DESCRIPTION:
A composition by Matt Holman, based on a sketch by Jeremy Udden.

Live at Doulgass St Music Collective, Brooklyn, NY. June 7th, 2012.

Matt Holman, trumpet
Jeremy Udden, sax
Jarrett Cherner, piano
Martin Nevin, bass
Ziv Ravitz, drums

www.sketchesmusic.com

Started in 2011, SKETCHES is a collective jazz quintet in which each member writes music based on another member's musical idea. Before each rehearsal members post a sketch from their notebook (e.g. any musical fragment, a collection of fragments, an incomplete tune) and another member uses that as the basis for a new composition. Inherent in each piece is the challenge of blending two distinct musical personalities, yet with an ensemble of strong composers and sensitive performers, the results have been really exciting... and the band's repertoire continues to expand!

Members of the project are leaders of their own bands and all in-demand sideman as well, having performed and/or recorded with Lee Konitz, Fred Hersch, Darcy James Argue, Joe Lovano, Steve Lacy, George Garzone, Aaron Goldberg, Aaron Parks, & Esperanza Spalding, among many others. They have also garnered multiple accolades from the Young Jazz Composer Awards as well as both national and international performance competitions.