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Matt Blair Master’s Piano Recital

Matt Blair, piano
Devin Drobka, bass
Jakob Heinemann, drums

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Program

Dolphy’s Dance         Geri Allen (1957-2017)

Blue’s in Motian         Charlie Haden (1937-2014)

Fiasco         Paul Motian (1931-2011)

Etude          Paul Motian

300 Failures At A Time        Matt Blair (b. 1994)

Stress Dream or Bruce Banner Does The Hulk Smash         Matt Blair

Getting to Know You         Matt Blair

Faced In, Faced Out       Matt Blair

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Matt Blair is a pianist, composer, and educator living in Madison, Wisconsin. His work draws upon diverse musical traditions such as contemporary classical, electro-acoustic improvisation, free jazz, minimalism, and noise. In addition to his practice as a pianist, he incorporates extended electronic processing of the Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, and the computer in his music.

Since 2018, Matt has been releasing music on his label, Scribbled Fang Records. Recent releases have included Shadow Sets, a collection of compositions for solo piano that was produced by Dave King (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple), Post Rock Lately, the debut record of Collector, an improvising trio featuring Jakob Heinemann on bass and Devin Drobka on drums and electronics, and Flights and Poor Health Good Spirits, both releases by Big Thanks, a Minneapolis-based Trash House trio featuring Miles Allen on saxophone and clarinet and Jack Lussenden on drums. Other recent releases have included After Party (out on Dinzu Artefacts), the debut record of Yins, an electronic duo with Devin Drobka, and Resorts (out on Shifting Paradigm Records), a piano trio featuring Devin Drobka’s compositions with Aaron Darrell on bass.