Zu

An Italian avant-garde jazz and rock quartet from Rome, Zu feature a punk-informed, improvisational free jazz style that defies easy categorization. In addition to a plethora of their own albums and singles, they have collaborated with a diverse group of musicians who include Fred Longberg-Holm, David Tibet, Ken Vandermark, and Mats Gustafsson, to name just a few. After issuing 1999's debut Bromio, they cut a pair of acclaimed albums with Eugene Chadbourne -- The Zu Side of the Chadbourne and Motorhellington -- at the beginning of the new century. In 2007, they established th...