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2010-11-10
7:30PM
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"...a phenomenally talented pianist and composer who demands to be taken seriously on purely musical terms."
-WALL STREET JOURNAL
"A wildly inventive composer, interpreter and pianist no matter what his age...Savage proves his maturity..."
-JAZZIZ
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FEATURING:
Matt Savage, piano
John Funkhouser, bass
Yoron Israel, drums |
In 2000, when Matt Savage was just 8 years old, he played piano for Dave Brubeck and jammed at a sound session with Chick Corea and his sidemen, Avishai Cohen and Jeff Ballard. The following year he was invited to a soundcheck to jam with jazz great McCoy Tyner and his sidemen, Avery Sharpe and Al Foster.
In 2003, at the age of 11, Matt debuted at the famed Blue Note in Manhattan and was signed as a Bosendorfer Piano artist. The following year he debuted at Birdland, performing with the legendary Clark Terry on trumpet, Jimmy Heath on sax, Jon Faddis on trumpet, Marcus McLaurine on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. By 2005, Matt had performed twice with Chaka Khan.
In 2007, Matt made his first appearance at the prestigious Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center and appeared on Marian McPartland's popular "Piano Jazz" syndicated National Public Radio (NPR) series. In 2008, when Matt was 15, he appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" as the musical act, released his newest CD, hit #11 on the JazzWeek radio charts, garnered the #2 position in LIVE JAZZ sales on Amazon.com (behind only Keith Jarrett) and signed an international sub-publishing deal with SONY/ATV.
Matt is just 18-years old, but has performed with Bobby Watson, Chaka Khan (three times), the Ellington All Stars (Victor Jones, Manny Duran, Danny Zanker, Sam "Gracious" Gresham), Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, John Pizzarelli, among others. He's played with pop singer/songwriters Al Stewart and Shawn Colvin. Opening for/double-billing with Wynton Marsalis, Danilo Perez, D.D. Jackson, Dave Samuels and more.
Matt's performed alongside The Bad Plus (Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson, Dave King), Arturo O'Farrill, Jason Moran, Stefon Harris, Karrin Allyson and Lynne Arriale and jammed OFF stage with Chick Corea, Avishai Cohen, Jeff Ballard, McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Al Foster, Wynton Marsalis, Walter Blanding, Carlos Henriquez, Ali Jackson, Joshua Redman, Barry Altschul, Hayes Greenfield, Jack Jeffers, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill, Ethan Iverson and others. The off-stage jamming was probably even more fun for Matt than the on-stage performances.
Awards for Matt, both compositional and performance-based, have been many. Matt has received an ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award and topped the International Songwriting Competition each year since 2005. He garnered the ISC award for Second Place in 2008. He received the Dr. Margaret L. Bauman Award of Excellence in 2005 and the Council of Exceptional Children Award in 2008.
Matt has performed on numerous television shows, including "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the "Late Show with David Letterman," "20/20," the "Today Show,""MONTEL," "The View
, CNN, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel and more. He’s been the focus of documentaries worldwide (in the U.S., Germany, Japan, the U.K., France, etc.). His most notable radio appearances include NPR's "Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland" and "All Things Considered." He performed on NPR’s "Jazz Piano Christmas."
Articles about Matt have appeared in just about every major publication including Time Magazine, PEOPLE Magazine, Der Spiegel, the Wall Street Journal, JAZZIZ, JazzTimes, WIRED, American Way, The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Toronto Star, The Jerusalem Report, Afro American Syndicate, The New Paper (Singapore), The Global Voice (Taiwan), etc. Matt appeared on the cover of Time for Kids Magazine in its World Report Edition.
JAZZIZ Magazine touts Matt as "a wildly inventive composer, interpreter and pianist no matter what his age." JazzTimes concurs, labeling Matt "...a schooled, seasoned jazz pianist..." Says Marian McPartland, "This young man plays with grace, energy and originality. Jazz savant indeed!" And a recent Wall Street Journal article labeled Matt "…a phenomenally talented pianist and composer who demands to be taken seriously on purely musical terms."
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