Hulljazz ~ 2003

Since winning the prestigious Perrier Young Jazz Musician Jazz Award for 2001 and the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in July 2002 Matthew has shot to fame. He has played at major festivals including the Bath International Festival two years running, and the Hull, London and Dublin Jazz Festivals. Much in demand he has played at top jazz venues in UK and made an impact in mainland Europe.

Last year he was featured on Radio3's Jazz File programme: interview and playing

Jazz critics love him and see him as anarchic and humorous.

Reviews

"Matthew Bourne won the Young Jazz Musician Category of the Perrier Awards for 2001, and says that much of his time is spent forgetting how to play. Bourne's an intense and powerful performer, a breath of fresh air considering that youth jazz competitions often seem to inhibit running risks. His version of Stella By Starlight ... is unlikely to get played on many dinner-jazz shows. And his account of Annette Peacock's Kid Dynamite will make you jump out of your skin. But here's something that shows where Bourne has come from as well as where he's going - Ornette Coleman's Turnaround." John Fordham review of Matthew Bourne Trio CD

"...stood out by his virtuoso playing: a mix of energy, intelligence and sensibility. He also had a subtle sense of transitions, in the way the next sequence of notes could not be anticipated, and the space between them was so meticulously defined that it made the music compositionally sharp....The musical references to classical, classical-modern and jazz combined into a truly contemporary style of play, freely moving across styles and genres. Their influences include Count Basie, Shirley Bassey, Bill Evans, George Formby, Freddie Mercury, Thelonius Monk, John Cage and John Zorn." Gérard Mermoz reviewing a Coventry Jazz concert for BBC

*Wed 11 June*	Mathew Bourne Trio
Mathew Bourne ~ piano Chris Sharkey ~ bass Dave Black ~ drums

	2003