Side Yard Sounds presents: Jim Baker, Peter Maunu and Zander Raymond

Sat Nov 01 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL, United States, Illinois 60302 | Oak Park

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Side Yard Sounds presents: Jim Baker, Peter Maunu and Zander Raymond
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Side Yard Sounds is very pleased to present Jim Baker, Peter Maunu and Zander Raymond.
Nov 1st
7pm to 9pm
BYOB
Tickets here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/compound-yellow/side-yard-sounds-presenst-jim-baker-peter-maunu-and-zander-raymond
* Space is limited in the studio, please RSVP early for a guaranteed seat.

Jim Baker, previously recorded in settings ranging from duets to Ken Vandermark’s Territory Bands; from third-stream projects (with Guillermo Gregorio) to rock groups (with Janet Bean & the Concertina Wire). Having previously collaborated with reedists (Fred Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams) and with various trios (with bassists Harrison Bankhead, Avreeayl Ra, Michael Zerang), Baker on both piano and analogue synthesizer have a “somewhat or somehow tuneful” character.
A transplant from Los Angeles, guitarist/violinist Peter Maunu has performed and recorded with countless musicians including Billy Cobham, The Commodores, Charlie Haden, Charles Lloyd, Joni Mitchell, Jean-Luc Ponty, Archie Shepp, Grace Slick, Tony Williams, and the Oakland Symphony. Peter also contributed to numerous film/television scores including Crash, Food Inc., Arrested Development and CSI New York.
As Arsenio Hall’s guitarist, he performed live with legends Ray Charles, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Madonna, Les McCann, Wayne Shorter, Ringo Starr, plus many more.
While in Chicago, Peter has performed/recorded with Jim Baker, Olivia Block, Ayako Kato, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Avreeyal Ra, Tomeka Reid, Dave Rempis, Katherine Young, Bethany Younge, Mars Williams, Michael Zerang, Jason Roebke, Andrew Scott Young, Ben Baker Billington, Daniel Van Duerm, Caroline Jesalva, Katinka Kleijn, Ed Wilkerson among many others.
In 2013, he founded Splice Series. The bimonthly Chicago series connects curator/performer Maunu with fellow improvisers.
Zander Raymond is an interdisciplinary artist and musician living and working in Chicago, IL. In his visual work, he improvises with found materials from his day to day to make collages and sculptures that serve as an autobiographical record of experience while pointing toward the unseen. His music is similarly rooted in improvisation, utilizing synthesizers, field recorders, and open-source sound computers to sample, warp, and build sonic images that embrace serendipity and highlight the musicality of the ordinary. Past Projects have been hosted by Devening Projects (Chicago, IL), Weatherproof (Chicago, IL), Switch Hook Projects (Chicago, IL), and Agatha’s (Buffalo, NY). He’s released music on Moon Glyph, Sound as Language, Florabelle, Cached.media, among others.
www.zanderraymond.com
www.zanderraymond.bandcamp.com
photo credit Jack Garland (@jackgarland)
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