Chicken Bonz performing Secret Tango:

Ludi Hinrichs performing The Space Between:

Ludi Hinrichs has worked as a professional composer, arranger, pianist, trombonist and vocalist since 1966. He works in the fields of jazz, classical, avant-garde and the classical music of North India. His concerts include duo performances with minimalist Terry Riley, Beat poet Gary Snyder, and former members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra led by trombonist Arthur Baron. Venues have included the Lincoln Center in New York, Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo, and the University of California Santa Cruz as a featured soloist with the New Music Works Festival.

Hinrichs has collaborated with numerous poets, visual artists and dancers over the years, and has had his own groups perform at the World Fest located in Grass Valley, California. Recordings include Kairos/Kronos; Mountains and Rivers Without End; Whimsey – with his 6-piece group, Chicken Bonz; and Loss, Remembrance and Emergence dedicated to his late wife, Karen. His 2021 release is Dissonance, Awakening and Resonance, a live recording with special guest Joe Fajen on tabla.

Hinrichs lives in the Sierra Nevada near Nevada City, California.

Praise for Hinrichs’ performances:

“Ludi Hinrichs is three musicians in one!”
— Gary Snyder, poet

“Otherworldly and transporting”
— Jeff G., architect

“A surprising and unique genius coming right from these Sierra foothills.”
— Emmett M., piano student

“Ludi Hinrichs is one of the most musically intelligent people I’ve ever come across.”
— Elizabeth Dorbad, interdisciplinary artist