Three Super-Fine Discs from Matt Lavelle* and His Chosen Few/Many: All CDs available at DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY MATT LAVELLE’S 12 HOUSES – Solidarity (Unseen Rain 9945; USA) In the past Matt Lavelle has worked mostly the solo, duo, trio and quartet contexts as far as being a leader. He has also been a member of … Continue reading 12 Houses, Harmolodic Monk and Sumari Available at Downtown Music Gallery with Great Reviews by BL Gallanter →
Contact – Bio – Gallery – Videos – Reviews – Gigs – Downloads “Judging from the luminous results on Harmolodic Monk, Lavelle and Pietaro have found—nay, invented—a fertile musical vein that’s ripe for exploration.” – FLORENCE WETZEL “With each track, Lavelle and Pietaro manage to find something new to say, moving away from Monk’s viewpoint and shifting gears from the previous number(s). Primal modernism wins out … Continue reading Harmolodic Monk →
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“Judging from the luminous results on Harmolodic Monk, Lavelle and Pietaro have found—nay, invented—a fertile musical vein that’s ripe for exploration,” (FLORENCE WETZEL, allaboutjazz.com). In the work of both Ornette Coleman and Thelonious Monk, the dichotomy of ancient, pre-western approaches and extreme modernism live side-by-side so comfortably that one mistakes one for the other. Like the story that Ornette told … Continue reading HARMOLODIC MONK Artist Page →
Harmolodic Monk By FLORENCE WETZEL, allaboutjazz.com Published: August 10, 2014 “In multi-instrumentalist Matt Lavelle’s insightful blog, “That Fat Eb Feels Mahogany to Me,” he discusses a challenge shared by many jazz musicians: “With people doing more and more repertoire projects to get work and for sheer love of that artist, I have been thinking about … Continue reading Reviews of Harmolodic Monk (UR9953) →
CD quality Apple Lossless Download — $9.99 CD quality FLAC Download — $9.99 mp3 (VBR 44.1kHz maximum quality) — $8.99 Matt Lavelle (cornet, flugelhorn, alto clarinet) John Pietaro (vibraphone, bodhrán, congas, percussion) Blue Monk Crepuscule with Nellie Epistrophy Green Chimneys In Walked Bud Let’s Cool One Light Blue Monks Mood Nutty Pannonica Round Midnight Ruby My … Continue reading Harmolodic Monk (UR9953) Downloads →
Sound Guardian Review of Harmolodic Monk The title says it all! It reminds us of two jazz musicians who have marked the genre musical with innovation and distinctive authoritative work: saxophonist Ornette Coleman and pianist Thelonious Monk. While both early career met with incomprehension, even neglect, today they are celebrated as giants. Monk is one … Continue reading Wonderful Harmolodic Monk Review from Croatia →
Harmolodic Monk (UR9953) Emblematic of bebop, growing out of stride piano playing including ragtime styles, Thelonious Monk is a jazz legend, a prolific composer and improviser of the highest level. He remains, in fact, a continual source of inspiration. How do we then distinguish from the various tributes to his glory? Lavelle and Pietaro have … Continue reading Suberb Review of Harmolodic Monk in Highland Magazine →
The music of Thelonious Monk, if anything, has taken on increasing stature as a body of compositions central to the modern jazz experience. In the period following his leaving us, we see renewed attention to his recordings and a great array of contemporary jazz musicians who perform his music regularly. Steve Lacy was a pioneer … Continue reading Grego Reviews Harmolodic Monk →
HARMOLODIC MONK By Don Albert Harmolodic Monk is a very fresh approach to the music of Thelonious Monk played by Matt Lavelle (cornet, flugelhorn and alto clarinet) and John Pietaro (vibraphone, bodhran, congas and percussion). You will either love this or hate it. It’s not really my bag but I found it fascinating and compelling … Continue reading “fascinating and compelling” – Artlink reviews Harmolodic Monk →
Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro Harmolodic Monk By Howard Lawes Harmolodic Monk is an album by Matt Lavelle playing by turns cornet, flugelhorn and alto clarinet and John Pietaro on vibraphone, bodhran, congas and percussion. There are 10 tracks with a total playing time of 72 minutes. Quoting from the “Dissident Arts” website: “Harmolodic Monk” … Continue reading HARMOLODIC MONK Review from Sandy Brown Jazz →
CD Review: By Vittorio Lo Conte http://www.musiczoom.it Between the music of Thelonious Monk and that of Ornette Coleman there is quite a distance, yet the two musicians on this album manage to delete this gap and make a tribute to Monk different from anything done so far – and that’s saying a lot. Matt Lavelle, here on … Continue reading Could Become a Milestone of the Genre: Harmolodic Monk →
Harmolodic Monk Trumpet and flugelhorn artist Matt Lavelle studied with Ornette Coleman back in 2005 and subsequently took on the alto clarinet as well. The avant-garde musician who also has his own blog, teams up with John Pietaro, the vibraphonist and percussionist for an album of the music of Thelonious Monk. Both are known for … Continue reading Gina Loves Jazz on Harmolodic Monk →
HARMOLODIC MONK (UR9953) CD Review: http://www.jsojazzscene.org/cdreviews.htm by George Fendel Harmolodic Monk; Matt Lavelle, trumpet, flugelhorn and alto clarinet; and John Pietaro, vibes and percussion. Monk’s Music is interpreted with thought, creativity and a hint of mystery by this imaginative duo. It’s definitely Monk with all sorts of new shadings and colors, and it works … Continue reading “A Must Hear For Monk Fans” – George Fendel’s Review of Harmolodic Monk →
Unlike so many past masters tributes which feature some of the subject writer’s work, then a smattering of tunes cherished by the deceased mainman, and finally cuts written by the tributees, Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro’s Harmolodic Monk is 100% Thelonius cuts stretched and refabricated by a horn player and percussionist stripping everything down to … Continue reading Deepening the crenellations in your grey matter – Mark Tucker’s Powerful Review of Harmolodic Monk →
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Matt Lavelle / John Pietaro – Harmolodic Monk This great album may well claim the title of “disc of the year”. Formally it belongs in the category tribute album, but it was too different from the usual work of this kind. Especially because we have a double tribute here. One character of this tribute is … Continue reading Disc of The Year – A Review of Harmolodic Monk From Russia →
Matt Lavelle, John Pietaro: “Harmolodic Monk” (2015) CD Review Harmolodic Monk, the new CD from Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro, is an interesting jazz album taking the musical philosophy and approach of Ornette Coleman and applying it to compositions by Thelonious Monk. The results are sometimes soulful, sometimes emotional. These tracks often have a loose, … Continue reading “like a shout to the gods” – Michael Dougherty’s Review of Harmolodic Monk →
By Josh Campbell A very interesting album from Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro. The concept, and I love concept albums, is to use Monk compositions and Ornette Coleman’s harmolodic methods. Interestingly, we find John Pietraro on the vibraphone in addition to percussion leading to a unique duet. Matt Lavelle is found on his standard cornet/flugelhorn … Continue reading JOSH CAMPBELL’S REVIEW OF HARMOLODIC MONK →
HARMOLODIC MONK Album Release Event Whynot Jazz Room, Sunday, July29, 7:30PM 14 Christopher St, NYC Harmolodic Monk is matt Lavelle (trumpet, alto clarinet, flugelhorn) and John Pietaro (vibes, percussion). The pair will be performing a set of selections from their Unseen Rain Records debut album, one which explores some of the greatest compositions of Thelonious … Continue reading JUN 29 HARMOLODIC MONK Album Release Event Whynot Jazz Room →
Listen HERE Purchase HERE In the work of both Ornette Coleman and Thelonious Monk, the dichotomy of ancient, pre-western approaches and extreme modernism live side-by-side so comfortably that one mistakes one for the other. Like the story that Ornette told of performing in a psychiatric hospital; once he started playing and looked out into … Continue reading HARMOLODIC MONK – MATT LAVELLE, JOHN PIETARO UR9953 Now Available →
Matt Lavelle & John Pietaro – “Harmolodic Monk” Unseen Rain Records Matt Lavelle, cornet/flugelhorn/alto clarinet; John Pietaro, vibraphone/bodhran/ congas/percussion. Here is another artistic endeavor to celebrate Thelonius Monk’s historic compositions. Right off the bat, Lavelle’s horn grabs my attention, singing “Epistrophe” with Pietaro using percussion techniques and vibraphone to support Lavelle’s solo journey. I enjoyed … Continue reading “…an artistic work of passion.” – LA Jazz Reviews Harmonic Monk →
Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro – Harmolodic Monk – Unseen Rain UR9953, 73:30 (Matt Lavelle – cornet, Flugelhorn, alto clarinet; John Pietaro – vibraphone, bodhrán, congas, percussion) Just when you think Thelonious Monk’s music couldn’t get a new spin, along comes John Pietaro and Matt Lavelle’s 73-minute, ten-track Monk tribute, Harmolodic Monk. Lavelle states he … Continue reading A new perspective on Monk is persuasive and explorative. – Doug Simpson’s HM review in Audiophile Audition. →
Audio engineer Larry Hutter A Standard Afternoon Tom Cabrera Home For Christmas Julie Lyon Eternal Rising Chris Forbes Night Bloomer Rocco John Iacovone Kinesthesia Tom Cabrera In Swing We Trust Matt Lavelle The Hoax Sótano Twilight In Washington Sq Rocco John Iacovone and Tom Cabrera … Continue reading UNSEEN RAIN RECORDS →
One Footprint – Jack DeSalvo, Larry Hutter, Tom Cabrera Lumens – Nicole Johänntgen and Jack DeSalvo Hathor – Matt Lavelle and Tom Cabrera Quintrepid Sing To Me (Single from Outsider) – Matt Lambiase Whisper of Dreams – Julie Lyon Instinct – Circle4 Nevica – Jack DeSalvo Time Remembered – The Music … Continue reading Unseen Rain Records and Woodshedd Records →
Fulminate Trio Harmolodic Monk Julie Lyon Quintet Pat Hall Steve Cohn SUMARI Tom Cabrera & Jack DeSalvo
Matt Lavelle – Jack DeSalvo – Tom Cabrera Each member of SUMARI is a veteran of the US and international Jazz worlds with roots in NYC’s Downtown scene. JACK DeSALVO, hailed in THE WIRE magazine as “masterful”, joined Ronald Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society in the 1980s and has toured the world with many artists in … Continue reading SUMARI BIOS →
February 19, 2015To: Listings/Critics/Features From: Jazz Promo Services Press Contact: Jim Eigo, jim@jazzpromoservices.com www.jazzpromoservices.com UNSEEN RAIN FESTIVAL presents Visionary Sounds @ ShapeShifter Lab with Sumari Pat Hall’s Time Remembered Organ Group,and Harmolodic Monk Event: Unseen Rain Festival When: Sunday, April 12, 7PM–Sumari, 8PM-Pat Hall’s Time Remembered Organ Group, 9PM-Harmolodic Monk Where: ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215 … Continue reading UNSEEN RAIN FESTIVAL April 12, ShapeShifter →
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Guitarist Jack DeSalvo: While We Sleep & Quintrepid On Unseen Rain BY MARK SULLIVAN November 4, 2020 3,465 Views Guitarist/composer Jack DeSalvo has had a long, diverse career emphasizing fusion and free playing. His most visible gig was with Ronald Shannon Jackson‘s Decoding Society, but since co-founding the record label Unseen Rain Records he has … Continue reading Reviews →
Matt Lavelle (Paterson NJ 1970), began his Music career with a High School Big Band tour of the Soviet Union in 1988, and then a 5 year period of study with Hildred Humphries, a Swing era veteran that played with Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and many others of the time. Lavelle played Trumpet during this … Continue reading MATT LAVELLE ARTIST PAGE →
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SUMARI CD Review from Russia By Leonid Auskern Jazz 6/14/2015 Quite recently I happened to hear all three participants of the Sumari project when I reviewed the JULIE album by the Julie Lyon Quintet. On JULIE their instrumental skill drew attention to these musicians. But it’s one thing to accompany a vocalist in the performance … Continue reading Review of Sumari from Russia →