Matt Lavelle-Goodbye New York, Hello World ( Musicnow! 2011)

This is Jazz in 2011.With roots in traditional Jazz and free Jazz,this is a snapshot of Jazz happening TODAY in NYC.It can be In,it can be out,.but stories will be told with an open heart and an original sound on Flugelhorn,cornet,Bass,and Alto clarinet.


"The title track.This is with gongs and the moment I discovered the sound I have been searching for on Alto Clarinet.Its SPOOKY,CREEPY,LONELY,and beyond.I felt I had discovered something very important.More than anything,this really captures the exact feeling I had when it was recorded,this music is right where I was at,and I'm really happy to have captured it.A musical life photograph.It has lyrics and an actual structure now,but this was that moment of discovery.Listening to it,the title just came to me and wouldn't let go.

Whenever I leave New York for Europe,5 times now,I see that LIFE really becomes LIFE when you escape the absolute total madness that it takes to function in NYC in 2011.My book coming out is filled with NYC,as to live here you must BECOME it.You have to have NYC in your blood to live here.This song is a remembrance of self as the toxicity fades and you remember you had a soul before New York,and that afterwords the soul Lives on.It also has the feeling of being emotionally lost.I was at this time,so I'm glad to have been found. " CDBaby
Matt Lavelle