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.

Matt’s latest project is the Matt Savage Groove Experiment. The band is now busy promoting their newest release, The Groove Reawakens, their second album (or “long EP”). A lot has changed in the past four years (to say the least), but the Groove Experiment’s sound remains as unique as before. There are four instrumental pieces and two vocal tunes on this new record, just like on the Groove Experiment’s first project (Splash Variations). But this new release focuses more on electric jazz improvisation, even though the pop music influence is still present.

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