Way Out West Concert Series - Matt Renzi's "Arm-Sized Legging"
Arm Sized Legging is project consisting of woodwinds (saxophone, oboe, english horn), violin, cello, bass and drums, playing a repertoire of all original compositions. The music explores textures and colors as well as the various sonorities of the strings, woodwinds and drums combined together in a unique way. Although many parts are written out, there is also plenty of room for improvisation and the group makes use of free-form as well as traditional song forms to use as the basis of collective soloing. The addition of the cello to the standard Jazz saxophone trio adds a contemporary classical flavor to the mix.
Matt Renzi- saxophone, oboe, english horn
Helen Newby- cello
John Wiitala- bass
Tim Bulkley- drums