Artist: Matt Penman

Matt Penman is a jazz bassist from New Zealand.

AIn 1994 the album Urbanism, in which he was involved as a co-leader, was nominated for New Zealand Jazz Album of the Year. He then studied on a scholarship for a year at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Herb Pomeroy and Hal Crook, before moving to New York City in 1995.

Penman worked with Kenny Werner, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Nnenna Freelon, Kurt Rosenwinkel, David Berkman, Guillermo Klein, Mika Pohjola, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel and Seamus Blake, as well as with the bands of Chris Cheek, Ignaz Dinné and Nils Wogram. He performed live with the SFJazz Collective under Joshua Redman and with Madeleine Peyroux.

In 1998 he co-released the album Flipside (with Darren Beckett, Jérôme Sabbagh and Greg Tuohey ). In 2002 he released his first own album Unqiet (with Jeff Ballard, Chris Cheek, Aaron Goldberg and Kurt Rosenwinkel). In 2015 Pirouet Records released the album Amateur Dentist, which he recorded in a trio with Ted Poor and Ted Poor. In addition, he can now be heard as a sideman on more than 85 albums. In 2018 he led a trio with Shai Maestro and Allison Miller.

He is a member of the band James Farm with pianist Aaron Parks, saxophonist Joshua Redman, and drummer Eric Harland.

Further information Matt Penman artist is found at MattPenman.com.

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