Matt Holman

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Matthew "Matt" Holman (* 1982 ) is an American jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , composition ).

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Holman earned a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University (where he played in the Indiana University Jazz Ensemble) and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music , where he studied composition with Phil Markowitz and Mark Stambaugh . He also had lessons from Laurie Frink , Dominic Spera , George Garzone and Pat Harbison . He was a fellow of the Illinois Arts Council. He has worked in the New Yotker jazz scene since the 2000s a. a. with Fred Hersch , Kurt Elling , Darcy James Argue , Jon Gordon , Kate McGarry , Matt Ulery , Bob Newhart , Andrew Rathbun and with the formations Los Amigos Invisibles and The Gregory Brothers . He was also honored at the International Trumpet Guild's Jazz Improvisation Competition , Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, National Trumpet Competition and the Poll des Down Beat . In the field of jazz he was involved in twelve recording sessions between 2005 and 2014. In 2012 he recorded his debut album When Flooded in Brooklyn ; Mike McGinnis , Nate Radley , Christopher Hoffman (cello) and Ziv Ravitz played in his Diversion Ensemble . In 2017 he released the album The Tenth Muse , on which Chris Dingham (vibraphone), Bobby Avey (piano) and Sam Sadigursky (woodwind instruments) had collaborated.

As a composer influenced by Wayne Shorter , Dmitri Shostakovich and Sigur Rós , Holman wrote works for Marvin Stamm , Ed Soph , David Baker , Marie Speziale and the National Conservatory of Costa Rica. In 2009 he won the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer's Competition and in 2013 the BMI Foundation's Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize. Holman has taught at the British School of Chicago, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Birch Creek Performance Center in Wisconsin. He is currently (2017) Artistic Director of the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band.

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  1. ↑ Portrait at Brooklyn Jazz Underground
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 21, 2017)
  3. ^ Review of the album (2013) at All About Jazz
  4. ↑ Review of the album at Bebop Spoken Here (2017)
personal data
SURNAME Holman, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holman, Matthew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1982