Talk About Jazz Welcomes Matthew Stevens
Our guest artist is Matthew Stevens. Mr. Stevens is a critically acclaimed GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist and producer. His latest upcoming album, “Matthew Stevens”, will be released on May 8th on Candid Records. We will listen to a portion of 2 cuts from this recording, later in the podcast.
Matthew Stevens is a leading artist of his generation, Grammy-nominated, and to reference several quotes from publication sources: “Matthew Stevens’ singular style dissolves the demarcation lines between jazz, rock and ambient music.” (Mojo mag.) Stevens’ music is “honest and soulful” (Pitchfork) and is described as “music (that) advances the ideals of modern jazz”. (NPR)
In addition to his critically acclaimed solo albums, Woodwork, Preverbal, Pittsburgh and In Common 1, 2 and 3 with Walter Smith III, Stevens’ songs and guitar playing are featured on over 70 albums including those by artists Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Douglas, Anna B Savage, Jamire Williams, Sean Jones, Linda May Han Oh, Harvey Mason, and Jany Green.
Stevens has worked as a guitarist with producers Quincy Jones, Glen Ballard and Tony Visconti. As a producer, he worked on Esperanza Spalding’s albums Exposure and the Grammy winning 12 Little Spells and on Terri Lyne Carrington’s Grammy nominated album Waiting Game, Matthew is currently living in Boston and an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music in the departments of Ensemble and Guitar.
