update 12/2/09

it has been a long time since I've written here. So here is what's happening over the next few weeks [sent out to my email list]:

Hello everybody!

I have a number of things happening within the next month or so centered around the east coast that I wanted to mention. Organized by city...

in NYC:

12/3 - with Tim Berne's Los Totopos at IBeam - 168 7th St in Brooklyn. 9 pm, probably two sets
12/23 - with Los Totopos at Barbes - 9th st/6th Ave in Brooklyn. 8 pm, probably one long set
1/7/10 - Los Totopos at the Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. in Manhattan. Sets at 9 and 10:30.

For the 12/23 date I'll be playing Wurlitzer, the other two will be acoustic. We've done it both ways now, it seems to work nicely either way.

in Philadelphia:

12/12 - with Tim Berne at Ars Nova Workshop - Philadelphia Art Alliance - 251 S 18th St. 8 pm, 2 sets

For the first set I'm playing a solo piano set of Tim Berne's compositions. I've been preparing for this set for about a year now!
The second set I'll be playing with Tim Berne's Adobe Probe, which for this gig will be Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Shane Endsley, Marc Ducret, Michael Formanek, Dan Weiss, and me.

You can read an interview David Adler did with Tim and me here: http://pmpmagazine.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/tim_berne_matt_mitchell/

12/19 - with Darius Jones, Tarus Mateen, and Doug Hirlinger at Ortlieb's Jazz Haus - 847 N 3rd St

very excited to add my new friend Darius Jones to the trio with Tarus and Doug!

and finally, closing out the month and year in Boston:

12/31 - with John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet at Emmanual Church Boston "First Night" Event
set times:
9:00 PM - 9:45 PM , 10:15 PM - 11:00 PM
http://www.firstnight.org/FirstNight2010/Events/Evening.aspx

I'm very excited to play with the Claudia Quintet for the first time! Trevor Dunn will also be joining the band for this gig.

On tap for the new year is the debut of my new group, which is a sextet consisting of Tim Berne [alto AND bari!], Oscar Noriega [bass clarinet], Mary Halvorson, John Hebert, and Tomas Fujiwara. I feel very fortunate to have these amazing musicians playing my music! Our first gig will be April 13, 2010. I have a couple other projects in the works too - I'll let them out of the bag when it's time...

That should do it for now. Have a great holiday season! Please let me know if you want me to remove your name from my list.

best wishes,

-mm