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Mat Walerian

Born: July 2, 1984

Mat Walerian is a jazz saxophonist and woodwind player (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano clarinet, flute), composer and bandleader who specializes in improvisation and avant-garde music. His studies were mostly focused on eastern philosophy and Japanese culture. With the exception of a few lessons he is self – taught musician, occasionally taking lessons from acknowledged masters Matthew Shipp and Hamid Drake, lessons which he has cited as being crucial to his development. His style is firmly in the mainstream of modern jazz and improvised music, somewhere around hard free bop with a tribute to the atonal avant-garde heritage

Live At Okuden

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2017
Track listing: Introduction; Blues For Acid Cold; Jungle Meditation; Free Bop Statement One; Free Bop Statement Two; It's Sick Out There; Love And The Other Species; Peace And Respect; Black Rain; Encore.

Matthew Shipp & Mat Walerian Duo/The Uppercut: Live At Okuden

by Matthew Aquiline
June 1, 2017

Forming a duo in jazz can amount to a daunting task. There's simply no hiding; with arrangements so sparse, possibility is boundless and subtleties are fully exposed. This formless atmosphere requires able musicians who can immerse themselves in their instruments and in turn, feed off each other to eventually flourish on a singular wavelength. The innovators ...

Live At Okuden

By Jungle: Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/Hamid Drake

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2016
Track listing: CD1: Shrine; Telepor; Gentle Giants; 123 Sylvester 230CE; Ultimate Insurance; Good Trip Is A Safe Trip; Perfect Joint Watch Your Path; CD2: Gate; One for; Coach On Da Mic; Tiger; Sit Back, Relax, and Watch.

Jungle: Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/Hamid Drake: Live At Okuden

by Mark Corroto
August 13, 2016

How is it that a musician like reedsman Mat Walerian can drop straight out of the sky and into your ears? Where did he come from? The mostly self-taught Polish born artist releases Live At Okuden his second for ESP Disk. The label is definitely the most appropriate record company for such a mysterious artist. Think ...

Live At Okuden

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2015
Track listing: Introduction; Blues For Acid Cold; Jungle Meditation; Free Bop Statement One; Free Bop Statement Two; It's Sick Out There; Love And The Other Species; Peace And Respect; Black Rain; Encore.

Live At Okuden

By Matthew Shipp

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2015

Matthew Shipp & Mat Walerian Duo/The Uppercut: Live At Okuden

by John Sharpe
July 26, 2015

While pianist Matthew Shipp has recorded a slew of head to heads with saxophonists, his duo -The Uppercut -with Polish reedman Mat Walerian is different. Reason being that on Live at Okuden the pair tackles a program of Walerian's compositions as well as four of the more expected jointly credited improvisations. However you might be hard ...

Matthew Shipp & Mat Walerian Duo / The Uppercut: Live At Okuden

by Mark Corroto
May 3, 2015

Jane Austen was mistaken when she wrote “Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable." Passing away at the age of 41 in 1817, she would not have had the opportunity to hear either jazz, nor the music of Matthew Shipp and Mat Walerian. The surprise here ...