Jay Rattman

Jay Rattman is a freelance improvisor, composer and woodwind multi-instrumentalist based in New York City, originally from Stroudsburg, PA. With a discography of over 60 records with artists as varied as Phil Woods, the Anna Webber-Angela Morris Big Band, Rachael & Vilray, The New Wonders, The EarRegulars, Stefon Harris, Railroad Earth, and Chet Lam, his musical sensitivity and spontaneity have placed him in demand in a wide range of settings from contemporary classical chamber music to early jazz, klezmer, creative improvised music, straight ahead jazz and everything in between. He has performed at most of the major jazz clubs in New York in addition to the Newport Jazz Festival, the Coachella Festival, the Bern Jazz Festival, Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Late Show, and the Tonight Show. He recently released two albums of original music, In the Towns, and A Decorated Fish for Your Wall.