Perpetual Motion and Matt Skellenger/Matt Reid Duo

Perpetual Motion with the Matt Skellenger/Matt Reid Duo
Perpetual Motion joins forces with the Matt Skellenger/Matt Reid Duo for an evening of instrumental music that moves freely between jazz, world music, acoustic fusion, groove, and improvisation.
Josie Quick (violin) and Tom Carleno (guitar) have been performing together as Perpetual Motion for more than two decades. Their music combines the intimacy of a violin-and-guitar duo with an expansive musical vocabulary shaped by jazz, folk, world music, and contemporary instrumental music. Their performances feature intricate arrangements, rhythmic interplay, improvisation, and plenty of room for the unexpected. The duo recently released their eighth studio album, Go With The Flow, their first new album in seven years.
The Matt Skellenger/Matt Reid Duo brings a different sonic palette to the evening. Bassist Matt Skellenger and trumpeter Matt Reid combine jazz, fusion, funk, world music, electronic textures, and live looping. Their music can move from deep grooves to spacious, exploratory passages, with the two musicians building a surprisingly expansive sound from just bass, trumpet, effects, and loops.
Although the two duos approach their music from very different directions, they share a love of improvisation and the possibilities of the duo format. Both create music through close musical interaction, allowing compositions to breathe and evolve in performance.
Come hear two distinctive Denver instrumental duos share the stage at Swallow Hill for an evening of music that crosses boundaries.