Slingshot
Improv Trio
CD Release Party
Slingshot Improv Trio's debut album, Elasticity, drops on May 29. Recorded live in Santa Cruz over the last few years, Elasticity is playful and experimental. Most of the music was made up on the spot, but we snuck a few actual songs in there too.
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Hear a preview of the album here.
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The CD Release Party is Friday, May 29, 2026 at Woodhouse Brewing in Santa Cruz. We hope to see you there.
Slingshot Improv Trio
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With a big map and no planned destination, this trio of seasoned improvisers from the jazz, funk, and jamband worlds use song and structure the way spacecraft use planets: not to land and stay, but to slingshot around and be propelled back out into the galaxy. During this mostly-improv show, a familiar song could materialize at any time. Or not. All we can promise is that nobody knows what’s going to happen.​
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Slingshot Improv Trio is
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Guitar and Vocals: Matt Hartle (China Cats, Painted Mandolin, Shady Groove, Grateful Sundays with The Hartle Gold Band)
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Bass: Pete Novembre (OM Trio, Coffee Zombie Collective, Aza, Elephino)
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Drums: Bret Bailey (Shady Groove, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel, Elephino, BlissNinnies)
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