Tim Daisy has been played on NTS shows including Adam Oko, with Battle first played on 22 November 2020.

Tim Daisy · drums, marimba, composition. b. July 15 1976, Waukegan IL Tim has been an active member of Chicago's creative music scene since moving there in 1997. He has performed, composed, recorded, and toured with many of the city's celebrated musicians and ensembles. Along with performing sideman duties in internationally acclaimed bands including the Vandermark 5, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, and The Engines, Tim maintains an active composing schedule, writing for his own groups as well as contributing to a number of collaborative ensembles. Tim currently leads four of his own groups: Vox Arcana, with Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and James Falzone on clarinet; New Fracture Quartet, with Jaimie Branch on trumpet, Dave Miller on guitar and pedals, and Nate McBride on bass; The Tim Daisy Ensemble, with Erica Dicker on violin, Daniel Levin on cello, and Jeff Kimmel on bass clarinet; Falling Sky Quartet, with Tim Haldeman on tenor saxophone, Dave Miller on guitar, and Jake Vinsel on bass. As a sideman, Tim currently performs with: The Vandermark 5, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Engines, Klang, Dragons 1976, Arrive, The Frame Quartet, The Dan Effland Group, Kyle Bruckman's Wrack, and the Steve Evans Quartet. Tim has had the fortunate experience of working with these excellent musicians: Peter Brötzmann, Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark, Rob Brown, Erik Friedlander, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Daniel Levin, James Falzone, Frank Rosaly, Jason Adasiewicz, Michael Zerang, Steve Swell, Magnus Broo, Nate McBride, Mats Gustafsson, Per-Åke Holmlander, Mikolaj Trzaska, Mark Tokar, Yuri Yaremchuck, Aram Shelton, Jason Ajemian, Kyle Bruckmann, Jen-Clare Paulson, Jason Stein, Anton Hatwich, Keefe Jackson, Josh Berman, Kent Kessler, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jim Baker, Joe McPhee, Brian Sandstrom, Jeff Kimmel, Erica Dicker, Jaimie Branch, Dave Miller, Tim Haldeman, Jake Vinsel, Jason Roebke, Greg Ward, Tomeka Reid, Toby Summerfield, Todd Margasak, Scott Rosenberg, Kyle Hernandez, Darren Johnston, Dan Blacksburg, Dan Effland, Mark Ziegler, Tim Fitzgerald, Cameron Pfiffner, Robert Barry, Josh Abrams, and Nori Tanaka. His festival performances include: Suoni Per Il Poplo in Montreal QC, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, Le Mans Jazz Festival at Le Mans, France, Banlieue Bleue Festival in Paris, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Enjoy Jazz Festival in Mannheim, Germany, Festival Jazz a Mulhouse in Mulhouse, France, Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago, Ring Ring Festival in Belgrade, Serbia, Lviv Jazz Festival in Lviv, Ukraine, Debrecen Jazz Days in Debrecen, Hungary, Wels Jazz Festival in Wels, Austria, Phrenology Fest in Chicago, the Elastic Festival of Improvised music in Chicago, and the Third Ward Jazz Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tim can be heard around Chicago performing at various venues including: The Hideout, The Hungry Brain, Elastic Arts, The Velvet Lounge, Heaven Gallery, The Green Mill, The Chicago Cultural Center, The Skylark, and Katerina's.