SML

SML is a Los Angeles improvising quintet formed by bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, drummer Booker Stardrum and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. The band came out of the circle around Jeff Parker's long improvised sets at the Los Angeles venue ETA. Its music blends jazz, groove and electronics, shaped either by heavy editing in the studio or by long unedited improvisation on stage. SML debuted with Small Medium Large and followed it with How You Been in 2025. Butterss and Johnson had both played in Parker's ETA group.