Post Bop / Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop / Avant-Garde Jazz / 21st Century Modern • United States
Matt Criscuolo is an accomplished post modern jazz saxophonist and composer from New York City. He attended Manhattan school of music and studying with Dick Oatts , Walt Weiskopf and John Purcell.
He has performed, toured, and/or recorded with such greats such as David Murray, Harold Danko, Rich Perry, Billy Drummond, Larry Willis, Ed Soph, Tony Purrone, Steve Davis, and many more. He is also a record producer under his own label & has written Commercial jingles.
Some of His influences are Bird, Jimmy Lyons, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Bunky Green and David S. Ware to name a few. Matt performs high energy post modern Jazz steeped in the avant-garde paying homage to the bebop legacy.
from http://mattcriscuolo.com