The Color Now is an unlikely band of musicians from wildly different backgrounds encompassing traditional jazz, modernist composition, free improvisation, and worldbeat. The group was assembled by guitarist Ty Cumbie, who emerged from a traditional jazz background. It features Daniel Carter, the unique polymath and restless journeyman who has stayed active in New York City, against all odds, for over 30 years. Bassist Adam Lane and drummer Lukas Ligeti are both pioneering composers and conceptualists in addition to being consummate improvisers. Lane has cultivated his own unique mix of experimentalism and groove. Ligeti's music is a unique fusion of acoustic and electronic, traditional and avantgarde, Occidental, African, and other influences.