05/28/2026
ESS is delighted to announce Justin Anderson-Weber as our newest board member!
As a way of introducing Justin to the wider ESS community, we asked him to select a few recordings that stood out to him from the Creative Audio Archive.
Justin started his exploration with piano recordings, seeking inspiration for piano lessons he’s currently taking at Old Town School of Music. He eventually narrowed in on a recording of Misha Mengelberg (piano), Han Bennick (drums), and Von Freeman (saxophone) at the Empty Bottle in 1999 from the Malachi Ritscher Collection. This recording was also featured in Erez Dessel’s exploration of piano recordings in the Archive last year, which you can watch on ESS’s YouTube.
For his second selection, Justin chose the Luke Stewart/Joshua Abrams OPTION recording from 2024. Of this selection Justin says, “I’m a big Luke Stewart fan—I lived in DC for many years before moving to Chicago, so the DC/Chicago connection between those artists feels representative of my own move, and—as a tuba player—I love to see music that highlights instruments that often get relegated to the background in larger groups.”
You can listen to both of these selections at the link in our bio.
Justin is a strategy leader with roots in data, research, and the arts. He brings a multifaceted perspective to his role on the board, with experience as a freelance music journalist; a tuba, trombone, and piano player; a career in the ad industry; and an avid fan of adventurous music and sonic art.
