JEFF COFFIN, saxophonist of Dave Matthews Band - and 3x Grammy Award winner with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (1997-2010) – mu’tates once again with his unclassifiable, genre smashing, all-star band, JEFF COFFIN & the MU’TET, on their new Ear Up Records recording SIDE UP. In the Mu’tet are some of the finest musicians on the planet. Fellow Flecktone & 5x Grammy Award winner ROY ‘FUTUREMAN’ WOOTEN on acoustic drums, FELIX PASTORIUS (bassist with the Yellowjackets & son of Jaco Pastorius) on electric bass, BILL ‘THE SPACEMAN’ FANNING on trumpet & space trumpet & CHRIS WALTERS on acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond B-3 organ & melodica. Joining the Mu’tet on SIDE UP are a number of equally world class, top call, guest musicians. From tabla to tambourine, harp to harmonium, horns to harmonica, this recording embodies Coffin’s musical vision as a bandleader, composer and instrumentalist. Coffin again reaches into a deep musical well with this astonishing new studio recording – and his always accessible, memorable, sometimes haunting, original compositions continue to be influenced by diverse cultures of music from around the globe. All the photographs contained on this project (as well as his previous recordings, INTO THE AIR, MU’TOPIA & BLOOM) were taken by Jeff. The CD artwork on SIDE UP is all street graffiti from Brasil. “This group can be anything we want it to be. This is not a quartet, a quintet or a septet…it’s a Mu’tet!” – JC been mu’tated…lately? THE MU’TET: Jeff Coffin – saxophones, electro-sax, percussion Roy ‘Futureman’ Wooten – drums, percussion Felix Pastorius – electric bass Bill Fanning – trumpet, space trumpet Chris Walters – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer, B-3, Fender Rhodes, melodica GUEST MU’SICIANS: Zakir Hussain – tabla Herlin Riley – tambourine Radha Botofasina – harp Ryoko Suzuki – harmonium James DaSilva – guitar R. Scott Bryan – congas Pat Bergeson – harmonica Rod McGaha – trumpet Mike Haynes – trumpet Roy Agee – trombone Barry Green – trombone Denis Solee – tenor sax JC SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY As a leader: JEFF COFFIN & the MU’TET Go-Round (2001) Bloom (2005) Mutopia (2008) Live! (2011) Into the Air (2012) Side Up (2014) JEFF COFFIN & JEFF SIPE Duet (2011) THE JEFF COFFIN ENSEMBLE Outside the Lines (1997) JEFF COFFIN TRIO Commonality (1999) As a sideman: w/DAVE MATTHEWS BAND The Best of What’s Around Vol. 1 (Encore CD) (2006) Live at Mile High Music Festival (2008) Live Trax 2008 (2008) Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009) Live Trax Vol. 15 (2009) Europe 2009 (2009) Live Trax Vol. 19 (2010) Live in New York City (2010) Live at Wrigley Field (2011) Away from the World (2012) w/BELA FLECK & the FLECKTONES Left of Cool (1998) Greatest Hits of the Twentieth Century (1999) Outbound (2000) *GRAMMY WINNER/BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ RECORD Live at the Quick (2002) Little Worlds (2003) The Hidden Land (2006) *GRAMMY WINNER/BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ RECORD Jingle All the Way (2008) *GRAMMY WINNER/BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL RECORD w/UMPHREY’S McGEE Mantis (2009) Death by Stereo (2011) w/TRIODES Chunked (2009) w/CAGE THE ELEPHANT Melophobia (2013) w/MONDO TRIO (Jeff Babko, Jeff Coffin & Vinnie Colaiuta) Mondo Trio (2007) w/JONATHAN SCALES Plot/Scheme (2008) Character Farm and Other Short Stories (2011) w/JON FOREMAN Fall EP (2007) CHARLIE PEACOCK & JEFF COFFIN Arc of the Circle (2006) w/VICTOR WOOTEN What Did He Say (1997) Soul Circus (2005) Palmystery (2008) w/PEDROSAXO Pedrosaxo (2014)