Dragons 1976 is a Chicago-based horn-bass-drum trio, with Aram Shelton on alto saxophone, Jason Ajemian on double bass, and Tim Daisy on drums and percussion. Rooted in jazz, their music is strongly melodic; with no set chord progressions, it is allowed to freely find its own space. Dragons 1976 focus on playing as a group, making songs that follow a path from start to finish, and approaching emotional points with subtlety.
Since meeting in Chicago at the end of the last century, Shelton, Ajemian and Daisy have played in many groups together, including Ken Vandermark's Crisis Ensemble which performed at the 2003 Chicago Jazz Festival. They formed Dragons 1976 in the summer of 2002 : the name came from the year in which all three were born. In the past, Dragons 1976 have toured in the southeast and northeast part of the United States and Canada.
