“He’s a master of evaporating tones, and every chord he plays is broken crystal — sharp and translucent.”

“Combining a rhythmic complexity that wouldn’t sound out of date on a Steve Coleman record with an eternal linearity that’s like postmodern Tristano, Mitchell synthesizes sounds and idioms with breathtaking ease.”

“Scene stealer: Matt Mitchell’s turbulent piano solos with both Mahanthappa’s quintet and Douglas’ quintet were consistently compelling, even startling. He found freedom within the forms, assimilating sweepingly abstract passages of two-handed abandon into puzzle-box, yet always fluid, improvisations.”

• The New York Times, September 29, 2013
• Point of Departure [bottom of page]
• Popmatters
• Marlbank
• All About Jazz: Glenn Astarita
• All About Jazz: Mark Corroto
• Philadelphia Magazine, December 27, 2013

• The New York Times
• Free Jazz Blog
• All About Jazz: Dan Bilawsky
• All About Jazz: Mark Corroto
• All About Jazz: Hrayr Attarian
• AudAud

Also:

• 2015 El Intruso Critic’s Poll: Musician of the Year (5th place), Pianist of the year (1st place), Group of the Year with Tim Berne’s Snakeoil (1st place)

• Up and Coming Artist of the Year nominee, 2014, Jazz Journalists Association

• NPR Jazz Critics Poll, 2013

• NYTimes Popcast: “The Year in Jazz,” December 2013 [~ minute 25]