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A Bad Rep in the Rubber City

Matthew Alec

Label: Cleveland Times Records
Released: 2025
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Tracks

Blue Train (feat. Minus the Alien and Greg Banaszak)

Quantum Entanglement (feat. Greg Banaszak)

Just the Two of Us (feat. Jeremy Voltz)

Gravity (feat. Brian Woods)

Bambu (feat. Greg Banaszak)

Baby You Got Me (feat. Brian Woods)

Blues for McCoy

Whinin’ Boy Moan (feat. Steven Forrest Sanders)

Thinking Out Loud (feat. Brian Woods)

Personnel

Matthew Alec

saxophone, tenor

Brian Woods

piano

Steven Forrest Sanders

guitar

Greg Banaszak

saxophone

Jeremy Voltz

vocals

Minus the Alien

vocals

Miguel Tarin Torres

bass

Brian Randall

percussion

Jeremiah Hawkins

drums

Drew Parent

percussion

DJ Dramatize

Jared Lees

bass

Additional Personnel / Information

Tracks 1 and 4 engineered/mixed by Jim Stewart

All other tracks engineered/mixed by Nate Vaill

All tracks mastered by Adam Boose (Cauliflower Audio) All tracks produced by Matthew Alec

Album Description

Nominated as Cleveland's "best jazz" for 2024 by the Cleveland Music Awards, explosive fusion supergroup Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric bring old school swagger to their fresh, exciting, and innovative blend of jazz, pop, and funk. Led by All About Jazz's #19 "Favorite Living Jazz Saxophonist" for 2024 Matthew Alec, the 7-piece collective is blazing new paths in modern jazz fusion.

The group's debut studio album Cleveland Time featuring former SNL Musical Director Tom “Bones” Malone was released in 2021 and charted for several weeks on US & Canada jazz radio and received international press from Jazziz Magazine, All About Jazz, JazzMonthly.com, SoulTracks.com, Broadway World, WBSS Media, Glide Magazine, and many others. Since that album's release, the group has released two live albums one of which also featured Malone.

The group proudly presents its 4th album, a mostly-live release with two studio tracks: A Bad Rep in the Rubber City featuring Grammy-nominated altoist Greg Banaszak, award-winning Canadian singer- songwriter Jeremy Voltz, and rising hip-hop sensation Minus the Alien alongside The Soul Electric’s all- star cast!

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