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Originally hailing from the North Yorkshire Moors, London-based saxophonist and Dankworth Prize-winning composer Matt Anderson's fourth album 'Live at Leeds Jazz Festival' is out in March 2024, following on from 2022's 'The Town and the City,' both with his long-running Quartet. The son of a music teacher and based in Leeds for a time, Matt moved to London in 2015 to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he now coaches Junior Jazz ensembles.

Becoming part of the fertile jazz scene in the capital, he has since performed with artists/bands such as Greg Hutchinson (with the Jiannis Pavlidis Quintet), Ivo Neame, the Gareth Lockrane and Calum Gourlay big bands, Jamie Doe’s Magic Lantern and Hannes Riepler. Rooted in a deep love and respect for the jazz tradition from Sonny Rollins to Wayne Shorter as well as various rhythmic traditions from around the world, Matt’s music also explores more pastoral, spacious and folk-influenced sounds.

Album

Live at Leeds Jazz Festival

Label: Hidden Threads Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Conversation; New Old Blues; Northern Journey; Green Shoots; Mr Weird; Teleforce.

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Article: Album Review

Matt Anderson: Live at Leeds Jazz Festival

Read "Live at Leeds Jazz Festival" reviewed by Neil Duggan


To appreciate the synergy and spirit of a band it often pays to hear them play live. The quality of their playing and their abilities to interact are laid bare. Releasing their first live recording, the Matt Anderson Quartet can do so confidently having spent nearly a decade touring and recording together. Live at ...

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Green Shoots

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Label: Hidden Threads Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:35

Album

The Town and the City

Label: Hidden Threads Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Swagger; Ode to Europe; Northern Journey; The Conversation; Albatross; The Idiot.

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Article: Album Review

Matt Anderson Quartet: The Town and the City

Read "The Town and the City" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Saxophonist Matt Anderson grew up on the North Yorkshire Moors, in the north of England, and is now based in London where he teaches junior jazz ensembles at the Royal Academy of Music. The Town and the City is his third album—the title a nod to his years in the small towns and villages of the ...

Album

Rambling

Label: Jellymould Jazz
Released: 2018
Track listing: Jig Jag Jug, Nordic Blues, October Ending, Count Up / Tune Down, It's Later Than You Think, The Long White Cloud (Interlude), Metaphorical Gardening, The Ayes Have It, Norrebo, Jig Jag Jug (Reprise)

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News: Recording

The Matt Anderson Quartet Release "Rambling" On Jellymould Jazz

The Matt Anderson Quartet Release "Rambling" On Jellymould Jazz

Innovative saxophonist and composer Matt Anderson and his quartet release their brand new album Rambling in May 2018 on pioneering UK label Jellymould Jazz, ahead of an extensive national tour. Rambling fuses together a range of distinct musical influences, exploring the common ground between contemporary jazz and folk music, reminiscent of Anderson’s rural upbringing in the ...

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Article: Album Review

Outside Line: Introducing Outside Line

Read "Introducing Outside Line" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


The glory days of Leeds United may be long gone, but while its football team has seen better times, the Yorkshire city's music scene has gone from strength to strength. The individualist stance taken by musicians such as Matthew Bourne hasn't always pleased the jazz police, but it's given Leeds a reputation as a vibrant and ...

Album

Matt Anderson Quartet

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011


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