Reuben Radding

Styles: Balkan

Bass

Reuben Radding was born in Washington DC to a family of classical musicians, and relocated to New York City in 1988 where he studied contrabass with Mark Dresser and quickly became a busy stalwart of the downtown/improv scene. His powerful sound and sensitive listening has contributed to countless ensembles ranging from Jazz, to Classical, as well as ethnic genres, and he has been featured on over 40 recordings on labels such as Leo Records, AUM Fidelity, Tzadik, Clean Feed, and Knitting Factory Works. His current projects include the Reuben Radding Trio with vibraphonist Matt Moran, and clarinetist Oscar Noriega. Their first album, Intersections, was released in 2005 by Radding's own Pine Ear label featuring his dodecaphonic jazz compositions. The next release from Pine Ear, Fugitive Pieces, is a collection of improvisations derived from graphic and text-based scores featuring Nate Wooley (trumpet), Andrew Drury (percussion), and Matt Bauder (saxophone, clarinet). Radding and Wooley are also members of the group Transit whose CD was released in 2005 by Portugal's Clean Feed label. Frequent collaborations include duo projects with pianist Ursel Schlicht (einstein's dreams, Konnex, 2005), saxophonist Jack Wright (This Is Not An Exit, forthcoming CD from Sachimay Interventions, 2006), Texas trombonist Brian Allen (TromboneContrabass, Braintone, 2005) and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter (much-acclaimed CD, Luminescence on AUM Fidelity), and an improvised chamber trio with Bay-Area violist Tara Flandreau and North Carolina oboeist Carrie Shull (The Branch Will Not Break, Umbrella Recordings, 2005). Reuben Radding has also performed or recorded with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Stuart Dempster, Robert Dick, Saadet Turkoz, Wally Shoup, Wolfgang Fuchs, John Oswald, Dylan VanDerSchyff, Dave Douglas, John Hollenbeck, Ned Rothenberg, Billy Martin, Scott Rosenberg, Anthony Coleman, Butch Morris, Carlos Bechegas, Damon Smith, Michael Bisio, Mary Halvorson, and many others. Reuben Radding is also an accomplished recording engineer and producer, working mostly from his own Studio STATS, in Brooklyn, NY.

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