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matt baumann

About Me

hi i'm matt, and thank you for visiting me here!i am a former student of classical / avant garde saxophone professor dr. john sampen at bgsu in ohio and now i am a solo saxophone player living in cincinnati, ohio. some people have asked me why i play solo when i could be playing in a band, and the reason is simply freedom.my style is more or less an ambient, open and free melodic style that relies heavily on longer tones and folk-like melodies. in addition to melodies i also sometimes also use more modern saxophone techniques like key clicks, breath effects, and multiphonics to help create the distance and echoes in my music.the music i play is heavily influenced by places of desolation, emptiness, and the great open spaces (both that i've seen and those i long to see).i have released five albums to date, "drifter", "deserter", a duo record with guitarist eric barnett titled "beauty bent, not broken", "grounded" my blues record, "last days on the lawn" my live record (it's free by the way) and my sixth solo record "an island" is slated for release on reverb worship records sometime later this year.MB

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Member Since: 2/26/2007
Band Website: www.mattbaumannmusic.com
Band Members: matt baumann - alto and tenor saxophones, jim feist - tabla (on "rain"), eric barnett - guitar (on everything w/ guitar)
Influences: Ligaya, Family, Christopher McCandless, Everett Ruess, John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Eustace Conway, Leo Tolstoy, Gregory Corso, Jon Krakauer, Ranier Maria Rilke, Huang Xiang, Tao (Dao), Jim Feist, Lou Larson, Donn Vidmar, Charles Lloyd, Jan Garbarek, Joe Lovano, John Coltrane, Paul Motian Trio, Bill Frisell, Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina, Richard Thompson, Iron & Wine, Glen Hansard, Neil Young, Will Kimbrough, David S. Ware, Albert Ayler, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Bill Dixon, Matthew Good, Gary Jules, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Albuquerque, Alaska, oceans, mountains, deserts, places of desolation, feelings of endlessness, and every person who is searching or has searched for something all their own.
Sounds Like: Oceans, wind, free melody, openness.

matt baumann - drifter
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matt baumann - deserter
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matt baumann - drifter/deserter
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eric barnett / matt baumann - beauty bent, not broken
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matt baumann - grounded
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matt baumann - last days on the lawn
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matt baumann - sojourner
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eric barnett / matt baumann - late nights / early mornings
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Record Label: matt baumann
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Feature story in Cincinnati's CityBeat

There is going to be a featu re story about me and my music in the Cinci nnati CityB eat next Wedne sday, Decem ber 17th! Pleas e pick up a ( free) copy to read more about the solo music . A...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:10:00 GMT

"An Island" Review

Heres a review from Boa Melody Bar of the "An Island" cd : Matt Baumann - An Island cd (Reverb Worship) An album of spacious solo saxophone - and a very lovely one at that. Matt Baumann's 8 mood piece...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:10:00 GMT

Saxophones & Mouthpieces...

Here's a list of my equipment...Alto - Buffet Super Dynaction, Vandoren V16 A9M, Rico Jazz Select 3S FiledTenor - Buffet Super Dynaction, and King Zephyr, Vandoren V16 T9, Rico Jazz Select 3S FiledI u...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:03:00 GMT

last days on the lawn

in the next few weeks i'm going to release a free e.p ($ 2.00 for shipping, so not completely free i guess) titled, "last days on the lawn". this record is for my grandfather who is very sick and coul...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:39:00 GMT