Kasey Knudsen Trio

Three of the Bay Area's most inventive jazz artists come together for an intimate exploration of the classic saxophone-bass-drums trio format. Kasey Knudsen leads the charge on alto saxophone, bringing her distinctive voice that Andrew Gilbert has called "essential" to the Bay Area jazz scene. A Berklee-trained composer and educator, Knudsen draws from bebop, avant-garde, and contemporary jazz, having collaborated with everyone from experimental icon Fred Frith to the indie band Tune-Yards.

Bassist Mat Muntz anchors the group with his boundary-pushing approach to improvisation. A composer who "seeks to find unlikely connections between disparate musical worlds," Muntz extends jazz into microtonal territories and experimental performance practices, creating unconventional orchestrations that span continents and genres.

Drummer Scott Amendola rounds out the trio with his genre-bending prowess and technical virtuosity. Known for fusing jazz with funk, rock, and experimental music, Amendola has spent over three decades collaborating with artists like Nels Cline and Charlie Hunter while exploring live electronic manipulation.

The venue description promises these three creative forces will "dig deep, jump in the pocket, be creative, invite the audience in, and have a blast doing it." They're carrying the torch of a long tradition of saxophone-bass-drums trios, but with their collective background spanning microtonal composition, avant-garde experimentation, and electronic manipulation, expect this to be far from traditional. This is chamber jazz for the adventurous listener, where bebop foundations meet contemporary innovation in an intimate club setting.