Matt Turner

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Matt Turner is widely regarded as one of the world's leading improvising cellists. Equally skilled as a pianist, Matt performs in a myriad of styles and has shared the stage with Cape Breton fiddle sensation Natalie MacMaster, avant-garde musicians Marilyn Crispell, Peter Kowald, Guillermo Gregorio, Scott Fields, and John Butcher, country musician Wanda Vick, singer-songwriter LJ Booth, and jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin to name a few - and has performed in Canada, Europe and Asia. He appears on over 100 recordings on many labels, including: Spiritwood Music, Sketch/Harmonia Mundi, Illusions, Music and Arts, Accurate, Polyvinyl, and Cadence Jazz, and has recorded with jazz violinist Randy Sabien, goth vocalist/pianist Jo Gabriel, singer-songwriters Mark Croft and Tret Fure, punk artist Kyle Fischer, Kitty Brazelton's chamber rockestra Dadadah, alt-country band Heller Mason and with the Pointless Orchestra. Matt is a Yamaha Performing Artist and currently performs and records with Bill Carrothers' Armistice 1918 ensemble and with the Fantastic Merlins.

Turner completed his undergraduate studies at Lawrence University and his Master of Music degree in Third Stream Studies at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Dave Holland, Geri Allen and Joe Maneri, and where he was the recipient of a Distinction in Performance Award. He has performed at the International Cello Festival in Montreal, the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival, and with CUBE, Present Music, and Dadadah.

Cabin Home Moving and mellow - the fifth in the Spiritwood Music Cabin Series features celebrated cellist & pianist, Matt Turner. Cello duets are woven with piano in this unique instrumental Americana CD. CD Price: $14.97

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