Matt Mayhall & Andy Clausen play at Havalina

Andy Clausen is a Brooklyn-based trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator. Best known as a founding member of genre-bending brass quartet The Westerlies, Andy is also a frequent collaborator with a wide range of artists including Fleet Foxes, Aoife O’Donovan, Haley Heynderickx, Conrad Tao, Nico Muhly, and Dave Douglas, and a prolific composer for visual media, audio storytelling, and concert music. 2024 marks the debut of Andy’s solo project “Few Ill Words: Solo Trombone at The TANK,” recorded in the profound reverberation of an abandoned railroad water silo in rural Colorado. 

Matt Mayhall has been characterized by Modern Drummer as an artist “who rolls his diverse skills into one untidy, rumbling package.” Over the past two decades he has worked with an eclectic range of world-renowned performers in jazz, improvised music, singer-songwriter, folk, indie rock, indie pop, American roots music and performance art. He has worked with many internationally-known improvisers including Jeff Parker, Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, David Binney, Todd Sickafoose, Anthony Wilson, and Tim Lefebvre. He has also toured with Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, Liz Phair, Susanna Hoffs, and Dar Williams.
Mayhall has released two critically acclaimed albums as a bandleader, receiving favorable reviews in publications such as Downbeat, Bandcamp Daily, and Stereogum. He currently resides in the Pacific Northwest and co-leads the Sound Creation Trio, a collaborative ensemble with Portland-based guitarist Mike Gamble and bassist Andrew Jones. “Matt Mayhall’s drums burn with a self-contained fury; at other times, he develops a rhythmic chatter that accentuates the poetry of the beats… [His music] shows just how strong subtlety can resonate, and how nuance can be the driving force of creative vision.” – Bandcamp Daily