed studio work.
Where their debut captured raw beginnings, How You Been is the sound of a group in full stride. It channels touchpoints from Afrobeat, kosmische, proto-techno and electric Miles Davis, yet dissolves them into something entirely their own – a high-definition rendering of SML’s collective vision.
Part of a thriving Los Angeles community of improvisers, SML’s members also drive projects such as Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet, Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes, and Butterss’s Mighty Vertebrate. This album stands both as a breakthrough for the quintet and a vivid snapshot of a scene defined by collaboration and constant reinvention.
Where their debut captured raw beginnings, How You Been is the sound of a group in full stride. It channels touchpoints from Afrobeat, kosmische, proto-techno and electric Miles Davis, yet dissolves them into something entirely their own – a high-definition rendering of SML’s collective vision.
Part of a thriving Los Angeles community of improvisers, SML’s members also drive projects such as Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet, Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes, and Butterss’s Mighty Vertebrate. This album stands both as a breakthrough for the quintet and a vivid snapshot of a scene defined by collaboration and constant reinvention.
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