Matthew Lux

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Matthew Lux (2013)

Matthew "Matt" Lux (* 1973 in Chicago ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass , guitar , composition ) who is active in the Chicago music scene.

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After graduating from Lane Technical College Prep High School (1991), Lux worked in the Chicago music scene, a. a. in genres such as jazz, rock, R&B, experimental and electronic music . The first jazz recordings were made in 1999 when he played in the backing band of the singer Janvier Jones ( Soul Searching ). He worked with Eddie Kirkland and George Freeman as well as Peven Everett and Iron & Wine . Since 1996 he has played with Rob Mazurek , first in the group Isotope 217 , later with Mandarin Movie , in the Exploding Star Orchestra , the Mazurek Quintet (with Jason Adasiewicz , Joshua Abrams ), in the Pulsar Quartet (with Angelica Sanchez , John Herndon ) , in the Chicago Odense Ensemble and in the Chicago / Sao Paulo Underground , with whom he appeared in 2013 at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival with Pharoah Sanders .

Furthermore, Lux formed the Underground Jazz Trio with Mark O'Leary and John Herndon and belonged to the formations Heaven & Earth, Thrill Jockey and Heroic Doses . In the field of jazz he was involved in 14 recording sessions between 1999 and 2013. Under his own name, Lux and his Communication Arts Quartet (with Patrick Avery , Ben LaMar Gay , Jayve Montgomery ) released the album Contra / Fact (Astral Spirits, 2018), in which he influenced the Art Ensemble of Chicago , Miles Davis and Lester Young processed.

In 2014, Matthew Lux was featured in Bass Player Magazine and named a "Rising Star" on the electric bass in the 2014 Down Beat review poll .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Margasak: After decades as everybody's sideman, Chicago bassist Matthew Lux finally steps into the spotlight. Chicago Reader, September 19, 2017, accessed June 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b short bio
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 12, 2018)
  4. ↑ AMN Reviews: Matthew Lux's Communication Arts Quartet - Contra / Fact (2018; Astral Spirits). Avant Music News, June 17, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lux, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lux, Matt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago