Three drummers are now Two; added, piano/synthesizer, still a trilogy of creativity
Rhythms…Grooves…Improv…Swing…the Beat…Shuffling…
Trio…Duos…Solos…
SERIOUS…FUN…SONIC!
Miki Matsuki
Matt Crane
Dave Bryant, piano & synthasizer
BIOS
Bryant's immersion in Coleman's sound—he has conducted master classes in the alto saxophonist's Harmolodic theory and performance at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music—lays the foundation for Night Visitors, taking Coleman's concepts and presenting them in a piano trio format. Bassist Charnett Moffett, who played on the Sound Museum recordings, is also here, as is Gregg Bendian, a drummer with a clamorous, free-swinging drumming style not too far from that of Denardo Coleman, Ornette's son, who held down the drum chair on many of his father's recordings!
Miki was born in Matsuyama, Japan and moved to the US to study jazz at the Berklee College of Music in 1996. She has performed in various musical settings including soundtrack work, performances at radio and television broadcasting stations, concerts at Symphony Hall, a tour of Korea, and more. Ms. Matsuki has performed with great musicians including Wynton Marsalis, Joanne Brackeen, George Garzone, Darren Barrett, Dave Bryant, Stan Strickland, Charlie Kohlhase, Eric Hofbauer, Garrison Fewell and many others. Ms. Matsuki received her MM and GPD in Modern American Music Performance from the Longy School of Music with full scholarship and the award.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Matt Crane has been playing percussion since before he was in school. From playing in a fourth grade band on a drum set fabricated out of ice cream bins, to playing punk rock in the early eighties, to discovering jazz and playing with Ornette Coleman, his musical development has been continual and exponential. Focusing on pure improvisation since the early nineties, he currently lives and works in Rhode Island and continues to collaborate, perform, and record widely.