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‘State Fête’ captures the raw friction of three minds working in real-time to solve a puzzle they are creating as they go. It is a celebratory work that refuses to shy away from the darker or more chaotic corners of the human experience. - James Broscheid, The Big Takeover
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What sets State Fête apart is its organic origin as a fully improvised session—remarkably, the musicians had never played together before—resulting in music that feels alive, unpredictable, and profoundly human.
- Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz |
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The album captures a wide dynamic and emotional range, presenting three seasoned improvisers creating in real time. The album is fully-improvised and represents some of the first sounds they have made together. The album pushes the concept of live composition, rich with concrete motifs and vast range of textures.
Billy Martin (@illybeats), a founding member of Medeski, Martin and Wood, has played with John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, John Zorn's Cobra ensembles and countless other uncompromising groups. He has relentlessly pursued diverse musical contexts, from free improvisation to chamber compositions to film scores. Matt Glassmeyer (@meadownoise) makes innovative sounds with a variety of adventurous players in Nashville and New York. Groups include Slow Accordion with Oliver Wood, duo with Jano Rix of the Wood Brothers, Hompulon with Brooklyn creatives Tim Keiper, Brian Drye, Dana Lyn, Tom Spiker and Jonathan Goldberger. Matt is the inventor of the reedless tenor saxophone, new percussion concepts, and has a singular approach to the electric piano. Jonathan Goldberger's (@jgoldberger) unique guitar playing is featured with Red Baraat, John Zorn, Jim Black, Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet and many other progressive groups. Jonathan played on the 2025 New York Times #3 jazz record of the year, Ye Olde. His own recordings include the acoustic collective Surface to Air and Visitors (with JP Schlegelmilch and Jim Black), one of Rolling Stone’s 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2018. |
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