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Matthew Storie

Matthew Storie is a jazz and classical saxophonist, teacher, and bandleader residing in Omaha, NE. He is Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Nebraska-Omaha where he teaches jazz and classical saxophone. He formerly served as Adjunct Instructor of Music Theory and Improvisation at Anderson University, and as sabbitcal replacement at Furman University as Adjunct Professor of Saxophone. He has performed with jazz legends including Christian McBride, Ron Blake, Steve Wilson, Geoffrey Keezer,  the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Carl Allen, Brad Dutz, Jiggs Whigham, and Bob Moses as well as some of Central Illinois' and Upstate South Carolina's top jazz players and jazz ensembles including the Iron Post Jazz Orchestra, Greenville Jazz Collective, Ol' 74 Jazz Band, and Asheville Jazz Orchestra. 

Matthew is the bandleader of Simply This Quintet which released their second album Stepping Up thanks to funding he received as the recipient of the Presser Graduate Award. He can also be heard on the album Liminality: Live at Smith 25  with the Jésus Fuentes Quartet. As a solo artist, Matthew has released his debut album, Hwy 538, which is comprised of his original compositions. 

Matthew is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he recevied a Masters degree in Jazz Performance and most recently a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance with a cognate in Classical Saxophone. Before moving to Illinois, he attended Furman University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in  Saxophone Performance. His doctoral research resulted in the creation of a resource to aid college level classical saxophonists in developing a jazz sound.  Matthew's teachers have included Chip McNeill, Debra Richtmeyer, Tito Carillo, and Matt Olson.


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Album Review

Simply This Quintet: Stepping Up

Read "Stepping Up" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On its first full-length album, the modestly named Simply This Quintet boasts a sturdy two-tenor front line (Reginald Lewis, Matthew Storie) and an able rhythm section (Jesus Fuentes, piano; Emma Taylor, bass; Frank Kurtz, drums) performing eight original compositions by members of the group. The quintet was formed in 2018 by friends at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Its goal, according to the album's liner notes, is “reinterpreting the classic two- tenor saxophone jazz ensembles of the 1950s and ...

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Jesus Fuentes: Liminality: Live At Smith 25

Read "Liminality: Live At Smith 25" reviewed by Jack Bowers


As everything we see and hear is no more or less than a snapshot in time, it is easy to forget that many of our brightest jazz stars once shined their light on campuses and in classrooms from coast to coast while honing their budding skills. Pianist Jesus Fuentes is one such scholar, the album Liminality: Live at Smith 25 his doctoral degree recital, and Smith 25 the room in Smith Memorial Hall where it was recorded in November 2020 ...

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Primary Instrument

Saxophone

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, DMA and MM in Jazz Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BM in Music Performance from Furman University, Collegiate teaching experience in classical and jazz saxophone, and music theory at UNO, Furman University, and Anderson University. 

Woody Shaw
trumpet
Sonny Stitt
saxophone
John Coltrane
saxophone
Steve Grossman
saxophone
Joe Henderson
saxophone
Joel Frahm
saxophone, tenor

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Hwy 538

Self-Released
2022

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Liminality: Live At...

Self Produced
2021

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Stepping Up

Self-Released
2021

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