Dan Weiss & Miles Okazaki at Bop Shop Records

Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki have been partners in rhythm for 20 years. Weiss is consistently recognized as a top drummer in publications such as the New York Times ("Five Drummers Whose Time is Now"), Modern Drummer ("Top 5 Jazz Drummers"), and Downbeat magazine ("Top Up and Coming Percussionist"), and has been a member of many of the most influential groups on the current scene including Dave Binney, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Matt Mitchell, and Chris Potter.

Okazaki is known for his rhythmic approach to the guitar, is currently in groups led by Jonathan Finlayson, Matt Mitchell, Amir El Saffar, and gained wide recognition in recent years as the guitarist for Steve Coleman and Five Elements. Both Weiss and Okazaki are artists on the Pi recordings label, have appeared together on seven albums (three by Okazaki and four by Weiss), and are expecting to release a duo recording in the near future.

In the duet setting, Weiss and Okazaki are able to explore extreme rhythmic territory and freely construct flowing improvised sets.

Featuring:
Dan Weiss - drums
Miles Okazaki - guitar

Video and audio captured by Dan of Gross of The Red Curtain Crew. Production assistant: Claire Janezic.

Special thanks to:
Tom Kohn
Jann Nyffeler
Dan Gross
Matt Guarnere
Greg Maslyn
Maria Darron
Brian Waldron
Dan Hanley
“Baltimore Bill”