Jazz Articles about Mateus Starling

Mateus Starling: Kairos

by Mark F. Turner
March 5, 2009

Fresh out of Boston's Berkelee College of Music in 2008, Brazilian guitarist Mateus Starling presents Kairos and boldly abandons following in the typical footprints of jazz canons to pursue his own path. With highly developed chops sharpened in varied settings (TV broadcasts/jingles, jazz, rock, gospel, ethnic music), this debut charts Starling and a band of his peers (talented members from Brazil, the United States and Chile) in a live studio setting. An unadulterated performance of eclectic jazz-rock-funk ...