Matt D
Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano and Music Theory
Born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, Matt started teaching himself to play the bass at 13 and performed his first gig when he was 14. He continued to play in local bands until he was 19 when he moved to Cambridge to study Music at Anglia Ruskin University. Here, he fully immersed himself in the Cambridge music scene whilst studying his degree. He also received lessons from world class bassists Tiago Coimbra (Hiromi, Maceo Parker, Dennis Rollins) and Tony Cimorosi (Randy Brecker, Jeremy Wall).
Matt has also completed a postgraduate degree in Composition at Goldsmiths, University of London where his focuses were on Modern Classical composition techniques (serialism, post serialism, graph based music) and Music For Moving Media.
Some of his career highlights include numerous festival tour dates with Sweet Crisis and Lepage Dean such as Ramblin’ Man festival, Cheltenham Jazz festival, Nanjing Jazz festival and featuring alongside legendary Jazz saxophonist, Bill Evans, and guitarist, Mike Stern, on the album Only Two Things Are Infinite by Chanan Hanspal.
Matt now lives in North London where he divides up his time between performing around the U.K., teaching and composing.