OPTION: Ben Billington’s Whisker

Ben Billington’s Whisker is a project with longtime collaborator Andrew Scott Young focusing on synthesizer and double bass improvisations. Their first LP Moon Mood was released on Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants imprint in 2021 and they continue to perform regularly in Chicago today. It’s first and foremost a duo collaboration, but often times friends are invited in to collaborate for live performances including Tyler Damon, Mai Sugimoto, Bill Harris, Carol Genetti, and more.

This performance and interview are presented in the ESS garden, and will be premiered online on ESS’s YouTube.

The OPTION series is curated by Ken Vandermark, Lily Finnegan, and Andrew Clinkman.