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Blue Train by Matthew Alec
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Album Title: A Bad Rep in the Rubber City
Cleveland Times Records
Released: 2025
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About the Album
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! Matthew is sponsored by RS Berkeley saxophones, DeJacques saxophone straps and Remic Microphones. Release Date: 7/25/25 Label: Cleveland Time Records
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
pianoSteven Forrest Sanders
guitar
Greg Banaszak
saxophoneJeremy Voltz
vocalsMinus the Alien
vocals
Miguel Tarin Torres
bassBrian Randall
percussionJeremiah Hawkins
drumsDrew Parent
percussionJared Lees
bassAdditional Personnel
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
Date featured
September 6, 2025
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