Reed Mathis' new album Beathoven presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 6, in their entirety, with an "orchestra" that features members of Phish, Pearl Jam, Galactic, Greyboy Allstars, the Barr Brothers, along with Joe Russo, Marco Benevento, and more. After cutting his teeth in Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Tea Leaf Green, bassist extraordinaire Reed Mathisestablished himself in the Grateful Dead world with membership in Billy & The Kids, The Rhythm Devils, Mickey Hart Band, Steve Kimock Band and the Golden Gate Wingmen. But Mathis' first love was always Ludwig van Beethoven. With his new Electric Beethoven project, Mathis did the unthinkable and fused all of his worlds together, bringing old world masterpieces by Beethoven to today's premiere musical improvisers - an elite class of live performers who have individually made names for themselves in every genre except classical: jazz, funk, folk, blues, and jam rock.