Big Ears No. 2: Tortoise x SML

Two novel approaches to absorbing, head nod-inducing instrumental music.

Part two of a visual journal of Big Ears Festival explores two innovative quintets who create novel, head nod-inducing instrumental music.

(Here’s Part One.)

Tortoise: (l to r) John McEntire, Douglas McCombs, Jeff Parker, John Herndon and Dan Bitney.