Fight the Big Bull
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Fight the Big Bull is a Richmond, Virginia
based improvisatory ensemble with two 2010 recordings selected for NPR's best of the year lists. The band was founded in the mid-00s by guitarist Matt White
, one of the organizers of the Patchwork Collective, an arts group dedicated to creating a vital local music scene. The original configuration- called simply Fight the Bull- was a trio with drummer Pinson Chanselle and trombonist Bryan Hooten. The group was subsequently expanded to eight players (or nine, with the occasional addition of ex-Agents of Good Roots
percussionist Brian Jones
.) The band has had several notable collaborations, notably with Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark
and with NYC-based slide trumpeter/composer Steven Bernstein (the latter captured on the 2010 recording "All is Gladness in the Kingdom.") They also collaborated with alternative folk singer David Karsten Daniels
, with White providing arrangement to his critically well-received 2010 Thoreau project "I Mean to Live Here Still." A performance with Daniels at the NYC club "La Poisson Rouge' was reviewed by the New York Times.
Forthcoming projects include the summer 2011 release of a 2010 recording with Justin Vernon and Megafaun
. In 2011 White formed Spacebomb Records, featuring members of Fight the Big Bull backing musicians including Washington-based indie folk-rocker Karl Blau
and NYC jazz bass clarinet
ist Jason Stein.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
based improvisatory ensemble with two 2010 recordings selected for NPR's best of the year lists. The band was founded in the mid-00s by guitarist Matt White
Matt White
Matthew White is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist and former directeur sportif for ....
, one of the organizers of the Patchwork Collective, an arts group dedicated to creating a vital local music scene. The original configuration- called simply Fight the Bull- was a trio with drummer Pinson Chanselle and trombonist Bryan Hooten. The group was subsequently expanded to eight players (or nine, with the occasional addition of ex-Agents of Good Roots
Agents of Good Roots
Agents of Good Roots was an American rock band from Richmond, Virginia.The group formed in 1995 and toured heavily on college campuses in the middle of the decade. They independently released two records before signing to RCA Records, after which they toured with Dave Matthews Band and scored two...
percussionist Brian Jones
Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones , known as Brian Jones, was an English musician and a founding member of the Rolling Stones....
.) The band has had several notable collaborations, notably with Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark is an American jazz composer and saxophone and clarinet player.A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered compositions, which typically balance intricate orchestration with passionate...
and with NYC-based slide trumpeter/composer Steven Bernstein (the latter captured on the 2010 recording "All is Gladness in the Kingdom.") They also collaborated with alternative folk singer David Karsten Daniels
David Karsten Daniels
David Karsten Daniels is an American singer-songwriter born in Lubbock, Texas on August 20, 1979. His early years were spent in Montgomery, Alabama, Princeton, NJ and Dallas, Texas singing in school and church choirs. In college, David majored in Music Composition and played double-bass in the...
, with White providing arrangement to his critically well-received 2010 Thoreau project "I Mean to Live Here Still." A performance with Daniels at the NYC club "La Poisson Rouge' was reviewed by the New York Times.
Forthcoming projects include the summer 2011 release of a 2010 recording with Justin Vernon and Megafaun
Megafaun
Megafaun is an American psych-folk band based in Durham, North Carolina.-History:Brothers Brad Cook and Phil Cook are from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and Joe Westerlund is from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They first met at the H.O.R.D.E. festival in 1997, and played together in various combinations,...
. In 2011 White formed Spacebomb Records, featuring members of Fight the Big Bull backing musicians including Washington-based indie folk-rocker Karl Blau
Karl Blau
Karl Blau is an indie rock and folk musician based in Anacortes, Washington, and member of the Knw-Yr-Own/K Records collective. His music is eclectic, incorporating elements of folk, dub, R&B, bossa nova, grunge, hip hop, drone, and worldbeat....
and NYC jazz bass clarinet
Bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
ist Jason Stein.
Members
- Matt White – Guitar
- Cameron Ralston – Bass
- Pinson Chanselle – Drums
- Bryan Hooten – Trombone
- Reggie Pace – Trombone
- John LilleyJohn LilleyJohn Lilley is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, guitar teacher and landscape gardener, best known for being a member of rock band The Hooters.-Early life:...
– Saxophone - Jason ScottJason ScottJason Scott may refer to:*Jason Scott Sadofsky , American archivist and historian of technology, commonly known as Jason Scott*Jason Lee Scott, fictional character played by Austin St...
– Saxophone - Bob Miller – Trumpet
- Brian Jones – Percussion