Discography
The discography spans from 1982 to present. Included are reviews and links for purchase.
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2024 THE FOREIGN IN US
EDITH STEYER TRIO
Edith Steyef - alto saxophone, clarinet
Mabel Kwan - piano
Michael Zerang - drums percussion
2023 SUNSTRIKE
Dan Phillips Quartet
SUNSTRIKE
Dan Phillips - Guitar
Michael Zerang - Drum Set and Percussion
Timothy Daisy - Drum Set and Percussion
Krzysztof Pabian - Double Bass
2023 WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
Karl Evangelista
with Alexander Hawkins
Tatsu Aoki
Michael Zerang
2022 AME – Live at Artacts
URUK
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Isabelle Duthouit
Franz Hautzinger
Hamid Drake
Michael Zerang
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2022 For New Zealand
The Chicago Plan
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Steve Swell
Gebhard Ullmann
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Michael Zerang
2022 The Art of Flight (For Alvin Fielder)
Survival Unit III
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Joe McPhee
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Michael Zerang
2022 
2022 Ultraman vs. Alien Metron
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet:
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Peter Brötzmann, tenor saxophone
Mars Williams, tenor and soprano saxophones
Ken Vandermark, baritone saxophone
Mats Gustafsson, alto saxophone
Joe McPhee, valve trombone
Jeb Bishop, trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Kent Kessler, bass
Michael Zerang, drums
Hamid Drake, drums
Recorded at Airwave Studios, Chicago, July 3/4, 2002
2021 
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2019 
2019 
2019/1996 Music for Redmoon Theater FRANKENSTEIN
Michael Zerang
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Shelley Weiss - viola
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Noel Kuppersmith - contrabass
2019 Tashi Dorji / Spenser Yeh / Michael Zerang Trio
Tashi Dorji / Spencer Yeh / Michael Zerang
2019 
2018 
2018 
2017 
2016 The Chicago Plan
The Chicago Plan
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Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang
2015 Barrow Street Blues
Survival Unit III (Alto Trio)
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Joe McPhee
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Michael Zerang
2015 
2015 
2015 Sonic Communion
The Bridge
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Jean-Luc Cappozzo - trumpet, flugelhorn
Douglas R. Ewart - woodwinds, sound objects
Joëlle Léandre - double bass
Bernard Santacruz - double bass
Michael Zerang - drums, percussions
2015 
2014 
2014 
2013 
2013 Live Jazzhouse Copenhagen
SURVIVAL UNIT III
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Joe McPhee
Fred Lonberg-holm
Michael Zerang
2013 PIPELINE (CD)
PIPELINE
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Mats Gustafsson, tenor saxophone
Ken Vandermark, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Fredrik Ljungkvist, clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
Guillermo Gregorio, clarinet, alto saxophone
Jeb Bishop, trombone
Per-Äke Holmlander, tuba
Joe Morris, guitar
David Stackenäs, guitar
Sten Sandell, piano
Jim Baker, ARP synthesizer, piano
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Kent Kessler, bass
Johan Berthling, bass
Michael Zerang, drums, percussion
Raymond Strid, drums, percussion
Kjell Nordeson, drums, vibes, percussion
2013 Sack of Rice
Michael Thieke, Guillermo Gregorio, Jim Baker, Michael Zerang
Peira2011 Christoph Erb, Jim Baker, Michael Zerang – FISH (CD)
Jim Baker/Christoph Erb/Michael Zerang
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2011 
2011 
2011 
2010 3 NIGHTS IN OSLO (5 CD)
Brötzmann Chicago Tentet + 1
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Fred Lonberg-Holm, Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop, Joe McPhee, Johannes Bauer, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Mars Williams, Mats Gustafsson, Michael Zerang, Peter Brötzmann
2010 STROBE SESSIONS (CDR)
The Friction Brothers
Michael Colligan
Fred Lonberg-Holm,
Michael Zerang
2010 
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2009 ABSTRACT ON BLACK (CD)
The Friction Brothers
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Michael Colligan
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Michael Zerang
2009 
2009 
2009 THE DAMAGE IS DONE (2 CD)
Brötzmannn/McPhee/Kessler/Zerang
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2007 American Landscape Vol.2
Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
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Peter Brötzmann — clarinet / taragato / alto tenor-sax
Mats Gustafsson — baritone / slide-sax
Ken Vandermark — clarinet / baritone / tenor-sax
Joe McPhee — trumpet / alto-sax
Hannes Bauer — trombone
Per-Ake Holmlander — tuba
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Parker— bass
Kent Kessler — bass
Paal Nilssen-Love — drums
Michael Zerang — drums
2007 Brötzmann Chicago Tentet – 10 Year Anniversary/Live In Molde (CD)
Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
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Joe McPhee
Peter Brötzmann
Kent Kessler
Michael Zerang
Johannes Baur
Per Ake Holmlander
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Mats Gustafsson
Ken Vandermark
Mats Gustafsson
MPaal Nilssen-Love
2007 CEDARHEAD – duos w/7 Lebanese Improvisors (CD)
Michael Zerang with
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Sharif Sehnaoui
Mazen Kerbaj
Raed Yassin
Christine Abdelnour
Charbel Haber
Jassem Hindi
Bechir Saade
2006 American Landscape Vol.1 (CD)
Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
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Peter Brötzmann — clarinet / taragato / alto tenor-sax
Mats Gustafsson — baritone / slide-sax
Ken Vandermark — clarinet / baritone / tenor-sax
Joe McPhee — trumpet / alto-sax
Hannes Bauer — trombone
Per-Ake Holmlander — tuba
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Parker— bass
Kent Kessler — bass
Paal Nilssen-Love — drums
Michael Zerang — drums
2006 
2005 Be Music, Night (CD)
Peter Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
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Peter Brötzmann — bass clarinet, b-flat clarinet
Mats Gustafsson — baritone sax, bass clarinet
Ken Vandermark — baritone sax, b-flat-clarinet
Joe McPhee — trumpet/ alto sax
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Kent Kessler — bass
Paal Nilssen-Love — drums
Michael Zerang — drums
Mike Pearson — voice
2005 
2005 
2004 Images
Peter Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
[Read review] [Read review 2]
Joe McPhee — trumpet
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Ken Vandermark — tenor / baritone sax, b-flat-clarinet
Mats Gustafsson — tenor / baritone sax
Mars Williams — alto / tenor / sopranino sax
Peter Brötzmann — alto / tenor sax, a-clarinet, tarogato
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Kent Kessler — bass
Michael Zerang — drums
Hamid Drake — drums
2004 Signs
Peter Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
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Joe McPhee — trumpet
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Ken Vandermark — tenor / baritone sax, b-flat-clarinet
Mats Gustafsson — tenor / baritone sax
Mars Williams — alto / tenor / sopranino sax
Peter Brötzmann — alto / tenor sax, a-clarinet, tarogato
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Kent Kessler — bass
Michael Zerang — drums
Hamid Drake — drums
2004 Tales Out of Time
Joe McPhee / Peter Brötzmannn / Kent Kessler / Michael Zerang
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2003 
2003 
2002 Broken English
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
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Peter Brötzmann — tenor sax, tarogato, clarinet
Joe McPhee — trumpet, valve trombone
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Ken Vandermark — tenor sax, clarinet
Mats Gustafsson — tenor sax, baritone sax
Mars Williams — alto sax, tenor sax
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello, violin
Kent Kessler — bass
Michael Zerang — drums
Hamid Drake — drums, frame drum, voice
plus
Roy Campbell — trumpet, flugelhorn
William Parker — bass, log drum
2002 
2002 Short Visit to Nowhere
Peter Brötzmannn Chicago Tentet
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Peter Brötzmann — tenor sax, tarogato, clarinet
Joe McPhee — trumpet, valve trombone
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Ken Vandermark — tenor sax, clarinet
Mats Gustafsson — tenor sax, baritone sax
Mars Williams — alto sax, tenor sax
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello, violin
Kent Kessler — bass
Michael Zerang — drums
Hamid Drake — drums, frame drum, voice
plus
Roy Campbell — trumpet, flugelhorn
William Parker — bass, log drum
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2000 Stonewater
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
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Brötzmann — tenor sax, clarinet
Gustafsson — tenor sax/ flutophone
Vandermark — tenor sax/ clarinet / bass clarinet
Bishop — trombone
Kondo — trumpet / electronics
Lonberg-Holm — cello / violin
Parker— bass
Kessler — bass
Zerang — drums
Drake — drums, frame drum
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2019/1996 Music for Redmoon Theater FRANKENSTEIN
Michael Zerang
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Shelley Weiss - viola
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Noel Kuppersmith - contrabass
1999 Music on Seven Occasions
John Butcher
John Butcher in duos with:
Jeb Bishop (11)
John Corbett (10)
Alexander Frangenheim (3)
Terri Kapsalis (12)
Thomas Lehn (9)
Fred Lonberg-Holm (13)
Gino Robair (1, 2)
Veryan Weston (6, 7, 8)
Michael Zerang (16, 17, 18)
and Solo (4, 5, 14, 15).
1999 Musing 4.0
Don Malone
Ishtar #201 (CD)1998 Chicago Octet / Tentet
Peter Brötzmann Octet / Tentet
BRÖTZMANN CHICAGO OCTET:
Peter Brötzmann — sax/clarinet/tarogato
Mars Williams — tenor/alto sax/clarinet
Ken Vandermark — tenor sax/clarinet/bass clarinet
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Kent Kessler — bass
Michael Zerang — drums/percussion
Hamid Drake — drums/percussion
BRÖTZMANN CHICAGO TENTET:
Peter Brötzmann — tenor sax/clarinet/tarogato
Mars Williams — tenor/alto/soprano sax/clarinet
Ken Vandermark — tenor sax/clarinet/bass clarinet
Mats Gustafsson — baritone sax/fluteophone
Joe McPhee — pocket cornet/valve trombone/soprano sax
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello
Kent Kessler — bass
Michael Zerang — drums/percussion
Hamid Drake — drums/percussion
1998 That Nothing is Known
Jack Wright / Bob Marsh / Michael Zerang / John Berndt
1998 Trios & Quartets
FHMZ Quartet FALESCH HEENAN MARSH ZERANG cdr Live at Logan Beach Cafe Chicago
1997 Ballad of Frankie & Johnny
Michael Zerang / Redmoon Theater
Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeremy Ruthroff, Fred Armisen
1997 Broken Wire
Broken Wire - Jim Baker, Daniel Scanlan, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang
1997 Building a Better Future
In Zenith
Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeb Bishop, Michael Zerang
1997 Occurrence / Dr. is Cold
Broken Wire
Eighth Day Music (7in.)1995 Moby-Dick
Michael Zerang / RedmoonTheater
Garlic Records (Cassette)1995 Parrot Fish Eye
Mats Gustafsson with
Jim O'Rourke
Gene Coleman
Michael Zerang
1992 Too Fried to Wing It (4 box set)
Liof Munimula
Garlic Records (Cassette)1991 Patience is a Virtue
Lobe Hatch
Sound of Pig (Cassette) -
1989 The Jonah Syndrome
Liof Munimula
Garlic Records (LP)1988 What Is Truth ?
Eugene Chadbourne
Panic Records (LP)1986 Musica Menta
Musica Menta
Glowing Elmo Records (Cassette)1985 The Island
Pier Party
Sharkbite Records (LP)1982 Log-a-Rhythms
Katherine Hughes
Curve Records (7 in.)
