"The Whole Package! An Album by Matt Savage" #jazz

Pianist/Composer Matt Savage to release new recording "The Whole Package! An Album by Matt Savage" Matt Savage – piano / electric piano Mark Zaleski – alto & soprano saxophone Greg Loughman – bass Zak King – drums RELEASE DATE: June 30th, 2023 (Savage Records)

“…absolutely astonishing, refreshing and engaging…” -ALL MUSIC GUIDE “…a phenomenally talented pianist and composer who demands to be taken seriously on purely musical terms.” -WALL STREET JOURNAL “A wildly inventive composer, interpreter and pianist no matter what his age … Savage proves his maturity…” -JAZZIZ *********

 A Letter from Matt, to YOU I am proud to present The Whole Package! – my most ambitious release yet. Released in tandem with The Groove Reawakens by the Matt Savage Groove Experiment, The Whole Package! is still my first acoustic “straight-ahead” jazz album since 2016.   I’m not sure if this recording is meant to be an autobiographical album or not, but maybe it is to some degree? I had been wanting to make a quartet album for a long time… so it’s fitting that The Whole Package! marks ten years since my last quartet CD (2013’s A Bigger Celebration). In the sort of post-traumatic world that we live in, I have been searching for a more dramatic piano sound for the new decade, but one that also feels a little closer to the classic “hard bop” that I have been listening to since childhood. Hence the very wide variety of tempos, augmented by one rock cover. I hope that this new album speaks to you, in the same way that it has helped me feel confident in who I am today. This album had a very uncertain gestation… and even though the recording went smoothly in the end, one thing I will mention is that we came into the studio with over 20 tunes.Hopefully all this hard work has paid off. But I guess we’ll all have to listen and find out? Blessings,  Matt

About Matt Savage: Matt Savage, age 30, has had a remarkable 20+ year professional career as a jazz musician, bandleader and composer with ensembles of different size. He’s played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Chick Corea, the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill, John Pizzarelli, Joshua Redman, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Faddis, Jerry Bergonzi and Donny McCaslin among others. He’s also opened for rock legends Neil Young and Stephen Stills, and has performed with Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin and Al Stewart. Along the way, he’s recorded twelve albums and an EP as a leader. He is a Bösendorfer piano artist. As a composer, Matt has garnered respect and recognition. He composed and recorded the score for a full-length documentary film, Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story. The movie, which premiered in 2014, chronicles the life of the late jazz alto saxophonist Frank Morgan. Additionally, Savage wrote almost all the songs on his albums, several of which have been used in short documentaries, on web sites, in school music curricula and in government educational materials. Matt’s latest project is the Matt Savage Groove Experiment’s debut EP, Splash Variations. Splash Variations was released on December 7, 2018. Savage has toured worldwide, including performances at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Blue Note (NYC), Bohemian Caverns, Smalls Jazz Club, The Town Hall, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Scullers, the Jazz Standard, the Pantages Theatre, the Iridium, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Heineken Jazzaldia (Spain), the Costa Rica International Jazz Festival, the International VSA Arts Festival, the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Earshot Jazz Festival, tours of Japan, China, India, Spain, Curacao, Aruba and Singapore. Media appearances have included Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz,” NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” the “Today” Show, ABC’s “20/20,” the Discovery Channel, BBC, Telemundo TV, and news shows and documentaries worldwide (including the U.S., Germany, France, Japan and the U.K.) The Wall Street Journal, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, TIME, WIRED, Der Spiegel, The Jerusalem Report, People Magazine, TIME for Kids, American Way, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, The Boston Globe, the New York Daily News, and others have featured Matt in print. Having received his Bachelor’s Degree from Berklee College of Music and his Master’s Degree from Manhattan School of Music, Matt balances his professional music career with teaching. Back in the Boston area, Matt is an adjunct professor at Longy School of Music of Bard College, Saint Anselm College, and Bunker Hill Community College, and he also teaches at Community Music Center of Boston. He gives masterclasses and workshops domestically and internationally (in English and Spanish) as well as private piano lessons.

The Matt Savage Quartet CD release performance Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Scullers Jazz Club,  400 Soldiers Field Rd., Boston, MA. $35-$50

Please visit the Matt Savage website: www.savagerecords.com

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