Tim Daisy

Born: July 15, 1976

Tim Daisy is a Chicago-based drummer, composer, and educator renowned for his contributions to both improvised and composed music. Since landing in Chicago in 1997, he has actively engaged with the city’s vibrant creative music scene, performing, recording, and touring with numerous esteemed musicians and ensembles.

Primarily self-taught on drums, marimba, and vibraphone, Daisy has collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, James Falzone, Dave Rempis, Steve Swell, Jamie Branch, John Tchicai, Mars Williams, Joe McPhee, Katherine Young, Michael Zerang, and Frank Rosaly. ?

Fourth Atlas

By Ken Vandermark

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Stray; In Low Light; Cardboard; Plates With Glass; Discrete Charm; Sight Derail; Tapies; 3/4 Of The Time.

Otoliths

By Earscratcher

Label: Aerophonic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Attic and The Atrium; Ossicles; Scapha; Umbo.

Dream Suites vol. 1

By Samo Salamon

Label: Samo Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Drums Suite; Djembe Suite; Freedom March Suite.

Fujii/Tamura, Earscratcher, Sam Weinberg & Lisa Marie Simmons

by Maurice Hogue
September 8, 2025

Pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura definitely are a power couple in the free jazz realm. Whether they are leading their own bands, playing in each other's groups, or collaborating as a duo, the music they make is amazing. Ki is their latest duet album and their tenth as a duo and surprise, it's an ...

Tim Daisy and Ken Vandermark: Fourth Atlas

by John Sharpe
May 5, 2025

True to its title, Fourth Atlas is the fourth album by the Chicago twosome of reedman Ken Vandermark and drummer Tim Daisy. Daisy was a member of the esteemed Vandermark 5 from 2002 to its demise in 2010, and the association has only deepened since. More than shared history, they enjoy a a shared aesthetic and ...

Alma Tree: Sonic Alchemy Suprema

by Karl Ackermann
January 31, 2024

New York native Ra Kalam Bob Moses grew up in the same building as Max Roach, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. Early on he saw performances by many of the best jazz drummers in history, including Roy Haynes, Rashied Ali, Milford Graves, Billy Higgins, and Ed Blackwell. As a teenager in the mid-1960s, he played with ...

Reveal

By Russ Johnson

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Skips; The Slow Reveal; Long Branch; REM Unit; Agnomen; Veiled Invitation; TRM; Dog Gone It; Coda.

Dan Phillips Quartet "Sunstrike"

By Dan Phillips

Label: Lizard Breath Records
Released: 2023

Rempis Percussion Quartet: Harvesters

by Mark Corroto
July 11, 2023

A couple quotes from the 1980s' film The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd seem appropriate for Harvesters, the double album by The Rempis Percussion Quartet. Elwood Blues: “It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses." Jake Blues: “Hit ...