Bassist Reed Mathis has announced his new solo project, entitled Reed Mathis In the Now, along with a batch of Southwest tour dates this month that will present the group live for the first time.

Reed Mathis has announced a one-off appearance with his In The Now ensemble. The group will perform their first gig on US soil on Friday, April 12, at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, Calif., ...

To say that the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's music transcends boundaries and expands minds is an understatement. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's bold, amorphous and visceral music is influenced just as much by ...

Bassist Reed Mathis has expressed a lot of versatility in his career. He has worked with sacred steel guitar act Roosevelt Collier and Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, among others. He has held ...

The musicians in Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey thrive on change. When bassist Reed Mathis and keyboardist Brian Haas formed the trio fifteen years ago, they focused on a blend of post-bop and post-James ...

Reed Mathis is somewhat surprised when I call him an instigator. Yet, there is a discernible musical prod at the core of his playing and personality. Mathis is a once-or-twice in a generation player, ...

Bassist Reed Mathis wants to make you dance to Beethoven — and he doesn’t mean the cheesy disco hit “A Fifth of Beethoven.” With his new band, Electric Beethoven, Mathis has reimagined Beethoven’s ...