About Matt Anderson Quartet
Artist Biography
In the artist’s words:
Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. Music was a huge part of my childhood because my mother was a music teacher, so she had me started on piano and recorder very young. Some of my earliest memories are making up some of my own compositions on the piano and the recorder group at school.
What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Miles Davis, The Complete Concert 1964 - My Funny Valentine + Four & More Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus Rudy Van Gelder Remaster Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (Remastered) These are some of the recordings that I've been listening to for decades and I just keep going back to. I think there's enough in there to keep me interested and inspired for a lifetime! They also very much inform my approach to the quartet.
Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Jig, Jag, Jug (feat. Nick Malcolm, Owen Dawson & Aubin Vanns)” This piece was inspired by my roots, growing up in the rural North Yorkshire Moors and hearing lots of hymnal and folk music at home and around me. It also won the Dankworth Prize for Composition in 2017.
Hometown
City of London, London, England
Genre
Jazz
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