"A top-drawer trumpeter who also sings like an angel obscured by a storm cloud"
--JazzTimes
Flying high in the rarified air of innovative jazz trumpeter and heart-centered crooner, Matt Von Roderick has been hailed as “a post-millennial Chet Baker” by the New York Times and "a top-drawer trumpeter who also sings like an angel obscured by a storm cloud” by JazzTimes Magazine.
Possessing a classic sense of showmanship, Matt’s uplifting message and poignant sound have been featured among the world’s most celebrated venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. If you can imagine a one-of-a-kind trumpet virtuosity paired with dreamy vocals, deeply authentic jazz roots and soaring soundscapes, you’re beginning to conjure the artistry of Matt Von Roderick.
Von Roderick made his Carnegie Hall debut as a featured guest soloist with the New York Pops Orchestra, and has appeared as both a soloist and composer at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, he went on to receive his Master's of Music from New York University, where he was granted the Alberto Vilar Global Fellowship. While on fellowship at New York University, he was classically trained by Juilliard trumpet pedagogue, Mark Gould (Principal Emeritus, Metropolitan Opera). Von Roderick is a former member of the New York Trumpet Ensemble, as led by Gould. Former members of the ensemble include trumpet virtuoso and founder, Gerard Schwarz. While living in New York City, Matt also performed with the Saturday Night Live Band.
Von Roderick has enjoyed working with many of the most respected names in jazz and beyond, including Brad Mehldau, John Medeski, Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, and Super Furry Animals. Von Roderick and his clarion tone have appeared in numerous film and television spots including SNL and The Ellen Show, as well as at events with best-selling author and spiritual activist Marianne Williamson.
Von Roderick has received a myriad of awards for his music, including being named the 1st place winner of The Independent Music Awards Jazz Category as judged by progressive Rock icon Lou Reed, awarded as finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, and a recipient of the Vilar Global Fellowship, dubbed the "Rhodes Scholarship" of the performing arts by The New York Times.
Von Roderick's signature sound combines his classic, lush tones with adventurous vocal/trumpet multiphonics, a dash of loops and spoken word to create what the International Trumpet Guild calls “exquisite”, while Downbeat Magazine describes his musical approach as being “Zen-like”.
Matt Von Roderick prioritizes the spiritual aspects of music. He seeks to make a positive impact in this world. It is his great joy to bring you joy.
Celebrated for his singular, innovative interpretations of standards and the American songbook, acclaimed jazz trumpeter and singer
Matt Von Roderick unveils another side of his artistic expression --
THE PERFECT STORM, an album comprised largely of original compositions spanning across several years, and his boldest, most personal statement to-date.
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“His latest masterpiece...an album that has recently taken the world by storm...seamlessly weaves together classic lush tones with audacious experimentation, incorporating multiphonics, melodic vocals, and even hints of spoken word poetry...Matt Von Roderick, a virtuoso trumpeter and vocalist…embodies the spirit of exploration intrinsic to jazz’s tradition and its continuous evolution as an art form...”
—JAZZIZ Magazine
The authoritative voice of jazz culture
"Matt Von Roderick continues to push the envelope...improvising trumpet fades in and out, not unlike Miles in his quieter Bitches Brew moments...engaging, and intriguing...this duality is the persona of the vocal crooner and exploratory, all-effects-invited trumpeter who is Von Roderick."
--Making A Scene
"...reminiscent of 1970s Miles Davis...the sensitivity of a Chet Baker."
--LA Jazz Scene
