Evil Clown Roster Bios
Evil Clown ensembles are highly modular, with different players and instrumental resources for different sessions. Some of the bands have core units which are always present along with different guests. Some of the bands have had recurring configurations over several albums. Leap of Faith dates back to the early 1990s as a collaboration between PEK and Glynis Lomon. There have been a number of core configurations over the years. PEK took a long hiatus through the 00’s and then rebooted Leap of Faith and Evil Clown in 2015. The period following 2015 is the Contemporary Period and before 2003 is the Archival Period. The Contemporary Period Roster and the Archival Period Roster are listed below with hyperlinks to the performer bio pages. The names are alphabetical within instrument classification groupings.
A few musicians performed in both Contemporary and Archival Units – They are listed in the Contemporary Section below. Players who have participated in only one or two performances are listed, but do not have a dedicated bio page. Most of the players from the Archival Period do not have a dedicated bio page.
Bio pages include photos, a short bio and links to all the Evil Clown releases that performer appears on by ensemble… When I can, I get the bio text directly from each player, sometimes I can find it on their webpage or on Wikipedia, and if I don’t have anything else, I write a brief paragraph about their history here at Evil Clown.
Contemporary Period Roster
(2015 to Present)
Evil Clown Leader
- PEK – clarinets, saxophones, double reeds, flutes, electronics, percussion, etc.
Horns
- Zach Bartolomei – clarinets and saxophones
- John Baylies – tuba, electronics
- Todd Brunel – clarinets, saxophones
- Greg Burbank – Tuba
- Michael Caglianone – saxophones, clarinet, flute
- Eric Dahlman – trumpet
- Kat Dobbins – trombone
- Ellwood Epps – trumpet
- John Fugarino – trumpet, slide trumpet, trombone
- Eric Goode – tuba, euphonium
- F – Saxophones, vibes
- Forbes Graham – trumpet
- Zack Grass – tuba, bass trombone
- Dave Harris – trombone, tuba, electronics
- Keiichi Hashimoto – trumpet
- Thomas Heberer – trumpet
- Jared Holiday – saxophones, clarinets, flutes
- Melanie Howell-Brooks – clarinets, saxophones, flutes
- Kirk Isreal – sousaphone
- Bonnie Kane – tenor sax, flute
- Charlie Kohlhase – saxophones
- Dennis Livingston – flutes
- Devin Lomon – harmonica
- Scott Moore – trombone, voice
- Bob Moores – trumpet, electronics
- Hilary Noble – tenor sax, flute. conga
- Steve Norton – clarinets, saxophones, metal
- Dan O’Brien – flutes, clarinets and saxophones
- Vance Provey – trumpet
- Steve Provizer – trumpet, baritone horn, voice, percussion
- Duane Reed – baritone horn, bass trombone
- Matt Samolis – flute, flax, game calls, bowed metal, metal
- Victor Signore – saxophones
- Steve Swell – trombone
- Jim Warshauer – saxophones, clarinets
- Keith W – baritone saxophone
- David Welans – flute
- Cliff White – alto saxophone
Strings
- Sue Buzzard – violin
- Silvain Castellano – bass
- Kit Demos – bass
- Jay Felitto – bass
- Rob Flax – violin
- Clara Kebabian – violin, viola, electronics
- Jonathan LaMaster – violin
- Kristen Lamb – bass
- Zachary Lavine – bass
- Tony Leva – bass
- Glynis Lomon – cello, aquasonic, voice
- Nate McBride – bass
- Aleksander Nivette – violin
- Albey onBass – electric bass, electric upright bass
- Becca Pasley – bass
- Lucasz Pavlikovsky – cello
- Mimi Rabson – violin, electronics, metal
- Abigale Reisman – violin
- Scott Samenfeld – bass
- Adrienne Schoenfeld – bass
- Matt Scutchfield – violin
- Steve Skop – bass
- Damon Smith – bass
- Elinor Speirs – violin
- Tom Swafford – violin
- Jane Wang – cello, space plates
- Mat Ward – violin
Drums, Percussion
- Absence of Thought – vibes, electric kalimba
- Jose Arroyo – conga
- Sergio Bellotti – drums, percussion
- Stephan Brandstatter – percussion
- Teri Cotè – drums, percussion
- Kevin Dacey – drums, percussion, metal
- Marc Edwards – drums
- Tamora Gooding – drums, percussion, metal
- Joey Hartigan – drums, percussion
- Ben James – drums
- Michael Knoblach – drums, percussion
- Andy Korajczyk – drums, percussion
- Drew Kovach – percussion
- John Loggia – drums
- Ken Lovelett – sound sculptures, percussion
- Jim Lucchese – drums
- Andria Nicodemou – vibraphone, metal
- Steve Niemitz – drums, percussion
- Eric Rosenthal – drums, percussion
- Jared Seabrook – drums
- Syd Smart – drums, percussion
- Moouse Traore – djembe, talking drum
- Dennis Warren – drums
- Yuri Zbitnov – percussion, metal, voice
Chinese Instruments
- Ziyi Gao – Pipa
- Yahzi Guo – erhu, chinese flutes, saxophones, etc.
- Jiangcheng Guan – Chinese percussion
- Tao He – erhu
- KaiXin Hou – Chinese percussion
- Jiaxin Wan – guzheng
- Jimmy Zhao – erhu, Chinese flutes, etc.
Piano, Guitars, Electric Bass and Electronics
- Jason Adams – electric bass, electric cello, Interstellar grain clouds
- Robin Amos – analog synthesis
- Chris Alford – guitar
- Federico Balducci – guitar
- Reverend Grant Beale – guitar, electronics
- Gabe Boyarin – guitar, laptop electronics
- Catherine Axmunkee Capozzi – guitar, metal
- Count Robot – electronics, voice
- DNA Girl – keyboard, mandolin, voice
- Marc Drinkwater – guitar
- Jay Felitto – bass, percussion
- Emilio Gonzalez – piano
- Mike Gruen – bass
- Chris Florio – Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
- Greg Grinnell – electronics, trumpet, bass
- Faruq Hassan – electronics
- Kenny Maurais – bass, metal
- William Middlemiss Jr – guitar, electronics
- Bill T Miller – electronics
- Tim Mungenast – guitar, voice
- Scott Prato – guitar
- Tony Savarino – guitar, metal, iphone apps
- Tor Snyder – guitar
- Kevin Siegel – bass, loops, electronics
- Space – guitar, bass
- Drew Wesley – guitar, electronics
- Eric Woods – Analog Synth
- Moyu Zhang – Piano
- Eric Zinman – piano, percussion
Voice
- Dei Xhrist – voice
- Maura Lynch – soprano, keyboards, metal
- Jane SpokenWord – Poetry, Spoken Word
- Molly Melloan – voice
Audio Engineering
- Joel Simches – real time electronic processing, recording
Archival Period Roster
(1992 – 2003)
Horns
- Taylor Ho Bynum – trumpet
- Alec Haavik – saxophones, trombone
- Raqib Hassan – tenor saxophone, mussette
- Keith Hedger – trumpet
- Jeff Hudgins – saxophones
- Russell Jewell – trombone
- Raphe Malik – trumpet
- Sam Lobel – tenor saxophone, clarinets
- Mark McGrain – trombone, alphorn
- B’hob Rainey – soprano sax
- Leslie Ross – bassoon
Strings
- Rob Bethel – cello
- Forrest Larsen – viola
- Larry Roland – bass, poetry
- Craig Schildhauer – bass
- John Voigt – bass
Percussion
- Laurence Cook – drums
- Tatsuya Nakatani – percussion, bowed metal
- Curt Newton – drums
Piano, Guitars, Electric Bass and Electronics
- Kate Biggard – bass
- James Coleman – theremin
- Thom Jones – gadgets, pointy toes
- Core Redonnett – electric zither, electronics
- Martha Ritchey – piano, fractals
- Wayne Rodgers – guitar
- Michael Shea – piano, keyboards
- Keith Fullerton Whitman – guitar, electronics
Multi-Media Partners
- Guadulesa – performance painting
- Adrienne T Hawkins – dance