Mindless Thing is a collaboration between drummer/composer Jordan Glenn and saxophonist/band leader/poet/artist/sage Jim Ryan. The music, composed and conducted by Glenn, takes malleable material and filters it through a unique ensemble of strings and percussion. The result is used to create a backdrop for Ryan's surreal and haunting poetry.

Jim Ryan flute, spoken word
Jordan Glenn - conducting, percussion
Michael Coleman - piano, percussion
Karl Evangelista - guitar
Damon Waitkus - hammered dulcimer
Robert Lopez - vibraphone, marimba, percussion



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"Oakland-based percussionist and composer Jordan Glenn is a modern-day Mingus, known as much for his mastery of his chosen instrument as for his unique and compelling ensemble work... Here, he collaborates with Jim Ryan, a Bay Area poet who used to pal around with Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs." - Phil Phactor KFJC FM89.7