WELCOME!

I am excited to be returning to a performance schedule this fall, if mostly in virtual form.  And I am continuing my teaching positions at Saint Anselm College and Bunker Hill Community College.

The Matt Savage Groove Experiment’s debut project, Splash Variations (2018), is available now.  And my latest release as a sideman is Jonathan Hurley’s Never Again: Part Two (2020).

Please visit my Blog section for more updates, and the Music page to hear musical samples.  Hope to see you at a virtual show or on the road…

“The Savage Life Chose Me” – split-screen quartet video:
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“Sunny (For Sonny)” music video, with the Groove Experiment:
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“I Know That You Know” (Matt Savage Trio):
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“Splash Variations” Album Trailer:
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“Got to Get You Into My Life” Live in Boston:
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“Escalator Music” with the Groove Experiment:
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“Go On” Live in Japan 2015:
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LISTEN TO MATT'S LATEST ALBUM

Matt Savage Groove Experiment Splash Variations Released December 7, 2018

Splash Variations is the debut EP of the Matt Savage Groove Experiment, the new jazz fusion project from pianist/composer Matt Savage. Half of the tunes from this new band are instrumental, and half are vocal – but there’s also a tune where the entire lyrics are just “Splash!”

Nine musicians in total are featured on this release - a core instrumental quintet plus several special guests. The group is also augmented by vocalist Robbie Pate, who appears on two tracks, including a “funkified” version of the classic standard “All the Things You Are.”

The medley of “#SPLASH” and “Splash in G Major” forms the centerpiece of the album, while “Arigato” is a touching jazz waltz tribute to a recently departed drummer. The concluding track, “IDGAF,” is a long instrumental jam that features a distorted guitar solo, a trombone solo, and Matt Savage on both piano and electric piano.

Splash Variations is the thirteenth release from Savage Records, and the start of a fresh new sound from Matt Savage. The Groove Experiment will also be touring in the next few months to accompany the release of the new album.

Matt Savage - piano, keyboards
Aaron Gratzmiller - tenor and soprano sax
Michael Wang - trombone, recorder
Albino Mbie, Javier Rosario - guitar
James Heazlewood-Dale, Soso Gelovani - bass
Juan Mejia - drums
Robbie Pate - vocals

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