Matt Smiley presents John Zorn's Cobra

Bassist, composer, and educator Matt Smiley navigates his broad sonic world with imagination, openness, and artistic vision. Matt merges his deep roots in the jazz bass tradition with modern explorations of sound, texture, and improvisation from the world of contemporary composition, making him a favorite and frequent collaborator of creative musicians across a variety of musical genres.

Matt has toured nationally and internationally, appearing on stages, festival performances, and university residencies in the United States, Costa Rica, and the Netherlands. He has performed with bandleaders and composers including David Murray, Terrell Stafford, Greg Osby, Vinny Golia, Tony Malaby, and Sam Newsome.

His recent album Binnen Buiten features his mentor David Pope on tenor saxophone, and drummers Dru Heller and Ron Coulter, playing open form improvisation, gestures, and jazz standard forms.

Matt Smiley - conducting

Chris Hewitt – drums/percussion

Russ Callison – guitar

Zach Howarth – drums

Spencer Zweifel – keys

Adam MacBlane – trumpet

Nathan Radich - saxophone

Sean Hamilton – percussion, electronics

Enion Pelta-tiller – violin

Thaddeus Bromstrup – guitar

Sarah Christensen – flute

Mike Brown - bass