Matt Smiley
@iammattsmiley.bsky.social
bassist, composer, amateur clarinetist
1999 Mexican Fender Fretless Jazz Bass, newest edition to my bass collection!
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
1999 Mexican Fender Fretless Jazz Bass, newest edition to my bass collection!
Thanks, been looking for your updates from the show!
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Thanks, been looking for your updates from the show!
Bob Marsh hosted free improv festival today in Pueblo, CO, all day long!
June 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bob Marsh hosted free improv festival today in Pueblo, CO, all day long!
John Zorn Cobra rehearsal this morning, with guérilla tactics!
May 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
John Zorn Cobra rehearsal this morning, with guérilla tactics!
Teaching John Zorn’s Cobra this week
May 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Teaching John Zorn’s Cobra this week
Clip from my performance this year at Fort Collins’ FoCoMX festival. Jazz music!
April 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Clip from my performance this year at Fort Collins’ FoCoMX festival. Jazz music!
Day 4 at @BigEarsFestival started with Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins’ Phantom Orchard, followed by the Susan Alcorn Tribute featuring Mary Halvorson. I saw the supergroup Fieldwork (Tyshawn Sorey, Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer), and ended with Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet.
April 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Day 4 at @BigEarsFestival started with Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins’ Phantom Orchard, followed by the Susan Alcorn Tribute featuring Mary Halvorson. I saw the supergroup Fieldwork (Tyshawn Sorey, Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer), and ended with Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet.
Day 3 at @BigEarsFestival was a blast! Kris Davis Trio, Wadada Leo Smith Revolutionary Fire-Love, and his duo with Vijay Iyer. Following that Sylvie Courvoisier’s Chimaera, Tyshawn Sorey Trio, and ending with Jenny Scheinman’s band with Julian Lage, Nels Cline, and Bill Frisell!
March 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Day 3 at @BigEarsFestival was a blast! Kris Davis Trio, Wadada Leo Smith Revolutionary Fire-Love, and his duo with Vijay Iyer. Following that Sylvie Courvoisier’s Chimaera, Tyshawn Sorey Trio, and ending with Jenny Scheinman’s band with Julian Lage, Nels Cline, and Bill Frisell!
Robert Hurst killing it at Big Ears Festival today!
March 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Robert Hurst killing it at Big Ears Festival today!
Great second day of @BigEarsFestival, started off with Nels Cline Singers + Skerik and Cyro Baptista, followed by Sun Ra/Yo La Tengo, then Wadada Leo Smith with the Red Koral String Quartet. After that Bill Frisell’s new group with strings, and ending with Ambrose Akinmusire.
March 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Great second day of @BigEarsFestival, started off with Nels Cline Singers + Skerik and Cyro Baptista, followed by Sun Ra/Yo La Tengo, then Wadada Leo Smith with the Red Koral String Quartet. After that Bill Frisell’s new group with strings, and ending with Ambrose Akinmusire.
Sun Ra Arkestra with Yo La Tengo was amazing at Big Ears Festival!
March 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Sun Ra Arkestra with Yo La Tengo was amazing at Big Ears Festival!
First day of Big Ears Festival, solo Hank Roberts on cello, Charles Lloyd Zakir Hussain tribute featuring Bill Frisell, and ending with an intense free improv concert with Barry Altschul, Mark Helias, Uri Caine, and Jon Irabagon! Music!
March 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
First day of Big Ears Festival, solo Hank Roberts on cello, Charles Lloyd Zakir Hussain tribute featuring Bill Frisell, and ending with an intense free improv concert with Barry Altschul, Mark Helias, Uri Caine, and Jon Irabagon! Music!
Hank Roberts killing it with his opening set at the Big Ears Music Festival. Monk tunes, open improvisations, originals, singing… wow, what an engaging set!
March 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hank Roberts killing it with his opening set at the Big Ears Music Festival. Monk tunes, open improvisations, originals, singing… wow, what an engaging set!
Recording session duo with Ron Coulter today in Casper, WY. Strong AMM vibes today.
June 27, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Recording session duo with Ron Coulter today in Casper, WY. Strong AMM vibes today.