| Taylor Ho Bynum | • | Cornet, co-leader |
| Abraham Gomez-Delgado | • | Percussion, Voice, co-leader |
| Mark Taylor | • | French Horn |
| Reut Regev | • | Trombone |
| Jim Hobbs | • | Alto Sax |
| Matt Bauder | • | Tenor & Bari sax |
| Pete Fitzpatrick | • | Guitar |
| Alvaro Benavides | • | Bass |
| Tomas Fujiwara | • | Drums |
Positive Catastrophe, the brainchild of Taylor Ho Bynum and Abraham Gomez-Delgado, creates truly boundary-crossing music. Bynum has been described as “animated as a vintage Loony Tune...one of the most exciting figures in jazz's new power generation” (Steve Dollar, Time Out Chicago). Gomez-Delgado has been called “the new century's mad scientist, creating a musical hybrid so seemingly wrong it can be nothing but right” (Global Rhythm Magazine). Together they have come up with Positive Catastrophe: a trans-idiomatic ten-piece little big band that connects the dots between Sun Ra and Eddie Palmieri. The group enlists a bevy exceptional players versed in multiple genres, in a unique instrumentation that hints at a traditional jazz and salsa big bands yet includes french horn, erhu, and rock guitar, and a pair of dramatic vocalists that are comfortable singing in three languages.
“This is the audio equivalent of a funhouse mirror. ‘Travels,’ for example, sounds like a low-speed collision between Sun Ra’s ‘Nuclear War,’ Julie London’s ‘Cry Me a River’ and Chano Pozo’s Dizzy Gillespie vehicle ‘Manteca’ – all mashing together while the drivers giggle. Pos-Cat maintains a playful, even giddy vibe as it bends its Latin, swing, and progressive vibes so that they’re each recognizable but delightfully warped. If you’ve been hungering to hear Latin-based jazz in a new light, your prayers have been answered.” (Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, NY Press.)
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Plena Seguiro from the the forthcoming album Garabatos Volume One
Composed by Abraham Gomez-Delgado