***Desert Encrypts Volume 1, is a two-part suite based on observations from the desert in and around Marfa, TX. It also explores ROB MAZUREK's ongoing fascination with social, psychological, and physiological structures, both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial. The composition includes written music and graphic scores for improvisation. For Desert Encrypts Vol. 1 Mazurek has put together an awe-inspiring new ensemble featuring KRIS DAVIS on piano, INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN on bass & CHAD TAYLOR on drums. Recorded live at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, TX during Mazurek's inaugural Desert Encrypts Festival in August 2018, Desert Encrypts Vol. 1 captures the quartet burning through Mazurek's newest compositions like they've been playing together for years (to be fair some of them have been playing together for years).