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Born in Bowral, Australia, and raised in Sydney, Melbourne, Woolongong and Adelaide, Matthew became interested in jazz performance and composition towards the end of high school and in 2003 (11th grade) received the Jack De Vos Scholarship for single studies at the Elder Conservatorium. In 2004 Matthew toured with his quartet across the USA performing his original music. Upon Graduating at the University of Adelaide in 2008 with first class honors, he had received the Most Outstanding Pianist award in his 2nd year, Most Outstanding Undergraduate in 3rd year, Most Outstanding Honors Graduate in final year and was the only music student (from all disciplines in the Elder Conservatorium) to be awarded the Adelaide University Medal for Academic Excellence (humanities category)
Clouds and Stormy Nights: A New Pair from QFTF
by Geno Thackara
Germany's growing QFTF label remains ambitious as ever as 2016 draws to a close, showcasing two young off-the-beaten-path bandleaders with their own ideas of the directions modern jazz might take. With some fairly offbeat feels for melody, the pair manage to serve as two sides of the same semi-abstract coin. Matthew Sheens Cloud ...
Cloud Appreciation Day
Album: Cloud Appreciation Day
By Matthew Sheens
Label: QFTF
Released: 0
Duration: 05:35
Untranslatable
Label: Abc Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Untranslatable; Adriana’s Song; L'Arlesienne (The Girl From Arles); Wabi Sabi; Translate From My Heart; Interlude #1 Untranslatable; Depaysement; Alfonsina Y El Mar; Interlude #2 Adriana's Song; Madrugada; Old Devil Moon.
Matthew Sheens: Untranslatable
by Ian Patterson
With his impressive debut Every Eight Seconds (Self Produced, 2012) garnering universally positive reviews, Australian-born, New York-based pianist Matthew Sheens returns with an even meatier, juicier follow-up. Every Eight Seconds introduced an original composer, one whose melodic and rhythmic ideas championed narrative over virtuosity. There's perhaps more of Sheens the Downbeat poll-winning pianist this time out ...
Quentin Angus: Perception
by Ian Patterson
Australia boasts an embarrassment of great jazz musicians, an increasing number of whom have made their way to New York in recent years to broaden their horizons. Guitarist Quentin Angus is one such notable Aussie talent. Here Angus follows up his promising debut, Retrieval Structure (Self Produced, 2011) with another assured work that highlights his tasteful ...
Every Eight Seconds
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: The Rain Stays Mainly in Jamaica Plain; Fala Ingles; Death on a Sunny Death; It Might as well
be Spring; Chernobyl; The Anesthetic of Familiarity; Cringe Culture; Every Eight Seconds; Who
said gay Paree?
Matthew Sheens: Every Eight Seconds
by Dan Bilawsky
In 2009, pianist Matthew Sheens became the first Australian to win a Downbeat Magazine Student Award, but that's hardly the only honor that's been bestowed upon this gifted musician. Sheens has been racking up grants, scholarships and awards at a rapid pace, as he moved from the University of Adelaide, where he completed his undergraduate work ...
Matthew Sheens: Every Eight Seconds
by Ian Patterson
Debut recordings can sometimes suffer from a little too much subservience to the jazz cannon, as musicians perhaps wish to stamp their jazz credentials from the get go, or as is the case with Australian-born, New York-based pianist Matthew Sheens' Every Eight Seconds they can announce a refreshingly personal voice. Sheen--a former student of pianists Fred ...
Take Five With Matthew Sheens
by AAJ Staff
Meet Matthew Sheens:Born in Bowral, Australia. Lived in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide before leaving for the US at 22 to complete my Masters at the New England Conservatory in Boston.Was the first Australian to win a Downbeat Magazine award (Best Soloist in 2009/2011), and has performed across Australia, USA, New Zealand, Japan, The ...
