Oblong Aplomb, by Matt Mitchell

Oblong Aplomb

by Matt Mitchell

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releases April 14, 2023

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1.	all immoderation 04:00	info	buy track
2.	blinkered hoopla
3.	escalatory chicanery
4.	ruly
5.	slarm biffle
6.	outré exemplars
7.	orrery
8.	scrutiny
9.	covertly overt
10.	equanimity
11.	oneiric argot
12.	giggle trigger
13.	the amused 04:22	info	buy track
14.	chiasma
15.	doleful
16.	full koala
17.	concentricals
18.	labile
19.	correctly profane
20.	numen
21.	flit
22.	inveiglers
23.	ingenuous
24.	baleful

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Oblong (tracks 1-12):

Matt Mitchell - piano, compositions
Kate Gentile - drums, percussion

Aplomb (tracks 13-24):

Matt Mitchell - piano, compositions
Ches Smith - drums, gongs, percussion, vibraphone, glockenspiel, tam-tam, timpani

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releases April 14, 2023

Recorded July 29-30, 2022 (Oblong) and August 15-16, 2022 (Aplomb) at Big Orange Sheep in Brooklyn, NY.
Engineered by Daniel Goodwin, assisted by David Turk.
Mixed and mastered by David Torn at Cell Labs East, Bearsville, NY.
Produced by Matt Mitchell and David Torn.
Artwork, layout, and design by TJ Huff (huffart.com).

All compositions by Matthew Tily Mitchell (BMI).

Thank you to Chris Benham, James Carney, Rio Sakairi, Ted Reichman, Ohad Talmor, and John Zorn

Thank you to the musicians who’ve played and explored the music from my album Fiction over the past 10 years, including, but not limited to, these people:

James Ball, Dustin Carlson, Kim Cass, Caroline Davis, Jon Elbaz, Mario Fabrizio, Kate Gentile, Sam Gill, Alec Goldfarb, Ben Hoffmann, Kengchakaj Kengkarnka, Davy Lazar, Hayoung Lyou, Nick Millevoi, Sophie Min, Linda May Han Oh, Marta Sanchez, Jay Sawyer, Sara Serpa, Benjamin Shannon, Tyshawn Sorey, Yuma Uesaka, Jeremy Viner, and Anna Webber

This recording is dedicated to the drummers in my life and my heart and mind, a non-comprehensive list:

Kate, my closest musical and creative collaborator (and closest person) with whom I share more overlapping musical and aesthetic predilections than anyone I’ve ever known.

Ches, without whom this and much of my recent music would have been inconceivable, and with whom I learned how to learn these pieces. Hey Chyes.

Dan Weiss, with whom I share a depth of musical connection that leaves me at a loss for words.

Tyshawn Sorey, John Hollenbeck, Rudy Royston, Sean Rickman, Jim Black, Dave King, and Sam Ospovat with all of whom I have had the incredibly good fortune to share long-standing performing associations and friendships.

Tom Rainey, Gerald Cleaver, Nasheet Waits, Marcus Gilmore, Justin Brown, Damion Reid, and Weasel Walter, masters and heroes of the scene.

Jack DeJohnette, Andrew Cyrille, Tony Oxley, Han Bennink, Barry Altschul, Paul Lytton, Joey Baron, and Jeff Watts.

Departed masters: Paul Motian, Sunny Murray, Ed Blackwell, Rashied Ali, and Ralph Peterson.

And Tony Williams.

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Matt Mitchell New York, New York

Matt Mitchell is a pianist and composer interested in the intersections of various strains of acoustic, electric, composed, and improvised new music. He currently composes for and leads several ensembles featuring many of the current foremost musicians and improvisers, including Tim Berne, Kim Cass, Kate Gentile, Miles Okazaki, Ches Smith, Tyshawn Sorey, Anna Webber, and Dan Weiss. ... more

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