Matt Mitchell

Matt Mitchell is a pianist and composer at the center of New York's creative and improvised music scene, known for music that sits at the crossing of acoustic, electric, composed, and improvised forms. Born in 1975 in Exton, Pennsylvania, he studied at Indiana University and the Eastman School of Music before settling in New York. He has a long association with saxophonist Tim Berne, including a central role in Berne's band Snakeoil, and has led a series of acclaimed albums for Pi Recordings and Screwgun Records. His own groups draw on longtime collaborators such as Kim Cass, Kate Gentile, Dan Weiss, and Ches Smith.