Matt Mitchell

Take Five: Unmissable New Music From Edward Simon, Erik Friedlander, Rafiq Bhatia and More

By Nate Chinen • Apr 15, 2018

Heavy Metal Bebop: Pianist Matt Mitchell on the Bonds Between Jazz and Metal, and His Hard New Album

By Hank Shteamer • Sep 21, 2017

Some jazz welcomes you in. Other jazz seems to announce, "Now this is happening, with or without you."

Pianist Matt Mitchell's work as a sideman — with trumpeter Dave Douglas, saxophonists Tim Berne and Rudresh Mahanthappa, and many others — spans this spectrum, but when he's the one in charge, there's a good chance you're in for the latter. His music is, simply put, a handful.

Pianist Matt Mitchell Goes Deep Into the Musical Psyche of Tim Berne on 'førage'

By Nate Chinen • Mar 30, 2017

Matt Mitchell has a rare depth of insight on the music of saxophonist Tim Berne — not only as the pianist in Snakeoil, one of the most accomplished bands of Berne’s career, but also as an aficionado, and maybe even an obsessive. All of which is glowingly apparent on førage, a deep-focus, often astonishing album that features Mitchell’s solo piano readings of Berne’s compositions.