2016: Inner Ear Brigade

Bill Wolter: guitar)
Josh Marshall: tenor saxophone
Andrew Jamieson: keyboards)
Steven Wright: bass
Christopher Lauf: drums
Alison Niedbalski: vocals, keyboards
David Slusser: sax, electronics

Inner Ear Brigade (IEB) is an ensemble of musicians based in the San Francisco Bay Area who play a unique mix of progressive rock, free jazz, experimental pop, all delivered through their originally detailed compositions and arrangements. The music is “fun, happy, accessible, and proggy.” Steeped with a vintage analog sensibility, effects processing, and synthesizers, IEB crafts their sounds from “RIO elements (Rock In Opposition), Canterbury (Sound), and Zappa.” Bandleader/ guitarist/composer Bill Wolter studied composition at Mills College with iconic avant-garde guitarist/composer Fred Frith, and has been involved in a wide variety of new music/creative music endeavors in the Bay Area. Inner Ear Brigade is the ensemble in which he displays in his uniquely original compositions—detailed epic musical odysseys that will take the listener for a journey through well-crafted songs and improvisation.

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