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The Jazz Session

Matt Shulman: Trumpet And Voice

Read "Matt Shulman: Trumpet And Voice" reviewed by Jason Crane

by Jason Crane

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews trumpeter and vocalist Matt Shulman about his new album, So It Goes (Jaggo Records, 2007). Shulman sings and plays trumpet, but that's where the Chet Baker comparison ends, although like Baker, Shulman incorporates the hip music of the day into his own work. Skilled at multiphonics -- playing one note while simultaneously singing another -- Shulman is able to expand the range of the trumpet beyond ...

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Interview

Matt Shulman: The Next Big Thing

Read "Matt Shulman: The Next Big Thing" reviewed by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler

by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler

Trumpeter Matt Shulman has been hailed by The New York Times as, “A new voice from jazz's emerging generation. His style is thought by cohorts of fans to be an amalgamation of Miles Davis and Radiohead. He is an up-and-coming virtuoso, comparable to a modern day Chet Baker with a far-seeing vision. Down Beat Magazine has called his signature sound, “Zen-like, a sound which consists of sincere, intimate vocals and ethereal multiphonics. His approach to the trumpet is one of ...

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Album Review

Matt Shulman: So It Goes

Read "So It Goes" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland

Take a trumpet trio that could have waltzed through the revolving doors of a '50s supper club, add sparse vocals, multiphonics, and lightly perceptible electronics, and you have a jazz group for the 21st Century. Trumpet player Matt Shulman is among a group of young jazz composers who are unafraid to step beyond traditional constraints, still maintaining a strong link to their forebears, and So It Goes breathes freshness. It maintains a stirring alacrity within an aura of plaintive comfort. ...

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Album Review

Matt Shulman: So It Goes

Read "So It Goes" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

Matt Shulman's second self-produced CD, So It Goes, is fresh, innovative, and just plain different. With hints of Chris Botti, Miles Davis, and others, the album is a pleasant, perhaps even enchanting, collection of six original tunes and three standards. Shulman, who handles vocals, trumpet and effects--aided by sidemen Matt Clohesy on acoustic bass and Jason Wildman on drums and percussion--delivers an otherwordly sound. Often, the leader combines his voice with that of his trumpet. Shulman started ...

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