Duo with Bob Bowman
Here’s a short video of me playing an old standard with Bob Bowman on bass. Bob’s one of my favorite people and players. He listens, interacts and has an amazing creative spirit plus is a fantastic original bass player. I
Free Jazz Education and Music
Here’s a short video of me playing an old standard with Bob Bowman on bass. Bob’s one of my favorite people and players. He listens, interacts and has an amazing creative spirit plus is a fantastic original bass player. I
Here are a few mp3s from a recent gig with trumpeter Eric Jekabson. Eric and I met in New York just over 10 years ago and played quite a bit at that time. I was lucky to record on one
The composer and trombonist Alan Ferber visited Kansas City recently and we played 3 very fun gigs together, including one with the People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City; which featured all of Alan’s original big band compositions. You
This first group of songs was recorded in 2002 for a demo with Bruce Saunders (guitar), Mark Ferber (drums), and Yoshi Waki (bass). I recorded a mix of standard jazz tunes plus the first recorded version of “End Class” which
Here’s a quartet album we did on Origin Records. We recorded it in 1999 and released it in 2005. You can download this for free by clicking on the album cover below. ~Enjoy! Matt Otto, “Red”Origin 82445 click
Click here to download I’ve played with alto saxophonist Andy Ehling since 1983. Andy and I went to high school together, played in jazz band, and practiced every day under an old railroad bridge in Orange County California, sometimes late
Click Here To Download Q trio was recorded over a three day period in December of 1999 and features Danton Boller on Bass, Qasim Naqvi on Drums and (myself) Matt Otto on tenor sax. We had just finished the album