ArtistInfo

Fight The Big Bull

Band, US
Rock and Jazz

Fight the Big Bull is a Richmond, Virginia based improvisatory ensemble with two 2010 recordings selected for NPR's best of the year lists. The band was founded in the mid-00s by guitarist Matthew E. White, one of the organizers of the Patchwork Collective, an arts group dedicated to creating a vital local music scene. The original configuration- called simply Fight the Bull- was a trio with drummer Pinson Chanselle and trombonist Bryan Hooten. The group was subsequently expanded to eight players (or nine, with the occasional addition of ex-Agents of Good Roots percussionist Brian Jones.) The band has had several notable collaborations, notably with Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark and with NYC-based slide trumpeter/composer Steven Bernstein (the latter captured on the 2010 recording "Al

Members

	Brian Jones dr, voc
	J.C. Kuhl sax
	Bob Miller tr
	Pinson Chanselle dr, perc
	Cameron Ralston b, perc US
	Reggie Pace tb
	Bryan Hooten tb
	Matthew E. White voc, g *1982 US