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to the site of Chicago bassist and composer Matt Ulery. A graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, Matt performs nightly in the Chicago area and leads his own group, for which he composes the entire repertoire. More...

ULERY RELEASES

"The Queen" 10" Vinyl Single (Whistler Records) -2010 BRAND NEW!!

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"Themes and Scenes" 2009 - MATT ULERY........2009 

"Music Box Ballerina" - 2008 - MATT ULERY'S "LOOM"

"Live at the Green Mill Chicago DVD" - 2005 - MATT ULERY OCTET - visit Matt's page at filmbaby.com

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MATT ULERY'S 'LOOM': Music Box Ballerina
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THE BUZZ!

 

“…close-to-perfect representation of what jazz can be in 2009.  Ulery went out of his way to ensure that absolutely no stone went unturned in creating just the right texture for these songs.  Ulery and his group are creating new jazz on their terms.”

-Chicago Jazz Magazine

 

“Points with conviction to a new generation of Chicago jazz innovators.  A polished and impressive debut.”

-Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader

 

"Ulery is one of jazz’s modern-day visionaries

-Beep Magazine

 

"...like a seedling unfurling from the soil. ...each player—and each style and tradition the band draws on—is like a thread in a sumptuous fabric"

-Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader

"It has the melancholy beauty of something ravishing but out-of-season. And it is quite moving.
This CD is an unexpected surprise and quite absorbing listening. Ulery plays a distinctive bass and writes with originality. The ensemble has a unique sound and covers plenty of ground."

-Cadence Magazine

“True aficionados in love with the art of music creation and exploration search entire lifetimes for the joy of experiencing the ultimate in musicianship, inventiveness and a worldly sampling of personal expression deep from within: In other words -- the true essence of the musician's being transmitted through his music, whether written, sung or doled out from the heart on a single instrument or an auditorium-sized ensemble. You will find that sound, that perfectionism and the depth that brings true original music to life, on this CD. This in not just another recorded effort in search of marketability. More pointedly, it is a study in the life, the breath and the wholeness of worldwide musical genius in unison. You've never experienced anything like it.”

-jazz critic, Matt P. Spinello

 

"(Music Box Ballerina) could be a soundtrack for dreams, with moments of supremely haunting beauty amidst glorious textures.  This is composition and ensemble playing at a truly mature and satisfying level."

-Brad Walseth, jazzchicago.net

 

"...delightfully difficult to classify, this music has the distinction of being both saturated with musical integrity and extremely accessible and listenable. the textures and sonorities available to him are plentiful, and he takes ample advantage, with colors, timbres and textrues coming at you from everywhere. Very often the band sounds larger than it is."

-reviewed by Chris Kosky, Bass World, the magazine of the International Society of Bassists

 

 NEW FOOD BLOG as of June 7th, 2010 on the RECIPES page

 

LOOM: the art or the process of weaving, appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form, to rise before the vision with an appearance of great or portentous size, to assume form as an impending event, a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog, To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image.

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