Sunday, November 16, 2025

Rich Ruth at Thawed Out Fest in Chicago on April 26, 2025

We continue our exploration of the recordings made at the wonderful Thawed Out Fest which occurred at the iO Theater in Chicago in late April of this year. Up next is a brilliant set by a quartet led by Nashville-based composer and bandleader Rich Ruth.

The music had elements of New Age, Space Jazz, psychedelia, and kosmiche, and the virtuosity on stage definitely warmed up the by-now quite chilly evening air.


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Recording information:

RICH RUTH
2025-04-26
Chicago, IL
Thawed Out Fest

Rich Ruth: guitar and keyboards
Sam Que: soprano saxophone
Taro Yamazaki: bass
Taylor Floreth: drums

Setlist:
01 Heavy & Earthbound (6:41)
02 Taken Back (6:31)
03 Haynes Manor (5:24)
04 Crying In The Trees (6:45)
05 Marina (8:27)
06 Older But Not Less Confused - It’s The Water - Desensitization and Reprocessing (22:09)

Total time = 55:57

Recorded with artist permission by Richard Hayes for this blog

Microphones: Beyerdynamic MC930 in ORTF
Additional source: mono SBD feed
Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre3 at 24/48
Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct


downloads:

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video of the band at Zebulon in Los Angeles a month after this show:


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