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Matt Brewer
Born (1983-04-20) April 20, 1983 (age 41)
Oklahoma City
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, Composer
Instrument(s)Bass guitar, double bass

Matt Brewer (born April 20, 1983) is an American jazz bassist and composer.

Early Life

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Brewer was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He studied at Interlochen Center for the Arts and was a part of the inaugural class at the Juilliard School Jazz Program, where he studied with bassists Rhodney Whitaker and Ben Wolfe.[1][2]

Career

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Brewer has worked with artists such as Gonzalo Rubalcaba[3][4], Greg Osby, Tyshawn Sorey, Terence Blanchard, Vijay Iyer, Eric Harland, Tigran Hamasyan, Ben Wendel, Chris Potter, Lee Konitz, Aaron Parks, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Antonio Sanchez.[5]

Brewer was the bassist in Terence Blanchard's opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones[6][7], the first opera by a Black composer to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, opening the company's 2021-22 season, as well as Terence Blanchard's opera Champion (opera) in 2023.[8][9]

Teaching and Education

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Brewer is currently an adjunct faculty member at The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music[10], The San Francisco Conservatory of Music[11], and at the Temple University Boyer college of music and dance.[12] He has also been a guest artist/teacher at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.[13]

Equipment

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Brewer uses Aguilar amplifiers[14] and Pirastro strings.[15]

Discography

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As Leader and Co-Leader

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Year released Title Label Notes
2014 Mythology Criss Cross Jazz with Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Steve Lehman (alto saxophone), Lage Lund (guitar), David Virelles (piano), Marcus Gilmore (drums); cd[16]
2016 Unspoken Criss Cross Jazz with Ben Wendel (tenor saxophone), Charles Altura (guitar), Aaron Parks (piano), Tyshawn Sorey (drums); cd[17]
2019 Ganymede Criss Cross Jazz Trio, with Mark Shim (tenor saxophone), Damion Reid (drums); cd;[18]
2022 Volume One (Independent) Trio, with Aaron Parks (piano), Eric Harland (drums); digital download[19]
2022 Volume Two (Independent) Trio, with Aaron Parks (piano), Eric Harland (drums); digital download[16][20]

As sideman

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With SFJAZZ Collective

  • Live: SFJAZZ Center 2018 - The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (SFJAZZ, 2019)[2CD][21]
  • Live: SFJAZZ Center 2019 - Miles Davis 'In A Silent Way' and Sly & The Family Stone 'Stand!' (SFJAZZ, 2020)
  • Live: SFJAZZ Center 2021 - New Works Reflecting The Moment (SFJAZZ, 2022)
  • SFJAZZ Collective: New Works and Classics Reimagined (SFJAZZ, 2022)
  • SFJAZZ Collective: Twenty Year Retrospective Vol. 03 (SFJAZZ, 2024)

With Gonzalo Rubalcaba

  • Charlie (5 Passion Records, 2015)[22]
  • Turning Point - Trio D'ete (5 Passion Records, 2022)[23]

With Antonio Sanchez

With Ben Wendel

With John Escreet

With Walter Smith III

  • Live in Paris (Space Time, 2009)

With Mike Moreno

With Will Vinson

  • Live at Smalls (SmallsLIVE, 2013)
  • Four Fourty One (Whirlwind Recordings, 2020)

With Alex Sipiagin

With Others

References

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  1. ^ "SF Jazz Collective Spotlight". sfjazz.org. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Jazz on the Road". jazzontheroad.net. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ^ "NY Times: A Pianist Happy to Let Others Do the Driving". nytimes.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ^ "A New Band Gives a Pianist a Fresh Context". nytimes.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Whirlwind Recordings". whirlwindrecordings.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Historic Met Opera Performance: How SFCM Played a Part". sfcm.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  7. ^ "NPR: Terence Blanchard's Met Opera Debut Is A Singular Achievement And A Shared Success". npr.org. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  8. ^ "NY Classical Review - In Met debut Blanchard's "Champion" proves lightweight in its class". newyorkclassicalreview.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Terence Blanchard's 'Champion' finds conflict in and out of the ring". wrti.org. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  10. ^ "New School Jazz Faculty". Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
  11. ^ "SFCM Faculty". Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
  12. ^ "Temple University Boyer Jazz Studies Faculty". Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
  13. ^ "Chicago Symphony Orchestra Visiting Artists". Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
  14. ^ "Volume Two". Aaronparksmusic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Matt Brewer on Pirastro". pirastro.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Mythology". crisscrossjazz.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Unspoken". crisscrossjazz.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Volume One". crisscrossjazz.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Volume One". Aaronparksmusic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Volume Two". Aaronparksmusic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Discography - SFJAZZ". Sfjazz.org. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
  22. ^ "5 Passion Records - Charlie". 5passion.com. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
  23. ^ "5 Passion Records - Turning Point". 5passion.com. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.
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Category: Musicians from Albuquerque, New Mexico Category: 1983 births