The Marion Art Center is pleased to welcome the return of David Mitton to the MAC Stage with his band The Nomadic Trio, featuring Stefano Battaglia on bass and Miki Matsuki on drums. The concert is scheduled Friday, June 28 at 7:30 pm (doors at 7:00). Tickets, $20 for MAC members and $23 for nonmembers, are available now at marionartcenter.org/events.
Mitton is a saxophonist and composer, and as a member of multiple bands has been playing throughout the local region for the last decade. He has recorded three instrumental albums as The David Mitton Project, with music consisting of sound ideas that he has chosen to document. Mitton’s compositional style is a dynamic combination of composed and improvised music. He draws from influences like Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Eric Dolphy, Woody Shaw, Dave Holland, Charles Mingus and many more. David is a graduate of Longy in Cambridge, MA, where he earned a degree as a master of Modern American Music in 2010.
Stefano Battaglia is an Italian double bass player and composer based in New York. He performed with artists like George Garzone, Kenny Werner, Dave Kikoski, Francisco Mela, Bob Moses, Leo Genovese, Walter Smith III, Dayna Stephens, Jonathan Kreisberg, Logan Richardson, Jason Palmer, Bruce Ditmas, Benito Gonzalez, Terry Riley, Ludus Gravis. He has performed in Newport, Toronto, Roma, Buenos Aires, Dominican Republic jazz festivals, Lincoln Center NY, Carnegie Hall. Battaglia is on recordings for ECM, Wergo, Philology, Auditorium Parco Della Musica. He graduated at Berklee College of Music of Boston, USA, at Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Roma, Italy and he completed a master program at Berklee Global Jazz Institute of Boston.
Drummer Miki Matsuki was born in Matsuyama, Japan. She moved to the United States to study jazz at the Berklee College of Music in 1996. During her school years, Ms. Matsuki’s band was selected “Best of Berklee” in 2000. Since graduating from Berklee, she has performed and recorded in various musical settings including soundtrack work, the performances at the radio and television broadcasting stations, a tour of Korea, etc. Ms. Matsuki has performed with great musicians, including Wynton Marsalis, Joanne Brackeen, George Garzone, John Tchicai, Darren Barrett, Frank Lacy, Cecil Brooks, Dave Bryant, Stan Strickland and many others. She received her MM and GPD in Modern American Music Performance from the Longy School of Music with full scholarship and the award.