Reed Mathis
| Reed Mathis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 September 1976 Tulsa, Oklahoma United States |
| Genres | jam band, rock, ambient, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Producer |
| Instruments | bass, guitar, cello, piano, sitar, mandolin, banjo |
| Labels | Surfdog, Hyena Records |
| Associated acts | Tea Leaf Green, Marco Benevento, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Steve Kimock, 7 Walkers, Rhythm Devils, Billy & the Kids |
Reed Mathis is a bass player who is best known as a former member of Tea Leaf Green. The Bay Area rooted player has also notably worked with Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann. He played with Steve Kimock Band, and was a founding member of Tulsa progressive jazz band Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.
Mathis comes from a prolific musical family and started learning the fundamentals of classical music when he was four years old. Before picking up the bass guitar at eleven, he spent time studying piano, cello, and voice. His early influences included Beethoven, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Cliff Burton of Metallica, Michael Jackson, and Jimi Hendrix.
When Mathis was fifteen he performed Vivaldi's "Mandolin Concerto in D" on mandolin with members of the Tulsa Philharmonic. At sixteen he attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts near Traverse City, Michigan, where he was the top-ranked bassist in the program. While at the academy he developed a love of jazz music, and began transcribing and memorizing the music of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and bass virtuoso, Jaco Pastorius.
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