Matt Bauder Explained

Matt Bauder
Birth Place:Ann Arbor, MI
Instrument:Tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, guitar
Genre:Jazz, doo-wop, electronic, rock, avant-garde
Occupation:Musician
Years Active:1999–present
Label:Clean Feed Records
482 Music
I and Ear Records
Porter Records
Associated Acts:Hearing Things, Day in Pictures, Memorize the Sky, White Blue Yellow & Clouds, Exploding Star Orchestra, Taylor Ho Bynum, Anthony Braxton, Rob Mazurek, Harris Eisenstadt, Arcade Fire, Iron & Wine, Ghost Train Orchestra
Website:mattbauder.net

Matt Bauder (born 1976) is an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He is the bandleader of the jazz trio Hearing Things, the jazz quintet Day in Pictures, and the modern doo-wop group White Blue Yellow & Clouds. He is a member of the long-form improvisation trio Memorize the Sky, jazz collective Ghost Train Orchestra, and was formerly a member of the touring lineups for Arcade Fire and Iron & Wine.

Early life and education

Bauder was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1] He attended the University of North Texas in Denton, and earned a bachelor of fine arts in jazz and contemporary improvisation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[2] He lived in Chicago from 1999 to 2001, where he was a part of the city's modern jazz and improvised music scene,[3] and then attended graduate school at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.[4] There he studied under Anthony Braxton and received a master's degree in composition.[2] He lived in Berlin for a year, and moved to New York City in 2005.[5]

Career

In 2003, Bauder released his debut album, Weary Already of the Way, on .[4] [6] He followed that up in 2007 with the first album from his long-form improvisational jazz trio Memorize the Sky, featuring Bauder on saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet and percussion, Zach Wallace on bass, vibraphone and percussion, and Aaron Siegel on drums and percussion.[4] [7] Bauder released two more albums with Memorize the Sky, in 2008 and 2010.[8]

Bauder is the bandleader and plays saxophone and guitar in the jazz trio Hearing Things, with JP Schlegelmilch on organ and Vinnie Sperrazza on drums.[9]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/907 "Listed: Matt Bauder + Unnatural Helpers,"
  2. https://avantmusicnews.com/2014/02/19/matt-bauder-interview-2/ "AMN Interview: Matt Bauder," Avant Music News, February 19, 2014.
  3. Peter Margasak, "Matt Bauder's ever-evolving sound," Chicago Reader, March 21, 2014.
  4. Peter Margasak, "Another side of Matt Bauder," Chicago Reader, January 31, 2008.
  5. http://www.wnyc.org/story/109723-studio-matt-bauder "In Studio: Matt Bauder,"
  6. Aaron Steinberg, "Countercurrents," JazzTimes, March 2004, p. 92.
  7. Jim Santella, "Memorize The Sky: Memorize The Sky," All About Jazz, June 14, 2007.
  8. Troy Collins, "Matt Bauder: Day In Pictures," All About Jazz, January 5, 2011.
  9. Bruce Scott, "Introducing… White, Blue, Yellow, & Clouds," Prefix, November 6, 2007.
  10. Peter Margasak, "Short Takes on New Releases," Chicago Reader, January 31, 2008.
  11. "Matt Bauder and Day In Pictures: Nightshades," Down Beat, May 2014, p. 51.
  12. [Cisco Bradley]
  13. https://consequenceofsound.net/artist/arcade-fire/ Arcade Fire
  14. Mike Greenhaus, "Spotlight: Will Butler," Relix, May 4, 2015.
  15. Brian Seibert, "Finding Connections Among Melting Ice, Doughnuts," New York Times, November 30, 2012.
  16. Nate Chinen, "A Melting Pot of All Kinds of Rhythms, Harmonies and Vamps," New York Times, November 30, 2010.
  17. Brennan Carley, "Review: Will Butler's Wonky, Tightly Wound 'Policy'," Spin], March 10, 2015. He has also toured with Iron & Wine, played in the Broadway production of Fela! and collaborated on numerous projects with performance artist Aki Sasamoto, including the 2012 installation Centripetal Run, for which Bauder played saxophone, drums and guitar, sometimes simultaneously.[15] Bauder regularly performs with Harris Eisenstadt's quintet Canada Day,[16] and has also appeared on recordings by the Exploding Star Orchestra, Taylor Ho Bynum, Anthony Braxton, Rob Mazurek and Harris Eisenstadt.

    Discography

    Albums

    YearTitle
    2003Weary Already of the Way
    • By: Matt Bauder
    • Released: October 28, 2003
    • Label: 482 Music
    • Formats: CD, digital download
    2007Memorize the Sky
    • By: Memorize the Sky
    • Released: May 8, 2007
    • Label: 482 Music
    • Formats: CD, digital download
    2007Introducing White Blue Yellow & Clouds
    • By: White Blue Yellow & Clouds
    • Released: November 6, 2007
    • Label: I and Ear Records
    • Formats: CD
    2008In Former Times
    • By: Memorize the Sky
    • Released: November 11, 2008
    • Label: Clean Feed Records
    • Formats: CD, digital download
    2010Paper Gardens
    • By: Matt Bauder
    • Released: May 18, 2010
    • Label: Porter Records
    • Formats: CD, digital download
    2010Day in Pictures
    • By: Matt Bauder and Day in Pictures
    • Released: November 8, 2010
    • Label: Clean Feed Records
    • Formats: CD, digital download
    2010Creeks
    • By: Memorize the Sky
    • Released: December 4, 2010
    • Label: Broken Research
    • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
    2014Nightshades
    • By: Matt Bauder and Day in Pictures
    • Released: January 21, 2014
    • Label: Clean Feed Records
    • Formats: CD, digital download

    Appears on

    YearAlbumArtistCredits
    1999Explosion: CerebralExplosion: CerebralSaxophone, composer
    2000Childish DelusionsBill BrovoidSaxophone
    2001Tramps, Traitors and Little DevilsDrag City SupersessionStrings, reeds
    H.O.M.E.S., Vol. 1The Original Brothers and Sisters of LoveClarinet, saxophone
    2002When Flowers Covered the EarthWarren DefeverSaxophone
    The Big BangKing KongSaxophone
    Last NightHis Name Is AliveSaxophone
    2003The Howling HexNeil Michael HagertySaxophone
    All Your Summer SongsSaturday Looks Good to MeSaxophone
    20052 + 2 CompositionsAnthony BraxtonClarinet, saxophone, composer
    2006Fugitive PiecesReuben RaddingClarinet, saxophone
    ContinuumReminderClarinet
    2007We Are All From Somewhere ElseExploding Star OrchestraClarinet, saxophone
    The Middle PictureTaylor Ho BynumClarinet, saxophone
    2008Bill Dixon with Exploding Star OrchestraBill Dixon, Exploding Star OrchestraClarinet, saxophone
    Six Lines of Transformation; Music for Eight Bamboo FlutesAndrew Raffo DewarClarinet
    2009Running With the WastersThe Takeover UKSaxophone
    LuminosityMatthew WelchClarinet
    Garabatos Volume OnePositive CatastropheClarinet, saxophone
    Canada DayHarris EisenstadtSaxophone
    Asphalt Flowers Forking PathsTaylor Ho BynumClarinet, saxophone
    2010Stars Have ShapesExploding Star OrchestraClarinet, saxophone
    Ashcan RantingsAdam Lane's Full Throttle OrchestraSaxophone
    2011The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. IThe Sway MachinerySaxophone
    Hothouse StompGhost Train OrchestraSaxophone
    Staring at the XForest FireSaxophone
    People ChangeNat BaldwinClarinet
    Canada Day IIHarris EisenstadtSaxophone
    2012Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo…Positive CatastropheSaxophone
    2013Dome Branches: The MVP DemosNat BaldwinClarinet
    True HallucinationsEx CopsSaxophone
    B-RoomDr. DogSaxophone
    2014Live in LjubljanaAdam Lane's Full Throttle OrchestraSaxophone
    2015The Gravity of Our CommitmentNever Enough HopeSaxophone
    PolicyWill ButlerClarinet, saxophone
    How You Look When You're Falling DownBirthmarkClarinet, saxophone
    Canada Day IVHarris EisenstadtSaxophone
    2016Sorrow: A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd SymphonyColin StetsonSaxophone
    Life's a Real DreamLard Dog & The Band of ShySaxophone, vocals
    Matter Anti-MatterExploding Star OrchestraSaxophone
    Enter the PlustetTaylor Ho BynumSaxophone
    2017On Parade in ParedeHarris EisenstadtSaxophone

    References

  18. Aarik Danielsen, "Three's company: NYC band breathes fresh life into the organ trio," Columbia Daily Tribune], March 3, 2016.

    In 2001, Bauder formed the doo-wop jazz group White Blue Yellow & Clouds.[9] He plays saxophone and guitar in the group, and also sings lead vocals on some of the songs. They released Introducing White Blue Yellow & Clouds in 2007.[10] The album features trumpeter Peter Evans, bassist Jason Ajemian, Fred Thomas (of Saturday Looks Good to Me) and sound artist Dan St. Clair. On the album, the band mashes up '50s doo-wop, '60s soul and California pop music with avant-garde flourishes, and includes covers of "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" by The Flamingos and "Hushabye" by The Mystics.

    Bauder has released two albums with his Brooklyn-based jazz quintet Day in Pictures on Clean Feed Records, the 2010 self-titled debut and 2014's Nightshades, with trumpeter Nate Wooley, pianist Kris Davis, bassist Jason Ajemian and drummer Tomas Fujiwara.[11] Bauder played tenor saxophone and composed the songs on both albums.[12]

    In 2014, he joined the Arcade Fire's touring lineup, remaining with the band until 2016.[13] He played saxophone and clarinet on two tracks on Arcade Fire member Will Butler's 2015 debut album Policy.[14] [15]