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Matthew Fries

Born: September 24, 1968

Matthew Fries is a joyful voice on the piano with a unique and recognizable style that is authentically rooted in the tradition of the classic jazz pianists, while still looking forward to the future of the music and the instrument.

As a composer and leader he has performed his own music extensively, recording ten albums of mostly original compositions. His music has been described as playful and hopeful, introspective, full of joy and wonderment, and awash with tonal colors. But it is his deeply swinging piano style and collaborative spirit that have also made him an in-demand sideman for both instrumentalists and vocalists. He has toured worldwide, appears on scores of recordings, and his work has been described as “the best jazz accompaniment I’ve seen in a cabaret in years” (The New York Times), and “the crispest rhythm section imaginable” (The London Times).

Western Jazz Collective: Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun

by Jack Bowers
March 7, 2025

The Western Jazz Collective is a seven-member co-op group that actually hails from America's Midwest--more specifically, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo--where the ensemble's crew serve as members of the faculty. The designation “Western" thus refers to the university rather than the septet's geographic location. Be that as it may, what infuses and animates ...

Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun

By Andrew Rathbun

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Making No Sense; Infinite Being; National Nightmare; Different Directions; February First; Longer Wait; Echoes; Line; Reading the Exits.

National Nightmare

October 19, 2024

Album: Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun
By Andrew Rathbun
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 05:54

Lost Time

By Matthew Fries

Label: Xcappa
Released: 2022

Hohenheim Suites

By Stratøs

Label: Independent
Released: 2022
Track listing: I. Gate's Opneing; II. Adrift (feat. Matthew Fries); III. Casting Humanity; I. Flaskling; II. Heavenly Virtues; III. Gate's Closing (feat. JACK Quartet); IV. For He Was Purpose (feat. John Hébert)

The Duo Live

By Matthew Fries

Label: Xcappa
Released: 2020

Kelley Suttenfield: When We Were Young: Kelley Suttenfield Sings Neil Young

by Troy Dostert
October 18, 2019

Although most jazz vocalists would shy away from an album's worth of rock tunes penned by Neil Young, Kelley Suttenfield tackles the task with aplomb on When We Were Young, providing skillful renditions of eleven cuts ranging from the well-known to a couple of the most obscure of Young's compositions. Suttenfield's low-key, insouciant delivery is a ...

Vocalist Kelley Suttenfield Reimagines Neil Young On When We Were Young: Kelley Suttenfield Sings Neil Young

September 3, 2019

Kelley Suttenfield is a versatile jazz singer with a warm, intimate voice that’s perfect for her newest project, When We Were Young – Kelley Suttenfield Sings Neil Young (September 13, 2019). The album includes some of Neil Young’s most famous songs, as well as a couple of tunes written but never performed by him. Tackling songs ...

Parallel States

By Matthew Fries

Label: Xcappa
Released: 2016