Matt Savage
Matt Savage, age 28, has had a remarkable 19-year professional career as a jazz musician, bandleader and composer with ensembles of different size. He’s played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Chick Corea, the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill, John Pizzarelli, Joshua Redman, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Faddis, Jerry Bergonzi and Donny McCaslin among others. He’s also opened for rock legends Neil Young and Stephen Stills, and has performed with Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin and Al Stewart. Along the way, he’s recorded twelve albums as leader and one as collaborator. He is a Bösendorfer piano artist.
As a composer, Matt has garnered respect and recognition. He composed and recorded the score for a full-length documentary film, Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story. The movie, which premiered in 2014, chronicles the life of the late jazz alto saxophonist Frank Morgan. Additionally, Savage wrote almost all the songs on his twelve albums, several of which have been used in short documentaries, on web sites, in school music curricula and in government educational materials.
Matt’s latest project is the Matt Savage Groove Experiment’s debut EP, Splash Variations. Splash Variations was released on December 7, 2018, and it was accompanied by a CD release tour in early 2019.
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Album Review
- Splash Variations by Jack Bowers
- A Bigger Celebration by Jack Bowers
- Welcome Home by Jack Bowers
- Quantum Leap by Michael P. Gladstone
July 21, 2015
Jazz Recording Artist Matt Savage Releases Summer Single - "Go On" -...
February 16, 2011
Bobby Watson, Joris Teepe and Peter Retzlaff join Matt Savage for...
October 13, 2008
Cachaca Jazz 'N' Samba Club Presents the Matt Savage Trio
May 07, 2008
Hot Jazz Cool Cause: Matt Savage at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on...
June 28, 2006
Matt Savage Trio: Young Jazz Phenom Sept. 30 in Rochester, New...
April 14, 2006
Matt Savage Trio in Concert May 20 in West Palm Beach
September 25, 2004
The Matt Savage Trio releases new CD and has Birdland release concert
September 03, 2008
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to Perform with Special Guest, Jazz Pianist...
“No one word could do justice to his performance; it was simply ‘beautiful.'” RYOTA KOJIMA, VOYAGE MAGAZINE, JAPAN
“…this is Savage’s album all the way, as he not only plays with a maturity well beyond his years but wrote and arranged every number…” ALL ABOUT JAZZ.COM
“…Savage proves he’s no novelty act, as can be heard on his CD Welcome Home.” JAZZIZ
“…hints of Aaron Copland and Pat Metheny done in a piano trio setting that shows how hard-swinging a player Savage is.” CADENCE
“…a phenomenally talented pianist and composer who demands to be taken seriously on purely musical terms.” WALL STREET JOURNAL
“A wildly inventive composer, interpreter and pianist no matter what his age…Savage proves his maturity…” JAZZIZ
“He clearly knows what he is doing…not only as a hard bop/post-bop pianist, but also as a composer.” ALL MUSIC GUIDE
“This young man plays with grace, energy and originality
Primary Instrument
Piano
Location
Boston
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Adjunct Faculty at Bunker Hill Community College Teacher at Community Music Center of Boston and Note-worthy Experiences

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