Mat Walerian

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Mateusz “Mat” Walerian (* 1984) is a Polish jazz and improvisation musician ( alto saxophone , bass clarinet , soprano clarinet , flute , composition).

Live and act

Walerian grew up in Thorn and began playing the piano at the age of six; Music by John Coltrane brought him to jazz. During school he started playing the saxophone and was a member of the school orchestra. Walerian studied Eastern philosophy and Japanese culture in his student years ; as a musician he is largely self-taught . During this time he also learned the soprano clarinet, flute and bass clarinet. In his musical projects he moves between chamber music , jazz classics and Asian influences.

Walerian founded his own trio and has performed with Sainthunter, White Lotus, Blackadmin and Demiurge Droppin 'Acid since 2008 . In the Zen Trio he played with the string Mieczysław Litwiński and the harpist Zofia Dowgiałło. He also performed with Marcin and Bartłomiej Oleś . He directs the Okuden Music concert series and works in a duo with his mentor, the pianist Matthew Shipp , with whom he recorded the album The Uppercut: Live at Okuden in May 2012 , which was released on ESP disc in 2015 . In October 2012, the trio album Jungle Live at Okuden (ESP-Disk, 2016), with Matthew Shipp and Hamid Drake , was created - also as part of the Okuden Music Concert Series .

Discographic notes

  • Katarzyna Borek / Vojto Monteur (Wojciech Orszewski) Tempus Fantasy (Warner 2014, only one piece)
  • The Uppercut: Live at Okuden (ESP-Disk, 2015), with Matthew Shipp
  • Jungle: Live at Okuden (ESP-Disk, 2016), with Matthew Shipp, Hamid Drake
  • Toxic: This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People (ESP-Disk, 2017), with Matthew Shipp, William Parker
  • Matthew Shipp Quartet: Sonic Fiction (ESP-Disk, rec. 2015, ed. 2018), with Michael Bisio , Whit Dickey

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duet Walerian / Shipp przebada granice jazzu. Gazeta Wyborcza , May 14, 2012, accessed August 29, 2016 (Polish).
  2. ↑ Mat Walerian. Slacker Radio, accessed May 30, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b AVANT Vol. 2 (1) 2011 (July – September), ISSN  2082-6710
  4. ↑ Review of the album in Jazziz Magazine (2016)
personal data
SURNAME Walerian, Mat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walerian, Mateusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1985