Matt Lavelle

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Matt Lavelle (* 1970 in Paterson , New Jersey ) is an American jazz and improvisation musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , bass clarinet ).

Live and act

Lavelle was a member of the High School Big Band, with whom he toured the Soviet Union in 1988 . He took lessons from Hildred Humphries, a swing veteran. He first moved to New York City and played in various jazz bands, and from 1995 he began playing bass clarinet in Kingston (New York) . After his return to New York in 1999 he worked in what was then the downtown music scene, a. a. with William Parker and Sabir Mateen and the improvisation formation Eye Contact . In 2002 he presented his debut album Handling the Moment ( CIMP ). a. Ras Moshe participated. In 2005 he took lessons from Ornette Coleman . During his career he worked a. a. with Giuseppi Logan , in whose rediscovery he played a key role, as well as with Hildred Humphries, Eric Mingus , Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell , Daniel Carter , Jemeel Moondoc , Mat Maneri and Patato Valdez . In the field of jazz he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 2001 and 2013, including a. with Steve Swell and Assif Tsahar .

Discographic notes

  • Matt Lavelle and Daniel Carter (2004)
  • Making Eye Contact With God (Utech Records, 2005), with Matt Heyner, Ryan Sawyer
  • Spiritual Power (2007), with Hilliard Greene , Mike TA Thompson
  • Cuica in the Third House (2008) solo
  • I Like to Play (2008)
  • The Manifestation Drama (2009), with François Grilliot, Andre Martinez, Chris Forbes
  • Goodbye New York, Hello World (Music Now !, 2011), with François Grillot , Bob Hubbard, Ras Moshe
  • Matt Lavelle, Jack DeSalvo, Tom Cabrera: Sumari (Unseen Rain Records, 2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/giuseppi-logan-the-giuseppi-logan-quintet-by-clifford-allen.php
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 2, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Lavelle, Matt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and improvisation musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, bass clarinet)
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Paterson , New Jersey