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Matt Otto: Soliloquy

by Don Phipps
A soliloquy according to the dictionary is an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers....." No more apt title could be assigned to Matt Otto's wonderful album Soliloquy. Reminiscent of Matisse's use of color, Otto uses his music to paint a cool canvas of evocative sounds that describe thoughts ...
Matt Otto/Andy Ehling: Reunion

by Don Phipps
A Los Angeles import whose left an indelible mark on the Kansas City jazz scene, tenor sax and composer extraordinaire Matt Otto continues his run of successful jazz explorations with Reunion, a collaboration with 30-year friend and Bay Area, CA alto saxophonist Andy Ehling. Otto's music has always seemed a bit out of place ...
Matt Otto with Ensemble Iberica: Iberica

by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Matt Otto presents the ambitious Iberica, a trip into the sounds of music from the Iberian Peninsula--Spain and Portugal. Ensemble Iberica joins him, a guitar trio that adds--in addition to their guitars--the cavaquinto, the oud, and the Cuban tres, crafting a delicate yet expansive soundscape in this tranquil, flowing, chamber jazz outing. This ...
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Album: Ibeica
By Matt Otto
Label: Origin Records
Released: 0
Duration: 6:18
Soliloquy

By Matt Otto
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Chibi; Billie; Brush Creek; Soliloquy; Ayler; Wheel; Shelter; Elocution; Lawrence; Metaphor
2015 Jazz Palette Composition Contest Winners Announced

The American Jazz Museum is proud to present the winning compositions from our Jazz Palette composition contest in a special performance by the Hermon Mehari Quintet in the Blue Room, Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The opportunity to combine another public program such as this type of event with our current exhibition in the ...
Twin Cities

by Andrea Canter
Welcome to the first in a series of Jazz Near You articles where we raise the awareness of advocacy and catalyst organizations whose efforts are making a positive impact on their local jazz communities. This article was co-written by Don Berryman The Jazz Police website launched in spring 2004, initially intending to ...
Aliens in a Bebop Planet
By Matt Otto
Label: Lucky Kitchen
Released: 2013
Track listing:
CD 1:
01. Blues Clues on the Lunar Sand; 02. Across the Borders / Beyond the Faith; 03. A Night in Cydonia; 04. Nostalgia; 05. On Cloud Nine; 06. Sat; 07. Robbin’s Space Bolero; 08. Aliens ina Be-Bop Planet; 09. Chachanada.
CD 2:
10. New Cos City; 11. Signals and Prayers; 12. The Gipsy; 13. Nobody Knows; 14. Cosmic Storyville: 15. Giant Steps; 16. Rhythms from the Floating Space; 17. On Cloud Me – duet; 18. Saturn Sun Ra; 19. Audio Notebook.