Textura.org included Delicate Charms Live at the Green Mill on their Top 30 Jazz Albums of 2021
Matt Ulery selected for this year’s Esteemed Artist Award from Chicago
The Esteemed Artist Awards are special new $10,000 grants awarded to highly-qualified artists for expenses associated with an artist’s practice, such as studio rental, supplies, travel or equipment. They are part of the Chicago Cultural Grant’s Individual Artists Program (IAP). In celebration of 2020 as the Year of Chicago Music, half of the Esteemed Artist Awards are going to local musicians.
This program is partially supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust
Matt Ulery featured in Newcity Music 45
Woolgathering Records in Downbeat
Buzz about Sifting Stars:
Ralph Mirello – Huffington Post

Big thanks to the Huffington Post for including “Festival” on the 2016 Best of Jazz list!
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Peter Margasak – Downbeat Magazine
“Bassist Matt Ulery has established himself as one of the most rigorous, thoughtful and ambitious figures in Chicago’s jazz scene, a composer with a deep curiosity and an ability to deftly assimilate his wide interests. His new double album, Festival, serves as a summation of what he’s been working toward the last decade, but it delivers a statement more sophisticated and accomplished than anything he’s done yet.”
Dave Sumner – Bandcamp Daily
“By rooting himself to folk music, he gives the songs a strong emotional tether, allowing the harmonies to achieve great depths, and the melodies to soar to great heights. Also impressive is how the grand majesty of Ulery’s compositions comes through whether performed by orchestra or small combo.” Full article here.
George Harris – Jazz Weekly
“The larger ensemble includes more brass, reeds and strings for a pair of songs. “The Peacocks” has some rich pastoral textures” and “Hubble” lets the string section glide over the suave drum pulse, with harmonies and moods being the main purpose here. Modern Copland?” Read full review here.
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