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New Sounds from Slocum, Hill and Oveido
by Bob Osborne
Featured on this week's show are new albums from Matt Slocum, Marquis Hill, Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo, Fishblot, Amos Gillespie, Avishai Cohen, and Jorge Garcia. There is also a track from improvisation super-group" John Dikeman, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, and Steve Noble. Also included are archive choices from Stan Sulzmann and Tony Hymas, Joanne Brackeen and Mary Halvorson. Playlist Show Intro 0:00 Matt Slocum An Evolving Alliance" from With Love And Sadness (Sunnyside Records) 00:53 Marquis Hill A Portrait ...
read moreMatt Slocum: Trio Pacific, vol. 1
by Angelo Leonardi
"In queste session--dice Matt Slocum--ero interessato a sviluppare una struttura compositiva più aperta, pensata per l'approccio estetico del trio. Questa formazione sembra adattarsi meglio all'interazione collettiva che all'affermazione di lunghi assoli individuali. È ancora un formato relativamente nuovo, essendo appena un anno che suoniamo in trio ma sento un'intensa connessione musicale, la più forte mai provata." Dopo l'impressionante debutto del 2009 col pianista Gerald Clayton e il bassista Massimo Biolcati (Portraits, Chandra Records), la riconferma d'organico in After ...
read moreMatt Slocum: Black Elk's Dream
by Maurizio Zerbo
In Italia lo si conosce con il nome di Alce Nero, celeberrimo capo militare e religioso degli indiani sioux. A lui è dedicato questo ambizioso CD, votato alla traduzione musicale della spiritualità degli indiani d'America. Vi predomina un'aura malinconica e riflessiva che attualizza l'eredità coltraniana lungo un tappeto sonoro circolare, sempre in mutazione. Le dodici parti della suite mettono in mostra una cifra priva di un unico baricentro, che accoglie melodie liriche all'interno di un percorso ritmico assai frastagliato.
read moreMatt Slocum: Black Elk's Dream
by Dan Bilawsky
Musicians always aim to tell a story with their music, but drummer Matt Slocum goes one better on Black Elk Speaks: Slocum uses a story--an entire individual's history, in fact--to shape his own telling of musical tales. On his third release, following Portraits (Chandra Records, 2009) and After The Storm (Chandra Records, 2011), Slocum digs deep into the history of Black Elk, the famed Oglala Lakota medicine man who was immortalized on paper when John G. Neihardt ...
read moreMatt Slocum Trio Live At The Saville Theater
by Robert Bush
Matt Slocum Trio Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego, CA August 10, 2010 Matt Slocum is a promising young drummer/composer who appears to be going places in jazz. A graduate of the prestigious Thornton School Of Music at USC, where he studied with Peter Erskine, (Weather Report, Stan Kenton), and Alan Pasqua, he has already performed with none other than Wynton Marsalis. Slocum resides in New Jersey and is working in New ...
read moreTake Five With Matt Slocum
by AAJ Staff
Meet Matt Slocum:Matt Slocum's multicolored traps--at times forceful or delicate, creatively painting varied tempos with the essence of swing--define the drummer's debut, Portraits. Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, Slocum's introduction carries forward the torch of patriarchs Max Roach and Elvin Jones amongst others, but he also carves out his own rhythmic patterns with young contemporaries such as Eric Harland and Johnathan Blake. Present day jazz is clearly not stagnate in the very good hands (and sticks) of Matt ...
read moreMatt Slocum: Portraits
by Mark F. Turner
Matt Slocum's multicolored traps--at times forceful or delicate, creatively painting varied tempos with the essence of swing--define the drummer's debut, Portraits. Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, Slocum's introduction carries forward the torch of patriarchs Max Roach and Elvin Jones amongst others, but he also carves out his own rhythmic patterns with young contemporaries such as Eric Harland and Johnathan Blake.
Slocum is joined by equally distinguished peers: award-winning pianist Gerald Clayton, whose own debut, Two-Shade (ArtistShare, 2009), was ...
read moreMatt Slocum Presents "Trio Pacific, Vol. 1" Featuring Dayna Stephens, Steve Cardenas, and Matt Slocum
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Available October 7, 2016 on Chandra Records U.S. Tour Dates: October 18 through November 9 “Slocum served the music with a focus on dynamic micro-detail, which in turn allowed his musicians to say even more. It’s a cerebral concept, one that comes to fruition on Black Elk’s Dream… Like Wayne Shorter’s classic Blue Note albums, Black Elk’s Dream seems to ask questions, leaving the answers open to individual interpretation.”—DownBeat Magazine “Matt Slocum has emerged as one of the ...
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Matt Slocum, Black Elk's Dream Available April 1, 2014 On Chandra Records Featuring Walter Smith III, Dayna Stephens, Gerald Clayton And Massimo Biolcati
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
US Tour April 3-10, NYC record release performance: April 24 at The Kitano Black Elk's Dream, drummer/composer Matt Slocum's most adventurous and visceral recording to date, features eleven new original works as well as Pat Metheny's Is This America?". Inspired by the visionary Native American leader Black Elk and the book Black Elk Speaks, Slocum composed and arranged the project for an innovative cast of longtime friends and creative associates including saxophonists Walter Smith III & Dayna Stephens, pianist Gerald ...
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LAJC Artist Beat: Matt Slocum Trio CD Release @ Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA, Thursday 10/13
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Los Angeles Jazz Collective
New York drummer and former Angelino Matt Slocum moved to New York in 2007, three years after graduating from USC, where he studied with Peter Erskine among others, and the influence of his former mentor can be heard throughout Slocum's latest offering, After the Storm. À la Erskine, Matt's playing has elements that link traditional jazz drumming with what approaches symphonic percussion techniques, with precise and clean strokes, thematic organization of sound and texture, and an reactive ability to seamlessly ...
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NYC Drummer/Composer, USC Alumnus Matt Slocum Announces West Coast Tour - March 11-15
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
NYC Drummer/Composer, USC Alumnus MATT SLOCUM Announces West Coast Tour - March 11-15. Featuring Josh Nelson (Seamus Blake, Matt Wilson, Natalie Cole) & Massimo Biolcati (Ravi Coltrane, Lionel Loueke, Terence Blanchard). In celebration of Slocum's debut CD, PORTRAITS - Available NOW! Very impressive . . . A smoking drummer with plenty of taste . . . Highly recommended." - Brick Wahl, LA WeeklyIt's a thrill to hear Matt's creativity, artistic diversity and sound statements on this wonderful outing ...
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"One of his generation's most highly regarded drummers ... Matt Slocum is more than a rising star drummer—he is a composer of startling melodic sophistication." -Andrea Canter, JazzPolice (February 2010)
"Matt Slocum's multicolored traps-at times forceful or delicate, creatively painting varied tempos with the essence of swing�"define the drummer's debut, Portraits. Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, Slocum's introduction carries forward the torch of patriarchs Max Roach and Elvin Jones amongst others, but he also carves out his own rhythmic patterns with young contemporaries such as Eric Harland and Johnathan Blake... Present day jazz is clearly not stagnate in the very good hands (and sticks) of Matt Slocum-a young drummer who plays with empathy and verve." -Mark F. Turner, All About Jazz (March 2010)
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From: Black Elk's DreamBy Matt Slocum