The Matt Savage Trio

Benefit concert at Temple B'nai Torah

Matthew’s performance at Temple B’nai Torah was a complete success.  There was a terrific turnout.  John Funkhouser, a professional musician and teacher, played bass.  Steve Silverstein, a teacher at The Rivers School and professional musician, played drums.  Both men are extremely talented and WOW a crowd wherever they play.  We were very fortunate to have them volunteer their time and talent to perform at our benefit concert.  Thank you so much to everyone who helped out, especially John and Steve.  Thanks also to Temple B'nai Torah which donated the space for the event.
 

Matthew appears on WERS 88.9 FM's Jazz Oasis promoting the concert

 

Matthew sits in at a popular Boston restaurant
 

The band warms up
 

The performance was a wonderful mix of a little bit of everything and lasted approx. an hour.

The program included several standards, several original pieces by Matthew, and an “Audience Challenge” where Matthew improvised songs from suggestions by the audience.  Here is what was played:

“What Is This Thing Called Love?” (Cole Porter)
“I Mean You” (Thelonius Monk)
“Nica’s Dream” (Horace Silver)
“Anybody Home?” (Matthew Savage)
“Shufflin’ the Cards” (Matthew Savage)
“Moon Land” (Matthew Savage)
“’Round Midnight” (Thelonius Monk)
“Satin Doll” (Duke Ellington)
Audience challenge:
“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” (Improv)
“Sunset” (Improv)
“Something Mysterious” (Improv)
“Popcorn” (Improv)
Acknowledgements

John Funkhouser and Steve Silverstein were amazing, and the three musicians played as if they had been in an ensemble together for years.  Matthew played like never before.  The musicians obviously enjoyed themselves immensely.  The audience LOVED the performance, and the benefit was a complete success.

Lifetime Television filmed the performance and will use excerpts from the concert in their story about Matthew.  The story was aired on November 10, 2001.

Lifetime Television filming Matthew at home