Jazz Global Beat: Matt White - Super Villain Jazz Band - "Worlds Wide"

Trumpeter/Composer

Matt White

The Super Villain Jazz Band

"Worlds Wide"

Officially Released by Ear Up Records

Reviews & Radio Airplay!

"Worlds Wide" is the follow-up to trumpeter/composer Matt White's debut album, The Super Villain Jazz Band. In "Worlds Wide", Matt reconvenes his Nashville-based group to perform music inspired by places real and imaginary, from waterfalls and valleys to desolate planets, a desperate trip to rescue lost luggage, and music inspired by the Gullah music of St. Helena Island.

To Listen:http://earuprecords.com/matt-white-and-the-super-villain-jazz-band-worlds-wide-press/

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REVIEW:

Midwest Record - June 23

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"MATT WHITE/Worlds Wide: The Nashville trumpet jazzbo turns in a second set that shows his debut was no fluke. Top shelf sitting down/listening jazz, White isn't confined by being in Nashville or blowing jazz and lets his observations on the world around us come out in his playing. Solid stuff that can easily take control of your mind and take you away from the humdrum, this is some seriously creative stuff that's done for more than just being creative to say you are. Killer stuff for the serious listener."

RADIO:

WPKN Featuring Matt White - Forward to 15-minutes into the program - CLICK HERE.

Matt White & The Super Villain Jazz Band

Personnel:
Matt White - trumpet
Evan Cobb - tenor saxophone
Don Aliquo - alto saxophone
Roy Agee - trombone
Joe Davidian - piano
Jonathan Wires - bass
Jim White - drums
Steve Bailey - electric bass
Victor Wooten - electric bass

Tracks:
1.   Departure
2.   Godafass/Lunar Landscape
3.   The Black Valley
4.   The Copenhagen Garment Bad Incident
5.   Adam in the Garden
6.   Ride on Jesus
7.   Wade in the Water
8.   Spectra 9.    Area X
10. aMUSEing

Praise for The Super Villain Jazz Band:

"4 Stars" - Downbeat Magazine

"It heralds the arrival of a new major voice in jazz, one whose name belongs in the pantheon of its true heroes."

- Russ Musto, New York Jazz Record

"In The Super Villain Jazz Band, Matt White validates himself as a legitimate jazz composer assisted by a group of outstanding jazz sidemen in an exceptional collection of jazz compositions."

- Jeffrey Uhrich, Allaboutjazz.com

Matt White

Matt White Notes:

Trumpeter, Composer, and Educator Dr. Matthew White is currently Professor of Trumpet, Coordinator of Jazz and Commercial Music, and Director of Ensembles at Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC) and was previously a first call freelance and session musician in Nashville and Miami. He holds degrees from the University of North Florida and The University of Miami and has appeared on numerous albums, radio broadcasts, and television shows, performing with: Bob Mintzer, Jeff Coffin, Arturo Sandoval, Dave Liebman, Rihanna, Oscar DeLeon, Brian Setzer, the Mavericks, Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten, Howard Levy, and various other artists, ensembles, symphonies, and big bands.

The opening overture to Matt's new album Worlds Wide. Available June 30, 2017 on Ear Up Records.