Post Tagged with: "Matt Mitchell"

Tim Berne's Snakeoil - 'The Deceptive 4' (2020)

Tim Berne’s Snakeoil – ‘The Deceptive 4’ (2020)

Tim Berne’s constructions become illusions in the hands of this band. Getting yourself lost in these deceptions is so much fun.

Tim Berne / Matt Mitchell Duo - 'Spiders' (2020)

Tim Berne / Matt Mitchell Duo – ‘Spiders’ (2020)

Tim Berne’s sax/piano duet with Matt Mitchell has a certain intimacy not quite felt on other projects.

Tim Berne's Snakeoil - 'The Fantastic Mrs. 10' (2020)

Tim Berne’s Snakeoil – ‘The Fantastic Mrs. 10’ (2020)

‘The Fantastic Mrs. 10’ boils down to Matt Mitchell’s simple words: Tim Berne’s designs provide a context for insanity. Sweet insanity.

Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio - 'Nomad' (2020)

Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio – ‘Nomad’ (2020)

It’s clear how Gordon Grdina?’s Nomad Trio got their name: They wander without a clear map through vast musical terrain few can even attempt, and make it to the other side unscathed.

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Matt Mitchell – ‘Phalanx Ambassadors’ (2019)

Even if the music isn’t so simple, the intricacy on Matt Mitchell’s ‘Phalanx Ambassadors’ makes it so absorbing.

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Miles Okazaki – ‘The Sky Below’ (2019)

Miles Okazaki constructs songs that go against convention, telling a different, engaging musical story with each piece.

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Caroline Davis – ‘Alula’ (2019)

With ‘Alula,’ the ever-thirsty Caroline Davis thrust herself into the company of vital artists at the frontier of jazz.

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Sam Ospovat – ‘Ride Angles’ (2019)

On ‘Ride Angles,’ the band is an extension of Sam Ospovat’s mind, a very fertile mind at that.

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Dustin Carlson, “Hands That Feed” from ‘Air Ceremony’ (2018): video premiere

Here is the video premiere of “Hands That Feed,” by guitarist Dustin Carlson and his Air Ceremony band.

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Kate Gentile, “Alchemy Melt (With Tilt)” from Mannequins (2017): Something Else! exclusive stream

“Alchemy Melt (With Tilt)” is an album’s worth of ideas from a single song and there are a dozen other songs on Kate Gentile’s ‘Mannequins.’