Matt Garrison

Matt Garrison
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Garrison
Born	June 2, 1970 (1970-06-02) (age 41) New York City, New York, United States
Origin	New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass
Years active	1993–present
Labels	GarrisonJazz Productions
Associated acts	Jimmy Garrison, John McLaughlin, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Scott Kinsey, Arto Tuncboyaciyan
Website	musiccenter.garrisonjazz.com
Notable instruments
Fodera Guitars, Inc Epifani Custom Sound

Matthew Garrison is an American jazz bassist, son of Jimmy Garrison.^[1]

He is noted for playing his signature series Fodera bass and for having created and developed a pizzicato technique which uses four fingers.^{[citation needed]} He founded his own recording label and production company in 2000 called GarrisonJazz Productions, through which he has released two CDs and a live performance DVD.

Discography

As leader

• Matthew Garrison – Matthew Garrison (2001)
• Matthew Garrison – Matt Garrison Live (2004)
• Matthew Garrison – Shapeshifter (2004)
• Matthew Garrison - "ShapeShifter Live 2010 Part 1 - Matthew Garrison Solo" (2010)

As sideman

• New York Jazz Guerrilla - Method To The Madness *part 1 (1992 / 1998, with Torsten de Winkel, John Arnold, Gary Thomas, Henry Hey)
• Pat Metheny – Stone Free (1993)
• Bob Moses – Time Stood Still (1994)
• Nando Lauria – Points of View (1994)
• Steve Coleman – The Tao of Mad Phat (1995)
• Joe Zawinul – My People (1996)
• Steve Coleman – Def Trance Beat (1997)
• John McLaughlin – The Heart of Things (1997)
• Rocco Zifarelli – Lyndon (1998)
• Harry Sokal – Full Circle (1998)
• Andy Milne – Forward to Get Back (1998)
• Jim Beard – Advocate (1999)
• John McLaughlin – The Heart of Things - "Live in Paris" (2000)
• Dennis Chambers – Outbreak (2002)
• Herbie Hancock – Future 2 Future Live (2002)
• Anders Mogensen, Niclas Knudsen – Anders Mogensen & Niclas Knudsen feat. Matt Garrison (2002)
• Revolution Void – Increase the Dosage (2004)
• World Saxophone Quartet - Experience (2004)
• Wallace Roney – Prototype (2004)
• Me'shell Ndegeocello – The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel (2005)
• Gary Husband's Force Majeure – Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (2005) - DVD
• Wallace Roney – Mystical (2005)
• John McLaughlin – Industrial Zen (2006)
• Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe - "Improvision" (2007)
• Terri Lyne Carrington "More To Say" 2009
• Gergo Borlai - "M.M.M." (2010)
• Ranjit Barot - "Bada Boom" (2010)
• Pino Daniele - "Boogie Boogie Man" (2010)
• Human Element - "Human Element" (2011)

References

1. ^ Allmusic

External links

• Matt Garrison official website
• Matt Garrison on Myspace
• [1]

Persondata
Name	Garrison, Matt
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Date of birth	June 2, 1970
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death
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