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Performing at Club SAW, Friday November 4th 10:00pm
- Weasel Walter – Guitar
- Alex Perkolup – Bass Guitar
- Charlie Werber – Drums
The Flying Luttenbachers formed in December 1991 in Chicago as a “punk jazz” trio featuring Hal Russell (tenor and soprano saxophones, trumpet, vibraphone, drums, co-founder), Chad Organ (tenor sax, moog synthesizer, baritone sax) and Weasel Walter (drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, woodwinds, electronics, main composer). The band derived their moniker from Russell’s birthname, Harold Luttenbacher. Russell left the band in June 1992 and was soon replaced by Ken Vandermark for the recording of The Flying Luttenbachers’ first 7″ record, “546 Seconds of Noise”.
The band has since featured a frequently shifting cast of free jazz and experimental rock musicians, including Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeb Bishop, Mick Barr, Ed Rodriguez, Alex Perkolup, and Dylan Posa. The live band played their final concert in November 2006. The Flying Luttenbachers project officially ceased operation in November 2007 upon the release of a final studio album “Incarceration By Abstraction” (recorded solo by Walter).
In 2017, after a ten-year hiatus, a new incarnation of The Flying Luttenbachers with Walter on drums, joined by guitarist Chris Welcome and bassist Tim Dahl, played several shows in France. In 2019, a quartet arrangement of the band released “Shattered Dimension”, with Walter on drums, joined by saxophonist Matt Nelson, guitarist Brandon Seabrook, and bassist Tim Dahl. Over the next few years, the varying lineup also included guitarists Henry Kaiser, Wendy Eisenberg, and Katie Battistoni, and drummer Sam Ospovat.
In 2022, Walter moved back to Chicago and formed a new “power trio” incarnation of the Flying Luttenbachers, with Alex Perkolup returning on bass along with new drummer Charlie Werber.