MATT MORAN

Avant-Garde Jazz / 21st Century Modern • United States
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Vibraphonist and tunesmith Matt Moran "plays the vibraphone like a speed-chess master, always darting off into flurries of ingenious, unexpected activity" (Village Voice). He has performed and recorded with artists as diverse as Mat Maneri, Lionel Hampton, Combustible Edison, Ellery Eskelin, and Saban Bajramovic. Moran's sound is integral to an innovative group of New York musicians who blur the boundaries of composition, improvisation, and folk traditions.

Moran received a Master's degree in jazz composition from New England Conservatory in 1995. At NEC he studied with the visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Maneri, and has continued to learn from Maneri through performances with him. Since moving to New York in 1995 he has performed both as leader and sideman, including billings for the Knitting Factory's What Is Jazz? Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival, the Panasonic Village Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, and the Vision Festival, as well as leading tours in the
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MATT MORAN Matt Moran's Larobok i  : Blurred and Somewhat Indistinct album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Matt Moran's Larobok i : Blurred and Somewhat Indistinct
Avant-Garde Jazz 1996
MATT MORAN Matt Moran Trio : Play Ball album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Matt Moran Trio : Play Ball
21st Century Modern 2018

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