Rick Matle

Beginning at age 17, guitarist Rick Matle has already established an expansive music career. He spent some time working in musical theatre, toured with nationwide show organizations, and performed for just two years having a jazz trio for the East Coastline. But his most crucial and productive function has result from his cooperation with vocalist/composer Sheila Landis. The recipients of many jazz awards, they will have a lot more than ten albums collectively, becoming among the Midwest’s better identified duos. Matle got a thorough musical education, having officially studied classical acoustic guitar, composing, and organizing before finding a B.A. in Music Efficiency from Oakland School. Matle’s cool design, digital dexterity, and clean audio reflects the affects of both jazz guitarists he admires probably the most: Joe Move and Kenny Burrell. His capability to develop a melange of sonics from your guitar originates from the his various other two main blues and rock and roll affects: Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix. Matle in addition has mastered the specialized secrets from the documenting studio, having created and engineered many of his produces with Landis. These different musical modes get together with gratifying outcomes on his record released in 2001, Ears Wide Shut. Furthermore to his studio room function and gigs at main jazz locations, he has made an appearance regularly at main festivals within the Michigan region like the Detroit Montreux Jazz Celebration as well as the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Celebration. Matle operates on the timetable of composing, electric guitar instruction, live shows, and documenting and making in his very own studio.