Three instrumentalists have come together on a steep hill north of New York City to live-compose
State Fair (Adhyaropa Records – January 2026) – an album, tour, and ethos that is lyrical, textural, evil,
funky. They use drums, homemade percussion (bamboo to plastic waste), a range of guitars, a unique,
reedless saxophone, and modified electric piano to conjure something both joyous and chaotic―an
experience not unlike the first trip to the state fair as a child.
Billy Martin (aka Illy B) a founding member of Medeski, Martin and Wood, has played with John Lurie’s
Lounge Lizards, John Zorn’s Cobra ensembles and countless other uncompromising groups. He has
relentlessly pursued diverse musical contexts, free improvisation, chamber compositions, and film
scores. Billy is also prolific with new instrument design, film-making and visual art.
Matt Glassmeyer crafts innovative sounds in Slow Accordion with Oliver Wood (Nashville), Hompulon
(Brooklyn: Brian Drye, Tim Keiper, Dana Lyn, Tom Spiker) and Live Band with Nashville session
creatives. He also has a long-standing duo with Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers. Matt is the inventor of
the reedless saxophone, the shuitar, and a new approach to the electric piano.
Jonathan Goldberger’s clever guitar playing is featured with Red Baraat, John Zorn, Jim Black, Joe
Russo’s Selcouth Quartet and other progressive groups. He leads the acoustic collective Surface to Air
and Visitors (with JP Schlegelmilch and Jim Black), one of Rolling Stone’s 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2018.
