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Matt Savage, age 28, has had a remarkable 19-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 as leader and one as collaborator. 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 twelve 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, and it was accompanied by a CD release tour in early 2019.
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.
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Matt Savage Groove Experiment: Splash Variations
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by Jack Bowers
Matt Savage, a young man who knows his way around a keyboard (a child prodigy, he recorded his first album, Live at the Olde Mill, when he was barely nine years old), has added a new twist, namely soul / funk, to Splash Variations, the thirteenth recording under his name and first as leader of the Matt Savage Groove Experiment. Variations, which comprises half a dozen songs (five written by Savage) and runs for thirty-eight minutes, is labeled an EP ...
read moreMatt Savage: A Bigger Celebration
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by Jack Bowers
Pianist / composer Matt Savage's career has been on an upward curve since he recorded his first album--before his tenth birthday! Now twenty-one and a recent graduate of Boston's Berklee School of Music, Savage and his trio have released their tenth album, A Bigger Celebration, this one employing the services of some heavy-swinging guest artists including the celebrated tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi. A child prodigy? Without a doubt. A remarkably talented jazz musician? Ditto. Diagnosed at age ...
read moreMatt Savage: Welcome Home
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by Jack Bowers
Pianist Matt Savage, a child prodigy if ever there was one, recorded his first album as leader of the Matt Savage Trio (with adult rhythm section) when he was nine years old (he'd recorded for the first time at age seven while studying at the New England Conservatory in Boston). In 2004, when he was twelve, Matt received his first ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his composition The Wild Rose" (from the CD Cutting Loose). Later, he received the ...
read moreThe Matt Savage Trio: Quantum Leap
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by Michael P. Gladstone
The life story of fourteen-year-old Matt Savage is surely a television movie in the making. While millions of Americans already know about this young musician because of his exposure in national magazines and media interviews (e.g. People magazine, The Today Show, 20/20, etc.) there are still more people who would be fascinated by Savage's journey.
Diagnosed at age three with a form of autism, Savage underwent intensive training so that by the age of six, he was able ...
read moreJazz Recording Artist Matt Savage Releases Summer Single - "Go On" - July 24th
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Matt Savage, Jazz recording artist, pianist and composer, is releasing Go On as a summer single on Friday, July 24th. Recorded at Avatar Studios in jny: New York City, Go On is a catchy jazz-fusion tune featuring Matt Savage on both piano and electric keyboard, with Brandon Wright (tenor saxophone), Tom Berkmann (bass) and Richie Barshay (drums). Go On will be available on CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Matt just graduated from Manhattan School of Music, earning his Master ...
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Bobby Watson, Joris Teepe and Peter Retzlaff join Matt Savage for Concert at Dizzy's Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, February 21st
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Sarah McMullen
New York, NYJazz composer and pianist Matt Savage will celebrate the release of his new album, Welcome Home, with a concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Monday, February 21st. He will be joined by three of the guest musicians featured on the CD sax great Bobby Watson, bassist Joris Teepe, and drummer Peter Retzlaff. Welcome Home peaked at #18 on JazzWeek's radio airplay chart and is currently #5 on the CMJ Jazz ...
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Cachaca Jazz 'N' Samba Club Presents the Matt Savage Trio
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All About Jazz
The Matt Savage Trio, helmed by Jazz piano phenomenon, Matt Savage, will make their first appearance at the Cachaca Jazz 'n' Samba Club on Friday, October 17th and Saturday, October 18th. One of the most popular new additions to the New York Jazz scene, Cachaca is located in Greenwich Village at 35 West 8th Avenue between 5th and 6th. Matt Savage will be joined by Trio sidemen, David Robaire on bass and Joe Saylor on drums. Their set will include ...
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Hot Jazz Cool Cause: Matt Savage at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on Saturday, May 10 at 8PM
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Matt Savage Trio: Young Jazz Phenom Sept. 30 in Rochester, New Hampshire Benefit Concert
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All About Jazz
The Monarch School of New England is proud to present The Matt Savage Trio in concert at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester NH on September 30 at 7:30. Tickets are $22 (seniors of 60 and children under 12 are $12). All proceeds support the Monarch School.
The Matt Savage Trio has a new release due on September 19. Quantum Leap is the Trio's first album through a world-wide distribution deal with Palmetto Records.
The Matt Savage Trio features Matt ...
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Matt Savage Trio in Concert May 20 in West Palm Beach
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All About Jazz
Jazz legend Dave Brubeck calls him amazing." Chick Corea says he's delightful and inspiring." Sax legend Jimmy Heath calls him the future of jazz." His talent has been compared to that of Bach and Mozart.
You can hear what all the fuss is about on May 20, as 13-year-old jazz prodigy Matt Savage performs in a benefit concert to help support arts education and outreach programs in Palm Beach County. Wellington-based non-profit ArtStart is proud to present The Matt Savage ...
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The Matt Savage Trio releases new CD and has Birdland release concert
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The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to Perform with Special Guest, Jazz Pianist Matt Savage
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WHO: The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra with Matt Savage
WHERE: Regattabar, Charles Hotel Cambridge, MA Reservations:617.395.7757
WHEN: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 7:30 pm
COST: $16.
Personnel: Arni Cheatham, Peter Bloom, Phil Scarff, Chris Rakowski, Dan Zupan/saxes & woodwinds K.C. Dunbar, Jeanne Snodgrass/trumpets Bob Pilkington, Jay Keyser/trombones Jeff Marsanskis, Bill Lowe/bass trombones, tuba Richard Nelson/guitar John Funkhouser/string bass Harry Wellott/drums Jerry Edwards/vocalist Mark ...
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“No one word could do justice to his performance; it was simply ‘beautiful.'” RYOTA KOJIMA, VOYAGE MAGAZINE, JAPAN
“…this is Savage’s album all the way, as he not only plays with a maturity well beyond his years but wrote and arranged every number…” ALL ABOUT JAZZ.COM
Primary Instrument
Piano
Location
Boston
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Adjunct Faculty at Bunker Hill Community College Teacher at Community Music Center of Boston and Note-worthy Experiences
John Coltrane
saxophoneChick Corea
pianoMiles Davis
trumpetDuke Ellington
pianoBill Evans
pianoKenny Garrett
saxophone, altoHerbie Hancock
pianoKeith Jarrett
pianoThelonious Monk
pianoPhotos
Music
Go On
From: Go OnBy Matt Savage
Big Apple Suite: The City Is Alive
From: Welcome HomeBy Matt Savage
A 6/4 Song (That's Also in 6/4)
From: Hot Ticket: Live in BostonBy Matt Savage