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Matthew Rybicki, bassist bassist and author of Ray Brown–Legendary Brown–Legendary Jazz Bassist, is now offering an educational clinic based on the book! Brown’s work as a double bassist was incomparable, and a new book of transcriptions from Hal Leonard pays tribute to him. Ray Brown — Legendary Jazz Bassist features features 18 full transcriptions, photos, performance notes and a forward by contemporary jazz virtuoso Christian McBride. Full Songs Include: Autumn in New York York Custard Puff Days of Wine and Roses Easy Does It Gravy Waltz Have You Met Miss Jones? How High the Moon I’m an Old Cowhand I’m Glad There Is You Killer Joe Love Is Here to Stay Mack the Knife Minor Mystery Moten Swing Night Train Sometimes I’m Happy The Surrey with the Fringe on Top Tune Up Up There
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“Ray’s Ideas” The Tools and Tricks of Ray Brown presented by author Matthew Rybicki In this 60-minute session, Matthew will demonstrate several unique devices that students can quickly apply and adapt to their own playing. Using notation samples, audio samples, and live playing, Matthew will lead the group in exploring the variety of techniques that helped to make Ray Brown so important to jazz fans and musicians all over the world. Topics include: Spinning the Wheels Painting in 10ths The E Bomb Drop It Like It’s Hot Double-Stop Blues Stank
…and more!
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Matthew Rybicki, 424 West 117th Street, #3Q, New York, NY 10026 cell: 917.804.7819
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www.matthewrybicki.com Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Matthew Rybicki has performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Ernie Watts, Laurence Hobgood, Hilary Kole, Wycliffe Gordon, Ted Rosenthal, Mark Gould, Nnenna Freelon, Renee Fleming, Terell Stafford, Winard Harper, Mark Whitfield, Victor Goines and Marcus Printup. He has also had the great fortune of performing at many well-respected venues in New York such as The Village Vanguard and The Blue Note, as well as concert halls and festivals in locations ranging from Italy, to Qatar, to Taiwan. Rybicki maintains an active performing schedule, working with his own ensembles and with many accomplished colleagues and mentors such as Lew Tabackin, Lewis Nash, Dan Nimmer, Oscar Perez, Christian Sands, Gerald Clayton, David Berger, and Charenee Wade.
About Matthew Rybicki
An adept educator, Matthew is an artist/instructor for Jazz at Lincoln Center where he developed and taught the inaugural bass course in the Essentially Ellington Band Director Academy. He has also been the Music Director for several educational performance initiatives, including Jazz in the Schools and hospital tours in conjunction with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Department of Services for People with Disabilities. In addition, Rybicki was a program coordinator for Midori and Friends and has led musical workshops at both The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Guggenheim, where he designed and presented educational performances that incorporate jazz with fine art. He has also authored books for Hal Leonard Publications including Ray Brown: Legendary Jazz Bassist and co-authored the Goldmine Series for Bass, both of which were released in 2015. Driven, Matthew’s debut recording released in 2009, allowed him to formally be acknowledged on the jazz scene as a performer and composer of note. Recording with jazz greats Ron Blake, Freddie Hendrix, Gerald Clayton, and Ulysses Owens, he was able to capture innovative and sophisticated performances of newly created original works that maintain close ties to the history of jazz. Matthew received his Artist Diploma graduate degree from The Juilliard School in 2004 and his Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in 1995.
CONTACT:
Matthew Rybicki,24 West 117th Street, 3Q New York, NY 10026 cell: 917.804.7819
[email protected]
www.matthewrybicki.com
A Small Sample of Some Devices Explored… Painting in Tenths Have You Met Miss Jones - We Get Requests (Oscar Peterson) Trio)
Double Stop Blues Stank The Days of Wine and Roses - Black Orpheus (Ray Brown Trio)
Make It Greezy Sometimes I’m Happy - Oscar Peterson Live from Chicago
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Matthew Rybicki, 24 West 117th Street, #3Q, New York, NY 10026 cell: 917.804.7819
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