Matt Penman
Matt Penman (* 1974 in Palmerston North , Manawatu-Wanganui ) is a New Zealand Jazz - bassist .
Live and act
As a child, Penman had classical piano lessons from his mother, a piano teacher. At the age of 14 he started playing the double bass . In 1994 the album Urbanism , in which he was involved as a co-leader, was nominated for New Zealand Jazz Album of the Year . He then studied on a scholarship for a year at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Herb Pomeroy and Hal Crook before moving to New York City in 1995 .
Penman worked a. a. with Kenny Werner , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Nnenna Freelon , Kurt Rosenwinkel , David Berkman , Guillermo Klein , Mika Pohjola , Peter Bernstein , Sam Yahel and Seamus Blake as well as with the bands of Chris Cheek , Ignaz Dinné and Nils Wogram . He performed live with the SFJazz Collective under Joshua Redman and with Madeleine Peyroux .
In 1998 he co-released the album Flipside (with Darren Beckett , Jérôme Sabbagh and Greg Tuohey ). In 2002 his first album Unqiet was released (with Jeff Ballard , Chris Cheek , Aaron Goldberg and Kurt Rosenwinkel). In 2015 Pirouet Records released the album Amateur Dentist , which he recorded in a trio with Ted Poor and Joris Roelofs . In addition, he can now be heard as a sideman on more than 85 albums. In 2018 he led a trio with Shai Maestro and Allison Miller .
Discography (selection)
- 1998 Flipside , Naxos
- 2002 The Unquiet , Fresh Sound
- 2008 Catch of the Day , Fresh Sound
- 2018 Good Question , Sunnyside
Web links
- Matt Penman website
- Recordings by Matt Penman in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Matt Penman . all about jazz , 2011, archived from the original on September 25, 2011 ; accessed on April 30, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Penman, Matt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palmerston North |