Jazz Articles about Matt Marantz

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Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces

by Dean Nardi
January 9, 2026

Back in ancient times, when people would buy actual magazines with paper and print and pictures and ads, some of the music publications would offer companion CD compilations. You could always find two or three tracks that stood out and maybe enticed you to check out an artist's recorded output. That is how I came across the name of Matt Marantz. It is always strangely refreshing to find or hear of an artist whose tone is as smooth as gravy ...

Album Review

Peter Slavov: Little Stories

Read "Little Stories" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 7, 2020

While these ten tracks recorded by bassist Peter Slavov's variable-sized outfit were all fleshed out in the studio between 2017 and 2019, this debut album actually covers a wider span of time. Collecting music penned over the past 20 years, and attaching attendant stories for background and bridging purposes, Slavov essentially looks back over his entire professional career and beyond. Fantasy, family, literature and life as we know it all play a part in the telling of these ...

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Album Review

Matt Marantz: Offering

Read "Offering" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
June 14, 2010

Saxophonist Matt Marantz's Offering is a splendid debut; echoing, in part, the lyricism and verve of three of his influences--Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, and Phil Woods. It's interesting to note that the young New Orleans based saxophonist is a tenorist--whose intrepid lines and phrasings are honed from practice and performance--with an alto-like tonality that is less throaty than players such as Chris Potter, and purposed with its own individuality. Proving himself to be an astute writer on ...