The Chicago trio Black Duck (bassist/guitarist Douglas McCombs, guitarist Bill MacKay, and drummer Charles Rumback) and Basque singer and musician Elena Setién present “Connects by Water.”

Its airy and expansive melodies are colored by gently undulating waves of feedback. The Chicago trio is a natural partner for collaboration with the acclaimed Basque musician. The shared ability of Black Duck and Elena Setién to engage in a musical “dialogue” at the boundary between improvisation and composition creates fertile ground in which every subtle gesture carries weight. Their collective compositional craft produces a refined diversity of sounds and movements.