Today, much to my surprise, the Big Ears festival made a third announcement of additional sets and bands added to the lineup for 2024. Much to my delight, the additions announced today were the most interesting yet, at least to me.
Today's announcement added Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio to the lineup. We've seen Fujiwara in the past performing with guitarist Mary Halvorson, and his 7 Poets Trio includes the outstanding cellist Tomeka Reid and percussionist Patricia Brennan, apparently on bass in this lineup according to the festival announcement.
We missed Shane Parrish’s performance at Big Ears last March, but his math-rock ensemble, Ahleuchatistas, featuring bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), will perform next year.
Speaking of Mr. Bungle, it's already been announced that their former guitarist, Trey Spruance, will lead his band, Secret Chiefs 3, next year. In fact, between Spruance and Dunn, Mr. Bungle's footprints are all over the 2024 lineup. But today it was announced that the Secret Chiefs 3 side project, Ishraqiyun, will also be performing next year as well.
I'm not yet familiar with Chicago duo Finom, but they've also been added to the lineup and I've already included them in my Big Ears playlist to explore their music at my leisure.
But the big news today was the inclusion of the Harvest Time Project, a tribute to the late Pharoah Sanders. Today's announcement confirmed the involvement of bassist Joahua Abrams (Natural Information Society) and guitarist Yisziji Munoz, who contributed outstanding guitar of Sander's landmark 1977 LP, Harvest Time. The Harvest Time Project is touring Europe right now and the current ensemble also includes the band Irreversible Entanglements and drummer Hamid Drake, among others. This set could well be the stand-out performance of next year's festival.
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