Matthew Garrison

Electric powered bassist and producer Matthew Garrison may be the son of bassist Jimmy Garrison. Because the early ’90s, he provides documented and toured with an array of top-flight music artists including Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Meshell Ndegeocello, as well as the Globe Saxophone Quartet, to mention a scant few. He in addition has led his very own rings since 2000, and it has self-released a small number of recordings. Though delivered in NY, Garrison spent a lot of his years as a child in Italy. In 1988 he visited live along with his godfather, drummer/composer/pianist Jack port DeJohnette. He earned a full scholarship or grant towards the Berklee University of Music the next year, and started woodshedding at town gigs. He shifted back to NY in 1994. His musical variety and adaptability produced him an in-demand sideman. His playing on Joe Zawinul’s My People record in 1996 earned him a bunch of admirers and important accolades — and a lot more function. Garrison produced his debut being a leader using a self-titled supplying by himself Garrison Jazz Productions label. He enlisted guitarists David Gilmore and Adam Rogers, keyboardist Scott Kinsey, and percussionist Arto Tuncboyacian, furthermore to many various other performers and instrumentalists. Critics not merely found favor along with his playing and composing, but his cautious, multi-layered production aswell. That same season he produced his first documented appearance with John McLaughlin on Center of Factors: Reside in Paris and became a member of the guitarist’s regular music group. Among his live performances he guested on Dennis Chambers’ Outbreak (2002) and Hancock’s Upcoming 2 Upcoming Live (2002). In 2004 Garrison released Matthew Garrison Live as well as the acclaimed Shapeshifter. He also became a member of the Trend Void collective, lower an album together, and performed on recordings by Wallace Roney, the WSQ, Spiros Exaras World-Jazz Outfit, and Yoshiko Kishino. The next year he required part within the landmark Meshell Nedegeocello Presents the Spirit Music Jamia: Dance from the Infidel classes. His appearance on McLaughlin’s Industrial Zen documenting in 2006 received rave reviews from your jazz media. The next year his times included an appearance on Chico Hamilton’s Hamiltonia; he also co-led the program Improvision with Alex Machacek and Jeff Sipe. Garrison released the totally single Shapeshifter Live 2010, Pt. 1, captured in one uninterrupted take. It had been documented at Shapeshifter Laboratory, the multimedia studio room and overall performance space that he co-founded with Fortuna Sung. The location has been a dynamic live performance location since its inception. That same 12 months he toured with Whitney Houston during her global ONLY Like tour. His personal 12 Months adopted in 2013. In 2015, Garrison and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane started playing inside a formal trio with DeJohnette. Their debut documenting, In Movement, premiered by ECM in 2016.