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词条 Matt Mitchell (pianist)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Later life and career

  3. Playing style

  4. Compositions

  5. Awards

  6. Discography

     As leader/co-leader  As sideman 

  7. References

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| instrument = Piano
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}}Matthew Mitchell (born July 19, 1975) is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is also part of the faculty of the New York-based Center for Improvisational Music.[1]

Early life

Mitchell was born on July 19, 1975.[1] He grew up in Exton, Pennsylvania.[2] He first played the piano aged six, and composed from the age of 10.[1] He had lessons in jazz and theory at a university from the age of 12.[2] At this stage he was influenced by pianists Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock.[2]

Later life and career

Mitchell attended Indiana University for three years[1] and then, in the late 1990s, he completed a master's degree at the Eastman School of Music and settled in New York.[2] In 1999, he contacted saxophonist Tim Berne for some of his scores, but did not pursue the contact further at that point.[2] Mitchell had various jobs in New York, but chose to return to Philadelphia.[2] He then worked in a library for nine years, before leaving when he had too many gigs to fit in.[2]

In 2011, Mitchell had a sextet named Central Chain.[2] In 2012, Mitchell introduced a new trio, with Chris Tordini on bass and Dan Weiss on drums.[3] In the early 2010s, Mitchell was also part of Berne's Snakeoil band, and John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble and Claudia Quintet.[4]

In 2014, Mitchell joined Rudresh Mahanthappa's band, and recorded with the saxophonist later that year.[5]

Mitchell has written and published several collections of études.[6] His 2017 release A Pouting Grimace[7] is"a 10-part suite extrapolated from a one-bar vamp reminiscent of Roscoe Mitchell's 1977 piece 'Nonaah'."[8]

Playing style

A New York Times reviewer commented in 2011 that Mitchell "feels close to the consensus language of straight-ahead jazz but wants to get beyond it. He does it with hands moving in independent parts, with polyrhythms, with music that approaches the technical level of études but that churns and whirls and leaves spaces for broad interpretation."[2] Mitchell has been described as "a chameleon, able to take on completely different musical personas across of fast array of situations."[9]

Another New York Times reviewer observed that "Mitchell has his guideposts as an improviser, including Paul Bley and Andrew Hill, pioneers of stubborn poise and self-containment".[3] Mitchell's playing reflects a thorough understanding of his predecessors but remains powerfully singular: "Mitchell is special [...] because he weaves together understanding of perhaps four distinct and critical jazz piano traditions, pulling in impressionistic texture from Bill Evans/Herbie Hancock, ravenous but dynamic attack from Cecil Taylor/Don Pullen, the rhythmic rush of Bud Powell, and the comfort with abstract melodic logic of Paul Bley. Does Mitchell, therefore, sound schizophrenic or derivative? No – over and over he sounds like himself: the most complete and well-integrated improvising pianist of the last 15 years."[10]

Compositions

Mitchell commented that "I aim to think compositionally when improvising and think improvisationally when composing – trying to expand what is possible in both scenarios."[1]

Awards

Mitchell was awarded a Pew Fellowships in the Arts in 2012.[11]

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recordedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes
2000Adenium (v. 1)ScrappleAs Kaktus; trio, with Aaron Meicht (trumpet), Lars Halle (drums)
2000Adenium (v. 2)ScrappleAs Kaktus; trio, with Aaron Meicht (trumpet), Lars Halle (drums)
2001Sharing the DryScrappleAs Kaktus; trio, with Aaron Meicht (trumpet), Lars Halle (drums)
2002FeignerScrappleAs Feigner; trio, with Aaron Meicht (trumpet, electronics), Brendan Dougherty (drums, electronics)
2004Laughter only Feigned ReproachScrappleAs Feigner; trio, with Aaron Meicht and Brendan Dougherty (electronics)
2005Vapor Squint, Antique ChromaticScrappleSolo
2013*FictionPiDuo, with Ches Smith (drums)
2015*Vista AccumulationPiQuartet, with Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet), Christopher Tordini (bass), Dan Weiss (drums)
2017*FørageScrewgunSolo
2017*A Pouting GrimacePiWith Scott Robinson (bass sax, contrabass clarinet), Jon Irabagon (soprano sax, sopranino sax), Ben Kono (oboe, English horn), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Anna Webber (flute), Katie Andrews (harp), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, marimba), Ches Smith (vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba, timpani, percussion), Dan Weiss (tabla), Kim Cass (double bass), Kate Gentile (drums, percussion)
2018*Angel DuskScrewgunDuo, with Tim Berne (alto sax)

As sideman

Year recordedLeaderTitleLabel
2003*{{sortnameThinking Plague}A History of MadnessCuneiform
2006*Ralph|Alessi}}AnastomosiAbeat
2011*{{sortnamenolink="1"}What Is the Beautiful?Cuneiform
2011Tim|Berne}}SnakeoilECM
2012*Michael|Attias|nolink="1"}}Spun TreeClean Feed Records
2012*Darius|Jones|Darius Jones (saxophonist)}}Book of Mæ'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise)AUM Fidelity
2012*Mike|Lorenz|nolink="1"}}Of the WoodsMike Lorenz Music
2012Dave|Douglas|Dave Douglas (trumpeter)}}Be StillGreenleaf Music
2013Tim|Berne}}Shadow ManECM
2013Dave|Douglas|Dave Douglas (trumpeter)}}Time TravelGreenleaf Music
2014*Dan|Weiss|nolink="1"}}FourteenPi
2014*Anna|Webber|nolink="1"}}SimpleSkirl
2014Rudresh|Mahanthappa}}Bird CallsACT
2015Mario|Pavone}}Blue DialectClean Feed Records
2015*Dave|Douglas|Dave Douglas (trumpeter)}}Brazen HeartGreenleaf Music
2015*Dave|Douglas|Dave Douglas (trumpeter)}}Brazen Heart – Live at Jazz StandardGreenleaf Music
2015Tim|Berne}}You've Been Watching MeECM
2015*Tineke|Postma}} and Greg OsbySonic HaloChallenge
2016*Quinsin|Nachoff|nolink="1"}}FluxMythology
2016Sebastian|Noelle|nolink="1"}}ShelterFresh Sound New Talent
2017Steve|Coleman}}MorphogenesisPi
2017*Mario|Pavone}}ChromePlayscape
2017Jonathan|Finlayson|nolink="1"}}Moving StillPi
2017Tim|Berne}}IncidentalsECM
2017 (released 2018)John|Hollenbeck|John Hollenbeck (musician)}}All Can WorkNew Amsterdam
2018*Dan|Weiss|nolink="1"}}StarebabyPi
2018Jonathan|Finlayson|nolink="1"}}3 Times RoundPi
2018*Quinsin|Nachoff|nolink="1"}}Path of TotalityWhirlwind

References

1. ^"Matt Mitchell". Scrapple Records. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
2. ^Ratliff, Ben (October 6, 2011) [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/arts/music/four-young-pianists-on-the-rise-in-the-jazz-scene.html?pagewanted=all "New Pilots at the Keyboard"]. The New York Times.
3. ^Chinen, Nate (August 10, 2012) [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/arts/music/matt-mitchell-with-trio-at-greenwich-house.html "New Compositions from a Trio Propelled by Piano"]. The New York Times.
4. ^Layman, Will (November 22, 2013) "Matt Mitchell: Fiction". popmatters.com
5. ^Beuttler, Bill (February 2015) "Rudresh Mahanthappa – Moving the Eye". Down Beat. pp. 32, 34.
6. ^"Matt Mitchell Études" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401145412/http://www.screwgunrecords.com/scoresmm.php?pageid=scoresmm |date=2013-04-01 }}. Screwgun Records. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-pouting-grimace-matthew-mitchell-pi-recordings-review-by-karl-ackermann.php |title=Matthew Mitchell: A Pouting Grimace |last=Ackermann |first=Karl |website=AllAboutJazz |publisher= |date= October 15, 2017|access-date=December 30, 2017 |quote=}}
8. ^{{cite magazine |last=Panken |first=Ted |date=January 2018 |title=Matt Mitchell – Generous Bandleader |url= |magazine=DownBeat |location= |publisher= |access-date=}}
9. ^Ackermann, Karl (October 15, 2017) [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-pouting-grimace-matthew-mitchell-pi-recordings-review-by-karl-ackermann.php "Matthew Mitchell: A Pouting Grimace"]. AllAboutJazz.
10. ^Layman, Will (October 9, 2018) [https://www.popmatters.com/jonathan-finlayson-3-times-round-2611001537.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3 "Jonathan Finlayson's Jazz Is Cerebral and Strutting on '3 Times Round'"]. popmatters.com
11. ^"Matthew Mitchell". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
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