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Matt Langley

Matt Langley has studied with Lou Marini of Saturday Night Live, David Baker, Ted Dunbar, and Stan Strickland. Since 1988 he has been a member of the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet (CKQ), recording three CDs, touring the United States, and performing in jazz festivals from the Boston Globe Festival to the Rutabega Jazz Jam. CKQ’s fourth CD, Dancing on My Bedpost, made the top-10 lists of many jazz critics in 1999. Langley has recorded with Ron Carter, John Medeski, Billy Martin, Chris Wood, Roswell Rudd, and others. He performs regularly with Tonkin Toys.

Pianist Ted Brancato's Pacific Northwest Tour With Quintet – Playing Seattle on September 23

September 13, 2013

The sounds of straight ahead jazz, R&B, and Brazilian-influenced compositions will fill several Pacific Northwest venues from September 13-26 when Ted Brancato & Friends Quintet perform. Their itinerary includes Seattle - 13 September, Tula’s 7:30PM; North Bend – 14 September, Jazz Walk with Chuck Deardorf & Ted Brancato 8PM; Whidbey Island – 15 September, Trinity Lutheran ...

In Ears 'n' Eyes With Matt Langley At The Dance Hall On March 9th In Kittery Maine

March 8, 2013

In Ears ‘n’ Eyes is a visual and auditory sensation that will treat ones ears ‘n’ eyes to new conversations in jazz idioms on Saturday March 9th between 7 and 9:30pm at The Dance Hall in Kittery Maine. This season’s In Ears ‘n’ Eyes fuses combinations of painting, song, poetry, modal, tonal, bebop and classically inspired ...

The Barley Pub: New Hampshire's Jazz Epicenter

by Chris Rich
March 7, 2013

The rock club era was some strange evolutionary fail done in by its bombast and bloat.Jazz still suffers from the fern bar model, a hangover from disco days and proto yuppies with combo's pumping standards to fuel brunch and drinks gluttony or provide that perfect ambiance for conspicuous consumption evenings on the town.

Charlie Kohlhase Launches an Outpost 186 Exploration for February

February 1, 2012

After a dismal 2011, in which the Explorers Club only performed once, Boston's beloved cranky yankee polishes his battery of saxophones and follows the groundhog out of midwinter torpor. Over the course of the unrolling spring, saxophonist/composer Charlie Kohlhase will oversee mid month explorations in Inman Squares favorite back yard gallery, Outpost 186. Starting on Thursday, ...

Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet: System Of 5

by Troy Collins
July 2, 2011

A longstanding adherent of intimate duo and trio settings, Boston-based pianist Pandelis Karayorgis' discography has been dominated by small combo recordings since the early 1990s, with many founded on the venerable configuration of piano, bass and drums. A radical traditionalist with a penchant for the acute angles and strident tonalities of advanced post-bop, Karayorgis' recent exploits ...

Pandelis Karayorgis: System of 5

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 9, 2011

One of the most enduring qualities possessed by pianist Pandelis Karayorgis is his startling intellect, as well as the grace with which he announces his arrival. A truly gifted musician with a penchant for angularity, his playing is, nevertheless, beautifully logical, even when he is playing those darting arpeggios that a linear melody demands. However, every ...

Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: Adventures

by Jerry D'Souza
May 18, 2009

Charlie Kohlhase is an entertaining adventurer. In his role as a composer, he draws on several influences. His eye is on the final dimension and in pursuing that, he uses a wide range of styles. Taken individually the styles seem to be odd bedfellows, but when the course of their journey has been charted, they have ...