A Rare Matt Brewer Recording and the Warehouse Sound of ShapeShifter Lab

Podcast: Close Enough for Jazz · Birch Grove

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

We open the vault for another installment of our Blind Pig series, traveling back to October 16, 2014, for a rare bootleg of Matt Brewer's group Mythology live at ShapeShifter Lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. In this episode, we revisit the night of Brewer's record release gig and analyze how the live quintet lineup—featuring Brewer on bass, Steve Lehman on alto, Mark Shim on tenor, David Virelles on piano, and Gerald Cleaver on drums—delivered a raw, guitar-less take on the compositions from his debut album as a leader. We explore the unique acoustic environment of ShapeShifter Lab, founded by Matthew Garr...