Rob Mazurek (born 1965) is an American composer, cornetist and visual artist based in Chicago, at the forefront of experimentation and adventurous improvised since his first recordings in the early 90's. A founding member of such influential ensembles as Chicago Underground and the Exploding Star Orchestra, he has been developing his own style of improvisational music with a myriad of collaborators, too many to list but amongst them true giants of the 20th and 21st century music cannon: Bill Dixon, Pharoah Sanders,
Roscoe Mitchell, Yusef Lateef and Naná Vasconcelos, Tortoise and
Jeff Parker, Gastr del Sol and
Jim O'Rourke,
Luc Ferrari, Isotope 217, Stereolab, Pan American, amongst many others. His albums have been released by Desoto, Aesthetics,
Mego, Submarine, Delmark, Thrill Jockey...
