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| Matthias Lupri Group at The Regatta Bar Boston Fresh off a summer tour of Canada, Europe and US, including the Montreal Jazz Festival and North Sea Festival and recording a new project for a spring release, modern jazz vibraphonist Matthias Lupri and group with Myron Walden (Matthias Lupri - vibraphone, Myron Walden, Nate Radley - guitar, Evan Gregor, Jordan Perlson – drums) will be performing new music and music from the latest CD release “Transition Sonic” on “Summit Records - DCD 337” which included adventurous electronic trumpeter Cuong Vu(Pat Metheny) and Mark Turner, at The Regatta Bar, Wednesday, Nov 16. Acclaimed Saxophonist Myron Walden has albums out on the NYC Records and Fresh Sound labels and is a member of the Brian Blade Fellowship (Blue Note). Lupri and Walden were both recently picked in the Down Beat critic’s poll as rising artists. A follow up to “Same Time Twice” (with Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Reuben Rogers and Greg Hutchinson) “Shadow of the Vibe” (George Garzone) and debut “Window Up Window Down”, “Transition Sonic” is original jazz with the sweet sounds of the vibraphone and the fresh modern forward thinking players of today's NYC jazz scene; Nate Radley guitar, Thomson Kneeland acoustic bass and Jordan Perlson drums. Born in Germany, Lupri grew up in Kansas and Alberta, Canada. He studied drums and began playing professionally as a teenager in blues, rock and country music bands, including Juno winner George Fox. In his early 20's, while studying music in college, he became fascinated with jazz vibraphone music from listening to a recording of the legendary Gary Burton. Lupri recollects, “It totally changed my whole approach to music. For the next five years, while I was still on the road with rock bands, I would practice my vibes every day in my hotel room.” Having found a new musical expression with the vibes, he enrolled at the “Berklee College of Music”in Boston to study with his mentor Gary Burton. Lupri‚s debut CD “Window Up Window Down” (Chartmaker Jazz PDP1020) and “Shadow of the Vibe” both charted in the Top 40 Gavin and Top 15 CMJ Jazz Charts and #7 Chart Magazine Canada. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |