Featuring Mike Dillon, Brian Haas, James Singleton, and Johnny Vidacovich touring in support of their debut album, Dogs.

As like vibration attracts like vibration, it’s no surprise that after years of collaboration, vibraphonist Mike Dillon, pianist Brian Haas, bassist James Singleton, and drummer Johnny Vidacovich should finally form Nolatet and release their debut album, Dogs, on RPF.

The members of Nolatet have been in each other’s lives for as long as they can remember. Vidacovich and Singleton have backed everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Professor Longhair to James Booker. Dillon and Haas have been sitting in with each other’s bands, including Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Garage A Trois and Dead Kenny Gs, on the same touring circuit since the mid-’90s.

All four have played together countless times in various configurations. Individually, they are fiercely independent iconoclasts and bandleaders who compose, play and navigate their musical lives true to their own idiosyncratic visions.

While traditional jazz is the backbone and starting point for the Nolatet, each member’s piercing individuality and personal history allows innovation to be a constant throughout the recording.

“When music is truly happening, it leads the way. When music is kinetic and meaningful, it sets its own agenda. When music is meant to be played, the music itself will find a way,” says Brian Haas. “This is how Nolatet came into being. After so many incredible nights of collaborating over the years, while building a deep, enduring friendship, the music simply demanded it.”

If You Go: Nolatet, Saturday, March 12, 2016. Doors: 7 p.m.; show: 8 p.m. All ages. Tickets: $20 adv. / $23 d.o.s. / $35 VIP (guaranteed seating in 1st three rows).  The Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St., Asheville. For tickets or more details, please call (828) 270-7747 or visit www.TheAltamont.com.