Album Notes

Take one part Bluegrass fiddling and combine with Classical technique and compositional chops, add a range of improvisation, especially Jazz flavor, and you might get a recipe for the Orange Mighty Trio’s fresh new music. The Minneapolis-based instrumentalists define themselves with the tongue-in-cheek term “bluegrassical,” and use humor, spontaneity and onstage interaction to capture a growing audience for their adventurous violin, piano and bass pairing.

Their new album, and first full-length release, is titled "Infrastructure," with a general theme of transportation. The title draws on the traditional theme of traveling that was often used as fodder for early folk music, and is an attempt to modernize this genre for the 21st century.

Press for "Infrastructure":

“Violinist Zack Kline, pianist Mike Vasich, and bassist Nick Gaudette are all top-notch musicians who seem in particular sync to one another's quirks and are versatile enough to handle whatever their fervid imaginations come up with.” -- Minneapolis City Pages

“Having fine-tuned its uncanny brand of orchestral roots music since 2007's debut EP, the Orange Mighty Trio finally has a full-length disc to tout, "Infrastructure...." Zack Kline... leads the group through 13 originals that rival Spaghetti Western String Co. in sweeping, cinematic quality.” -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

Other press for The Orange Mighty Trio:

“Cobbles together jazz, classical, and American roots into a kind of maverick chamber music.” -- Minneapolis City Pages

“Delightfully adventurous…sometimes playful, sometimes dark, sometimes airy, always fascinating.”
-- Pulse of the Twin Cities

“OMT meanders happily through jazz and chamber-music styles that would make the group equally at home playing the Dakota, guesting with the Minnesota Orchestra or playing at a county fair.” -- The Onion

“Combines mountainy roots music with urban jazz and hints of classical, careening between beautiful, bold, and a bit of bombast.” -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

“An intriguing fusion of contemporary chamber music with American roots music" -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

“This is a highly spirited group of musicians on their way to a bright future.” -- Twin Cities Daily Planet