A highly inventive and experimental trumpeter, Nate Wooley is a prolific artist known for his extensive work in the avant-garde, improvisational noise, and new music scene. Building upon the sound innovations of players like Bill Dixon, Wadada Leo Smith, and Lester Bowie, Wooley developed his own approach to the trumpet, employing the use of microtones, drones, vocalizations, and other unorthodox techniques. Wooley has garnered acclaim for his adventurous and textural solo work, as well as his duo, trio, and small group work, including albums like 2009's Throw Down Your Hammer and Sing, 2011's The Almond, and 2019's Columbia Icefield. He has also collaborated on projects with luminaries like Anthony Braxton, Mary Halvorson, Matthew Shipp, Peter Evans, and others. Mutual Aid, an album of eight ensemble concertos -- featuring saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier, vibraphonist Matt Moran, and others -- arrived in 2021.