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Matt Penman

Matt Penman hails from Auckland, New Zealand where he started playing bass at the age of 14. A scholarship from Berklee saw him move to the States in 1994 and to New York soon after that where he maintains a busy performing, recording and teaching schedule.

He is currently an established member of the SFJazz Collective, an 8-piece composer’s collective devoted to presenting the original works of its members as well as arrangements by the band of a different jazz great’s work every year. The Collective is in its sixth year and currently features Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas and Stefon Harris

Album

Not the Same River

Label: Hypnote Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Not the Same River, Connecting Dots, Hithadshut (Regeneration), Empty?, Pastures, Sunrise, Probably More than Two, First Laps

Album

Heartbeat

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Praise; Fort Tilden; Chilches; Wandering; Isolation; The Wonky Waltz; The Plague; Heartbeat; Machine.

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Greenpoint

Label: Not on Label
Released: 2023
Track listing: 1. Blown Once 03:22 2. Pause City (Moirai) 08:35 3. Intro to Breakfast 01:00 4. Breakfast of Champions 05:19 5. Doctor's Orders 09:19 6. Blown Twice 01:24 7. Blues for A Chick 05:02 8. Bolivian Vampire 01:37 9. Blown Thrice 03:28 10. Voyage 06:59 11. Blown Out 02:13

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Swings & Roundabouts

Label: Thick Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Crib; Out on Parole; Rhubarb Crumble; G&T; Here’s to Ornette; Post Gig Blues; Virtual Reality; Happy Go Lucky; Level 4.

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Praise

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Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:24

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Article: Album Review

Ben Winkelman: Heartbeat

Read "Heartbeat" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Awaiting the arrival of his first child while locked down in New York City during the pandemic were probably not the circumstances which pianist Ben Winkelman would ideally have chosen for writing new music. Nonetheless, taking inspiration from the anticipation of fatherhood and the feeling of isolation acted as the catalyst for the nine compositions which ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Jonathan Kreisberg: Night Songs

Read "Jonathan Kreisberg: Night Songs" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Although technical proficiency and filigreed improvisations often catch the attention of the average jazz fan, those in the know will insist that you can't really evaluate the mettle of a jazz musician until you hear how he interprets a ballad. Memorable efforts from the jazz cannon that fruitfully establish a reflective mood over the length of ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Lockett: Swings & Roundabouts

Read "Swings & Roundabouts" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The “free jazz" movement has come a long way since its introduction mid-20th century by pathfinders like Tadd Dameron, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Andrew Cyrille, Lester Bowie and their kin. The music, which favors free expression in lieu of customary chordal, rhythmic and harmonic precepts, ...

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Probably More Than Two

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Label: Hypnote Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 04:53


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