Matt Shulman at Jazz Standard

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Trumpeter/vocalist Matt Shulman's audacious comments above are only partlially tongue-in-cheek. Celebrating his latest release with two nights at Jazz Standard in New Yory City on July 24-25, So It Goes finds the exciting young trumpeter ready and willing to go to the mat. "No disrespect intended, but in the tradition of the great cutting sessions of days past, I would love to share a stage with Wynton Marsalis", explains Matt. "His influence on my playing has been enormous and while we have very distinctive approaches to our instruments, it would be thrilling if our paths should ever cross in front of a live audience."

Shulman plays and sings with an intimacy that reaches out to listeners. "I think my music can appeal to fans of Chet Baker, Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis as well as those of Radiohead. I'm a huge fan of all kinds of music and try to show that in my stylistic choices."

Matt Shulman has been hailed by the New York Times as "a new voice from jazz's emerging generation." All About Jazz calls him "a modern day Chet Baker with a far-seeing vision...an amalgamation of Miles Davis and Radiohead...the next big thing" and Down Beat describes the trumpeter/vocalist as "Zen-like." Shulman combines intimate vocals with virtuosic trumpet playing and atmospheric electronics to create his signature sound.

"My singing is really coming from more of an alternative rock/singer-songwriter place than from a jazz background", Matt says. "My trumpet playing is very rooted in the jazz tradition, but I've listened to a lot more "rock vocalists than jazz vocalists when I recorded So It Goes, I was listening to a lot of Thom Yorke and Magnet."

Since his move to New York in 1997, Matt Shulman has steadily become one of the storied city's first-call instrumental soloists. Matt made his Carnegie Hall main stage debut as featured guest soloist with the New York Pops Orchestra in 2002, and was named Jazz Artist of the Year by the 2003 Independent Music Awards, earning him international acclaim for taking the trumpet to exciting new places through his highly expressive sound and pioneering approaches including simultaneous use of vocals and electronics with his trumpet.

Matt's spirit of innovation can also be found in his development of the ShulmanSystem for Trumpet, a device he patented to promote efficient embouchure and body-use, which is endorsed by Matt and many of his trumpet-playing peers.

Matt has earned numerous prizes and awards for his music, including winning 1st Place in the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, winning 1st Place in the National Jazz Trumpet Competition, being named a finalist in the Thelonius Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition, and winning the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award. Matt holds a Bachelor's of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a Master's of Music from New York University, which he attended on fellowship through the Alberto Vilar Global Fellowship in the Performing Arts.

Possessing a rare combination of traditional and progressive aesthetics, Matt has toured internationally, recorded and/or collaborated with such diverse artists as Brad Mehldau, Ethan Iverson and Reid Anderson from The Bad Plus, Musiq Soulchild, Super Furry Animals, The Jazz Mandolin Project, Robert Sadin, John Medeski from MMW, Kenny Werner, the Complexions Dance Company, Skitch Henderson, and Nneena Freelon.

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