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The Eleventh Hour
Benjamin Miller; alto saxophone and guitar, composition
Marlena Boedigheimer; tenor and soprano saxophone
Joel Peterson; double bass, or Martin Shiller; fretless bass
Dave Hurley; drum kit, glockenspiel, or Cameron Wilson; drum kit, glockenspiel
The Eleventh Hour, Under the Wire
Benjamin Miller has been creating forward-looking music ever since the psychedelic rock band Sproton Layer, when he was a student in the late 1960s at what is now called Pioneer High School. Miller seems extra-inspired the last few years, too, digging through his archives with twin brother Laurence to highlight past jazz-classical works, exploring multiphonic guitar pieces, and tuning up his alto sax for The Eleventh Hour. This chamber-jazz quartet also features Marlena Boedigheimer (tenor sax), Joel Peterson (double bass), and Dave Hurley (drums) along with the occasional drop-ins from brother Laurence (alto clarinet) and Jonathan Taylor (drums). The group’s new album, Under the Wire, offers compositions that "use interval sequences, tone rows, as well as conventional methods," and three artists tagged on the album’s Bandcamp page should give you an idea about how the record sounds: Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, and Angelo Badalamenti.
_Christopher Porter, Feb. 2024 A2Pulp.org
