CP Unit

CP Unit is the electric band of saxophonist and composer Chris Pitsiokos, with a lineup that has changed from record to record. Pitsiokos writes most of the music and plays alto saxophone and electronics; the group sets a jazz vocabulary drawn from Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman's harmolodics against noise, rock and contemporary classical ideas. Its early albums were recorded in Brooklyn, where Pitsiokos was then based. Before the Heat Death (Clean Feed, 2017) had Brandon Seabrook on guitar, Tim Dahl on bass and Weasel Walter on drums.