Chicago drummer and composer Jeremy Cunningham wrote The Weather Up There in response to the loss of his brother Andrew, who died in a home invasion robbery in 2008. Co-produced by Jeff Parker and Paul Bryan, and engineered by Paul Bryan and John McEntire, this new work confronts the tragedy of violence and examines the acute ripple effect on several peoples lives through the lens of memory, response, and collage. Further deepening the textural and emotive impact, Cunningham formed a drum choir for these recordings, comprised of close mentors and colleagues Mike Reed, Makaya McCraven, and Mikel Patrick Avery. Cunningham also taps regular collaborators Ben LaMar Gay, Jaimie Branch, Tomeka Reid, Dustin Laurenzi, Matt Ulery, and Josh Johnson. 1 Sleep 2 1985 3 All I Know 4 Its Nothing 5 The Breaks 6 Hike 7 Elegy 8 Return These Tides 9 The Weather Up There 10 He Pushes Up

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