December 3, 2024
PUZZLE HOUSE is a new band by Michael Zerang featuring guitarist Bill MacKay, saxophonist Azita Youssefi, bassist Mary Halm and drummer Zerang brought together to play Zerang’s instrumental tunes. All Chicago stalwarts, the group will hold an exploratory residency every Thursday night in February 2025 at the Hungry Brain – 2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, […]
October 20, 2023
I was recently interviewed by Sam Salamon: “New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Michael Zerang – amazing drummer and composer, one of the best improvising drummers around … We talk about Michael’s beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, playing with Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, Ken Vandermark and others, the US […]
August 4, 2023
(March 6, 1941 – July 22, 2023)
April 5, 2023
I am reissuing two releases on my Pink Palace Records label. ***THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Limited edition reissue of a 1997 release of the original score for Redmoon Puppet Theater by Michael Zerang. Available as a CD. I received a Jeff Award for Original Music for Theater for this project. Performed by: Jeremy […]
March 27, 2023
I was recently featured in an interview by Levi Dayan for Bandcamp Daily! Check it out here: https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/michael-zerang-schiamachy-interview
September 6, 2022
The summer of 2020, during the early days of the Covid lockdown, I was given an artifact from a shuttered Chicago music venue, The Velvet Lounge, by Andy Pierce, a personal assistant to the late, great saxophonist and composer Fred Anderson, who ran the club. The artifact is the brass sconce of the chandelier that […]