Editing Trey Anastasio (section)

==Career==
===Phish===
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Anastasio is a founding member  of the rock band [[Phish]], serving as lead guitarist and vocalist since their inception. Phish is noted for their [[musical improvisation]], extended [[jam session|jams]], exploration of a broad range of genres, and original live performances. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 (with the current line up solidifying in 1985), the band includes bassist and vocalist [[Mike Gordon]]; percussionist, vacuum player, and vocalist [[Jon Fishman]]; and keyboardist and vocalist [[Page McConnell]]. Phish performed together for over 20 years, releasing 10 studio albums, disbanding in August 2004. They reunited in March 2009 for a corresponding tour, released a reunion album ''[[Joy (Phish album)|Joy]]'' and have since resumed performing regularly.

====Phish-related projects====
*[[Bivouac Jaun]] in 1984 was a project featuring Anastasio, Phish lyricist [[Tom Marshall (singer)|Tom Marshall]], and one-time Phish collaborator [[Marc Daubert]]. The group recorded a four-track project during Phish's short hiatus in the summer of 1984. Much of the project would be retooled and later featured on the first Phish album, ''[[The White Tape]]'', in 1986.
*Bad Hat, formed in the spring of 1994, included [[Jon Fishman]] on drums, Jamie Masefield on [[mandolin]], and Stacey Starkweather on bass. They casually played improvisational jazz around Burlington, Vermont, for a few months, with the first of several shows at Last Elm Cafe. They billed themselves as "the quietest band around".
*[[Surrender to the Air]] was a free jazz ensemble led by Anastasio and featuring Fishman, as well as [[Marshall Allen]], Damon Choice, and [[Michael Ray (trumpeter)]] of [[The Sun Ra Arkestra]], [[John Medeski]], [[Marc Ribot]], [[Oteil Burbridge]] and several other musicians.  The group performed two concerts at the New York City Arts Academy in April 1996 and disbanded shortly thereafter. The concerts, like the group's sole album, consisted of completely improvised music.
* 8 Foot Fluorescent Tubes, played a show on April 17, 1998 at Higher Grounds featuring Anastasio, Tom Lawson, Heloise Willimas, Tony Markellis, and Russel Lawton.
*[[Phil Lesh and Friends]] (commonly referred to as ''Phil Lesh and Phriends'') in 1999 featured Anastasio and [[Page McConnell]], [[Grateful Dead]] members [[Phil Lesh]] and [[Donna Jean Godchaux]], guitarist [[Steve Kimock]], and drummer John Molo performing three nights of Dead and Phish material at The Warfield in San Francisco. It was the first time members of both Phish and the Dead shared the stage together. On February 12, 2006, Anastasio joined Lesh again for a full show at the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]] in New York City. He did so again on October 20, 2007, in Glens Falls, New York.
*[[SerialPod]] is a trio featuring Anastasio, Gordon and Grateful Dead drummer [[Bill Kreutzmann]]. On December 17, 2005, the band performed at the 14th annual [[Warren Haynes]] Christmas Jam in [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], North Carolina. The group performed a series of Grateful Dead and Phish classics, plus covers from [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and others. Ivan Neville joined the group on keyboards for much of the performance.
*A quartet consisting of the [[Benevento/Russo Duo]], Gordon and Anastasio traded opening and closing spots with Phil Lesh and Friends during their co-headlining summer 2006 tour before touring on their own for a number of shows in July 2006.
* Ghosts of the Forest is a side project for Anastasio and Fishman, which also features vocalist Jennifer Hartswick, guitarist Celisse Henderson, bassist [[Tony Markellis]], and keyboardist [[Ray Paczkowski]]. The group was formed in 2018 and performed a short tour in the spring of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trey Anastasio Forms New Band Ghosts Of The Forest |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/trey-anastasio-ghosts-of-the-forest-tour |website=JamBase |access-date=December 19, 2018 |date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> The ''Ghosts of the Forest'' album, which is credited to Anastasio as a solo artist, was released on April 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trey Anastasio Talks Ghosts Of The Forest Album & Tour |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/trey-anastasio-ghosts-of-the-forest-album-tour |website=JamBase |access-date=March 31, 2019 |date=March 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ghosts of the Forests by Trey Anastasio |website=[[iTunes]] |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/ghosts-of-the-forests/1457758236 |access-date=April 2, 2019 |language=en-us}}</ref>

===Trey Anastasio Band===
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Trey Anastasio Band debuted in 1998 as Eight Foot Fluorescent Tubes, as a local band in Vermont fronted by Anastasio, on April 17 of that year at the opening week of the nightclub Higher Ground, co-owned by his brother-in-law. The band debuted a number of songs heard in Anastasio's live performances today, including "First Tube", "Last Tube", and "Mozambique". [[The Sextet|The Trio]] in 1999 was an evolution of Eight Foot Fluorescent Tubes. Anastasio's first solo tour was with the trio, which included himself, [[Russ Lawton]], and [[Tony Markellis]]. Markellis was an early influence on Anastasio and seeing the bassist perform with the Unknown Blues Band was a major reason he decided to attend UVM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jambands.com/features/2021/05/01/twenty-years-later-tony-markellis-talks-tab/|title=From the Archives: Twenty Years Later: Tony Markellis Talks TAB|date=May 1, 2021|website=Jambands.com|access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>  The trio reunited in late 2008 (along with keyboardist Ray Packowski) for a tour of the Northeast United States. The band expanded to a [[The Sextet|sextet]] in 2000 with three horn players added to the band (Dave Grippo on alto sax, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet and tuba, and Andy Moroz on trombone). Some of the music originally performed by the sextet was later seen on his 2002 release, ''[[Trey Anastasio (album)|Trey Anastasio]]''. A year later they evolved into [[The Octet]] which added [[Ray Paczkowski]] on keyboards and Russell Remington on tenor sax and flute; and [[The Dectet]] in 2002 through 2004 explored complex arrangements and changes of some songs included on ''Trey Anastasio'', and was an evolved version of the octet, now a ten-piece band with the addition of [[Peter Apfelbaum]] on baritone sax and percussion, and [[Cyro Baptista]] on percussion.

On August 10, 2008, Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB played a set at the [[All Points West Music & Arts Festival]] at [[Liberty State Park]] in New Jersey. They opened with "Sand" and played a few other classic Anastasio/Markellis/Lawton compositions (songs that were also later recorded by Phish) including "Gotta Jibboo" and "[[Heavy Things]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phish.net/sideshows/trey-anastasio-band/?d=2008-08-10 |title=Setlist for TAB, 8/10/08|website=Phish.net |access-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref>

On the twentieth anniversary of the original Eight Foot Fluorescent Tubes show, April 17, 2018, Anastasio, Markellis and Lawton embarked on a tour featuring performances of Anastasio songs previously performed by Phish, such as "No Men In No Man's Land", "Camel Walk" and "Party Time" (written by Jon Fishman).

===Solo work===
[[File:Trey-Anastasio2009 2.jpg|thumb|Anastasio performing in 2009]]
Anastasio was featured on the album [[True Love (Toots & the Maytals album)|''True Love'']] by [[Toots and the Maytals]], which won the [[Grammy Award]] in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including [[Willie Nelson]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Gwen Stefani]] / [[No Doubt]], [[Ben Harper]], [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Manu Chao]], [[The Roots]], [[Ryan Adams]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Toots Hibbert]], [[Paul Douglas (musician)|Paul Douglas]], Jackie Jackson, [[Ken Boothe]], and [[The Skatalites]].<ref>[http://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/ "True Love – Linear CD Notes"], Toots and the Maytals. {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20161110054527/http://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/ |date=November 10, 2016 }}>. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> Anastasio can be heard playing guitar on the song "Sweet and Dandy".

In September 2004, he performed with the Vermont Youth Orchestra at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phish.net/sideshows/trey-anastasio-band/?d=2004-09-14|title=Setlist for Trey & VYO, 9/14/04|website=Phish.net |access-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, Anastasio toured with Mike Gordon and the Benevento/Russo Duo. The project, known unofficially as G.R.A.B. played a number of shows with Phil Lesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.relix.com/cgi-bin/content_details.php?id=1850 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707202852/http://www.relix.com/cgi-bin/content_details.php?id=1850 |archive-date=July 7, 2006 |title=Relix.com|date=July 7, 2006|access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>

In July 2007, he released another instrumental album, ''[[The Horseshoe Curve]]'', via his own [[Rubber Jungle Records]].
On August 14, he made a surprise guest appearance in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]] during [[Dave Matthews Band]]'s performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. He sat in and jammed with the band during "[[Lie in Our Graves]]".

In June  2008, Anastasio guested on the [[Robert Randolph and the Family Band|Robert Randolph]] Band's set, who opened for an [[Eric Clapton]] concert.

On August 7, 2008, he played his first post-rehab electric show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York debuting: "Alaska" (electric version; the song was debuted acoustic at Rothbury), "Peggy", "Gone", "Backwards Down the Number Line" (electric version; the song was debuted acoustic at Rothbury), "Valentine", "Greyhound Rising", and "Light". Four of these seven songs have found their way into the Phish live repertoire and on official studio releases.

On September 27, 2008, Anastasio debuted ''[[Time Turns Elastic]]'', an orchestral epic co-created with composer Don Hart, at the [[Ryman Auditorium]] in Nashville Tennessee. The east coast premier of  "[[Time Turns Elastic]]" was performed on May 21, 2009, with conductor [[Marin Alsop]] and the [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall]] in Baltimore, Maryland. The performance also included the debut of the orchestral version of Anastasio's "First Tube".

On September 12, 2009, Anastasio performed "An Evening with Trey Anastasio and the New York Philharmonic" at [[Carnegie Hall]] in Manhattan with the [[New York Philharmonic]], playing various compositions including "Divided Sky","[[You Enjoy Myself]]", and "Time Turns Elastic". This concert was a benefit for his sister, through the Kristy Anastasio Manning Memorial Fund and the New York Philharmonic.<ref name="smith1" />

While not touring with Phish, Anastasio performs tours with both TAB and acoustic solo concerts.

On July 30, 2020, Anastasio released ''Lonely Trip'', a collection of original songs written during the COVID-19 pandemic and recorded at his home studio in New York. The LP was mixed by Bryce Goggin and features lyrical collaborations with Tom Marshall and Scott Herman. Anastasio says the project reminded him of his pre-Phish 4-track home recordings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jambands.com/news/2020/07/30/trey-anastasio-announces-new-album-lonely-trip/|title=Trey Anastasio Announces New Album, 'Lonely Trip'|date=July 30, 2020|website=Jambands.com|access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>

In October 2020, Anastasio performed an eight-week residency at the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]] in New York. The eight concerts were performed without an audience and streamed live every Friday from October 9 to November 27 for free on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Trey Anastasio - The Beacon Jams |url=https://trey.com/the-beacon-jams/ |website=trey.com |access-date=March 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Beacon Jams |url=https://www.msg.com/beacon-theatre/the-beacon-jams |website=MSG |access-date=March 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Anastasio raised $1.2 million of donations from the Beacon Jams for his Divided Sky Foundation, which used those funds were used to purchase a property in [[Ludlow (town), Vermont|Ludlow, Vermont]] to act as a drug rehabilitation center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trey Anastasio Shares Images of New Divided Sky Treatment Center |url=https://relix.com/news/detail/trey-anastasio-shares-images-of-new-divided-sky-treatment-center/ |website=Relix.com|access-date=March 7, 2022 |date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>

On March 11, 2022, Anastasio released his first all-acoustic solo album, ''[[Mercy (Trey Anastasio album)|Mercy]]''. The nine-song album was produced by Bryce Goggin and Robert Stevenson, and mixed by Mike Fahey. It was intended as a follow-up to ''Lonely Trip'', with Anastasio saying the songs were inspired by further time spent in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic: "[''Mercy''] is like a bookend. It's two years since we went into hiding. This is still going on, and it's an even lonelier trip."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kahn |first1=Andy |title=Trey Anastasio Releases 'Mercy' Solo Acoustic Album |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/trey-anastasio-mercy-album-stream |website=JamBase.com  |access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Owen |first1=Matt |title=Phish's Trey Anastasio announces first-ever solo acoustic record, 'Mercy' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/trey-anastasio-mercy |website=Guitar World |date=March 8, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> Upon the album's release, Anastasio described songwriting as one of his greatest joys.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/finding-mercy-trey-anastasio-on-songwriting/ | title=Finding 'Mercy': Trey Anastasio on Songwriting|website=Relix.com | date=May 26, 2022 }}</ref>

===Other projects===
*Space Antelope played from 1982 to 1983, featuring Anastasio, [[The Dude of Life]], Doug Parsons (drums, English teacher at the Boys' Latin School of Maryland), [[Dudley Taft]] and others. The band performed originals as well as covers from [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[The Velvet Underground]], and others.
*[[Surrender to the Air]] – 1995–1996; An experimental band, playing long sections of improvisation all connected by segments conducted by Anastasio. The group released a self-titled album in March 1996. It featured several members of the late [[Sun Ra]]'s big band, the Arkestra, which was (among other modes) an archetypical [[free jazz]] ensemble.
*The Vermont Youth Orchestra has performed with Anastasio on a number of occasions, including a performance at Carnegie Hall. Anastasio's attraction to complex compositions was apparent on his 2004 release, ''[[Seis De Mayo]]'', which included some of his work with the Vermont Youth Orchestra, as well as other smaller ensembles.
*[[Oysterhead]] – A trio that included [[Primus (band)|Primus]] bassist [[Les Claypool]] and [[The Police]] drummer [[Stewart Copeland]].  The original intention of the band was to play a single concert, on May 4, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phish.net/sideshows/trey-anastasio-band/?d=2000-05-04 |title=Setlist for 2000-05-04 |website=Phish.net |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> The [[Supergroup (bands)|supergroup]] then released an album in 2001 named ''[[The Grand Pecking Order]]'', and toured the United States in the Fall of 2001.  The band reunited June 16, 2006, at the [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]]. The band reunited again in early 2020 but show plans stalled after Covid 19-Pandemic until 2021, where they headlined The Peach Music Festival.
*[[Dave Matthews & Friends]] – A band formed in 2003 to tour in support of [[Dave Matthews]]'s solo debut ''[[Some Devil]]''. Most of the band, including Anastasio, performed on the album.
*[[70 Volt Parade]] was Anastasio's rock-based solo band featuring [[Ray Paczkowski]] on keyboards, Les Hall on guitar and synthesizers, and Skeeto Valdez on drums. The band was active throughout 2005.
*The Grateful Dead featured Anastasio on lead guitar and vocals as part of their final run of five [[Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead|"Fare Thee Well" 50th anniversary shows]] in Santa Clara (June 27 and 28, 2015) and Chicago (July 3, 4 and 5, 2015).
*Ghosts of the Forest - Featuring Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, Tony Markellis, and Ray Paczkowski. The band toured April 2019, and the self titled album was released April 12, 2019.

===Composition work===
In college, Anastasio studied composition under composer and arranger Ernie Stires. "Guelah Papyrus", featured on Phish's major label debut ''[[A Picture of Nectar]]'', includes a Stires-influenced [[fugue]] instrumental section called "The Asse Festival" as a bridge between verses. In the early years of Phish, many of Anastasio's compositions were [[through-composed]], intricate and detailed in conception (for example, "The Divided Sky", "[[You Enjoy Myself]]", "The Asse Festival", "The Squirming Coil", "Reba", "Fluff's Travels").  Anastasio has used [[improvisation]] as the driving force behind simplified songwriting, particularly in the music he has written for his touring and recording projects apart from Phish.
[[Tom Marshall (singer)|Tom Marshall]], a [[New Jersey]] computer systems professional and friend of Anastasio since his [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] childhood, has been his primary songwriting collaborator, acting as lyricist. Anastasio has often pulled lyrics for his music from large notebooks of poems and prose kept by Marshall, and the pair have taken working retreats during which they wrote and/or recorded demos of new material. One such demo, ''[[Trampled By Lambs and Pecked by the Dove]]'', has been commercially released, and many of the songs included on this release were reincarnated into Phish's 1998 album ''[[The Story of the Ghost]]''. Anastasio also writes a number of his own lyrics, including all of the lyrics on his first release with [[Columbia Records]], 2005's ''[[Shine (Trey Anastasio album)|Shine]]''.

One of Anastasio's signature compositional techniques is the use of episodic (or organic) form. "Fluff's Travels" and "You Enjoy Myself" are good examples of through-composed pieces which evolve from one musical idea to the other, never returning to a previous musical statement. This technique had been used in a rock music setting by relatively few before Phish ([[Frank Zappa]] and the [[Grateful Dead]] are two such examples).

Anastasio employs modal improvisation, first made popular by [[Miles Davis]] in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

Anastasio has also demonstrated skill at composing [[chamber music]] and music for orchestra, most notably on ''[[Seis De Mayo]]'', his second solo album, and in his collaborations with the Vermont Youth Orchestra.

On September 27, 2008, Anastasio and Orchestra Nashville premiered a new work titled ''Time Turns Elastic'', an original long-form piece that was orchestrated by composer and arranger Don Hart, and featured Anastasio on lead guitar and vocals. Anastasio previously collaborated with Hart and Orchestra Nashville in his orchestral performance of "Guyute" at Bonnaroo 2004. He performed the same composition at [[Carnegie Hall]] with the Vermont Youth Orchestra on September 14, 2004, and with the New York Philharmonic on September 12, 2009. Anastasio played the Walt Disney Concert Hall accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on March 10, 2012.

Anastasio's 2012 album ''Traveler'' was a collaboration with producer Peter Katis, whose longtime band The Philistines Jr. opened for Phish at UVM early in their career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/reel-time-trey-anastasio-discusses-traveler10/|title=Reel Time: Trey Anastasio Discusses _Traveler_|date=October 15, 2012|website=Relix.com|access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>

He was nominated for a 2013 Best Original score Tony Award, an Outstanding New Score Drama Desk Award, and Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestrations Outer Critics Circle Awards for the musical ''Hands on a Hardbody''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html |title=The Tony Award Nominees  |publisher=Tony Awards |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> That year, he also received the Frederick Loewe Award from the Dramatists Guild of America, which recognizes achievement in a theatrical score.<ref name="auto"/>

''Hands on a Hardbody'' received nine 2012–2013 Drama Desk Awards, tying for most nominations, and winning in the Best Sound Design in a Musical category.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gordon Cox |url=https://variety.com/2013/legit/news/hands-on-a-hardbody-goes-the-distance-with-drama-desk-1200424332/ |title='Hands on a Hardbody' Goes the Distance With Drama Desk |work=Variety |date=April 29, 2013 |access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>

Anastasio co-wrote the music for ''Hands on a Hardbody'' (along with Amanda Green) for a Broadway opening in March 2013. After only 56 performances, the show closed on April 13, making it the "fastest closing new musical of the season."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rothman |first=Lily |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/09/fastest-closing-new-broadway-musical-of-the-year-hands-on-a-hardbody/ |title=Fastest-Closing New Broadway Musical of the Year: Hands on a Hardbody |location=New York City |magazine=Time |date=April 9, 2013 |access-date=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

===Media appearances===
On March 15, 2010, Anastasio inducted one of his favorite bands, [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], claiming it was "impossible to overstate what impact this band and musical philosophy had on me as a young musician. I'm forever in their debt."<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8569584.stm | title= Abba receive Hall of Fame honour |work=BBC News  | date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> In addition to Anastasio's speech, Phish appeared and performed two Genesis songs, "[[Watcher of the Skies]]" and "[[No Reply At All]]". Genesis did not perform.

In June 2010, Anastasio appeared as a surprise musical guest on [[Conan O'Brien]]'s "[[The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour]]" stop at [[Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)|Tower Theater]] in [[Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania]], where he performed "Alaska."

''Between Me and My Mind'', a documentary film directed by [[Steven Cantor]] about Anastasio's musical projects and Phish's 2018 New Year's Eve concert, was screened at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in April 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=A New Trey Anastasio Documentary, 'Between Me and My Mind,' Will Debut at the Tribeca Film Festival |url=https://relix.com/news/detail/a-new-trey-anastasio-documentary-between-me-and-my-mind-will-debut-at-the-tribeca-film-festival/ |website=Relix.com|access-date=March 31, 2019 |date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>