Matt Bauder
Matt Bauder
Matt Bauder
Background information
Born1976 (age 4647)
Ann Arbor, MI
GenresJazz, doo-wop, electronic, rock, avant-garde
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, guitar
Years active1999–present
LabelsClean Feed Records
482 Music
I and Ear Records
Porter Records
Websitemattbauder.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 482 Music.[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]

In 2001, Bauder formed the doo-wop jazz group White Blue Yellow & Clouds.[10] He plays saxophone and guitar in the group, and also sings lead vocals on some of the songs.[5] They released Introducing White Blue Yellow & Clouds in 2007.[11] 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.[11]

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.[3][8][12] Bauder played tenor saxophone and composed the songs on both albums.[13]

In 2014, he joined the Arcade Fire's touring lineup, remaining with the band until 2016.[3][14] He played saxophone and clarinet on two tracks on Arcade Fire member Will Butler's 2015 debut album Policy.[15][16] He has also toured with Iron & Wine, played in the Broadway production of Fela![3] 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.[17] Bauder regularly performs with Harris Eisenstadt's quintet Canada Day,[18] and has also appeared on recordings by the Exploding Star Orchestra, Taylor Ho Bynum, Anthony Braxton, Rob Mazurek and Harris Eisenstadt.[3][4]

Discography

Albums

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

Extended plays

Year Title
2003 Object 3
  • By: Matt Bauder
  • Released: August 19, 2003
  • Label: Locust
  • Formats: CD

Singles

Year Title
2015 "Stalefish / Transit of Venus"
  • By: Hearing Things
  • Released: March 1, 2015
  • Label: Hawks Records
  • Formats: 7-inch

Appears on

Year Album Artist Credits
1999 Explosion: Cerebral Explosion: Cerebral Saxophone, composer
2000 Childish Delusions Bill Brovoid Saxophone
2001 Tramps, Traitors and Little Devils Drag City Supersession Strings, reeds
H.O.M.E.S., Vol. 1 The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love Clarinet, saxophone
2002 When Flowers Covered the Earth Warren Defever Saxophone
The Big Bang King Kong Saxophone
Last Night His Name Is Alive Saxophone
2003 The Howling Hex Neil Michael Hagerty Saxophone
All Your Summer Songs Saturday Looks Good to Me Saxophone
2005 2 + 2 Compositions Anthony Braxton Clarinet, saxophone, composer
2006 Fugitive Pieces Reuben Radding Clarinet, saxophone
Continuum Reminder Clarinet
2007 We Are All From Somewhere Else Exploding Star Orchestra Clarinet, saxophone
The Middle Picture Taylor Ho Bynum Clarinet, saxophone
2008 Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra Bill Dixon, Exploding Star Orchestra Clarinet, saxophone
Six Lines of Transformation; Music for Eight Bamboo Flutes Andrew Raffo Dewar Clarinet
2009 Running With the Wasters The Takeover UK Saxophone
Luminosity Matthew Welch Clarinet
Garabatos Volume One Positive Catastrophe Clarinet, saxophone
Canada Day Harris Eisenstadt Saxophone
Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths Taylor Ho Bynum Clarinet, saxophone
2010 Stars Have Shapes Exploding Star Orchestra Clarinet, saxophone
Ashcan Rantings Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra Saxophone
2011 The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. I The Sway Machinery Saxophone
Hothouse Stomp Ghost Train Orchestra Saxophone
Staring at the X Forest Fire Saxophone
People Change Nat Baldwin Clarinet
Canada Day II Harris Eisenstadt Saxophone
2012 Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo… Positive Catastrophe Saxophone
2013 Dome Branches: The MVP Demos Nat Baldwin Clarinet
True Hallucinations Ex Cops Saxophone
B-Room Dr. Dog Saxophone
2014 Live in Ljubljana Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra Saxophone
2015 The Gravity of Our Commitment Never Enough Hope Saxophone
Policy Will Butler Clarinet, saxophone
How You Look When You're Falling Down Birthmark Clarinet, saxophone
Canada Day IV Harris Eisenstadt Saxophone
2016 Sorrow: A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony Colin Stetson Saxophone
Life's a Real Dream Lard Dog & The Band of Shy Saxophone, vocals
Matter Anti-Matter Exploding Star Orchestra Saxophone
Enter the Plustet Taylor Ho Bynum Saxophone
2017 On Parade in Parede Harris Eisenstadt Saxophone

References

  1. "Listed: Matt Bauder + Unnatural Helpers," Dusted, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "AMN Interview: Matt Bauder," Avant Music News, February 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Peter Margasak, "Matt Bauder's ever-evolving sound," Chicago Reader, March 21, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Peter Margasak, "Another side of Matt Bauder," Chicago Reader, January 31, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "In Studio: Matt Bauder," Soundcheck, WNYC, January 20, 2011.
  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. 1 2 Troy Collins, "Matt Bauder: Day In Pictures," All About Jazz, January 5, 2011.
  9. Aarik Danielsen, [http://www.columbiatribune.com/63678b1b-a0da-566f-a177-e533dcb6abaa.html "Three's company: NYC band breathes fresh life into the organ trio," Columbia Daily Tribune, March 3, 2016.
  10. Bruce Scott, "Introducing… White, Blue, Yellow, & Clouds," Prefix, November 6, 2007.
  11. 1 2 Peter Margasak, "Short Takes on New Releases," Chicago Reader, January 31, 2008.
  12. "Matt Bauder and Day In Pictures: Nightshades," Down Beat, May 2014, p. 51.
  13. Cisco Bradley, "Nightshades (2014)," Jazz Right Now, March 24, 2014.
  14. Arcade Fire, Consequence of Sound. Accessed June 2, 2017.
  15. Mike Greenhaus, "Spotlight: Will Butler," Relix, May 4, 2015.
  16. Brennan Carley, [http://www.spin.com/2015/03/will-butler-policy/ "Review: Will Butler's Wonky, Tightly Wound 'Policy'," Spin, March 10, 2015.
  17. Brian Seibert, "Finding Connections Among Melting Ice, Doughnuts," New York Times, November 30, 2012.
  18. Nate Chinen, "A Melting Pot of All Kinds of Rhythms, Harmonies and Vamps," New York Times, November 30, 2010.
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