MATT SAVAGE

18 year-old jazz composer Matt Savage's ninth album, Welcome Home, was released in November. The record was produced by Grammy-nominated Jonathan Wyner and engineered by nine-time Grammy winner, Tom Bates. Matt's career and travels began at the age of seven, when Matt released his first album and was hailed as a jazz prodigy. Composed and arranged entirely by Matt, Welcome Home features both a quintet and a trio to showcase Matt's music and includes the five-part "Big Apple Suite," inspired by Matt's landmark musical appearances in Manhattan. At the age of 11, Matt debuted at the famed Blue Note (and was signed as an artist for Bösendorfer pianos). The following year, he appeared at Birdland with the legendary Clark Terry on trumpet, Jimmy Heath on sax, Jon Faddis on trumpet, Marcus McLaurine on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. In 2007, Matt made his first appearance at the prestigious Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center and in 2009, he debuted "Big Apple Suite" at New York's Cachaça Jazz Club.