BluesSource.com Review
Matt Wigler
Thirteen
Vista Records, 2007
Remember the title of this CD; we’re going to get back to it later.
An all instrumental CD, this for a freshman effort goes beyond good by a long shot. Produced by boogie piano maven Deanna Bogart, Matt seems to have soaked up her music along with Katie Webster, Professor Longhair, Jimmy Smith and more.
With a pleasant mix of originals and covers, Matt kicks the mule in the tail with the opening number Track Ten, then settles into a nice stride with David Maxwell’s Blues Don’t Bother Me. The classic Summertime starts with a rumba beat and then switches to straight jazz. Even the blues anthem, Back at the Chicken Shack has a playful fat Hammond B-3 sound to it, the way it’s suppose to be played. Bogart not only produced but slides in to play sax on most cuts. No matter if it’s jazz, funk or gut bucket ragtime, Wigler has a firm grasp on playing it right.
Matt Wigler is backed by Bogart’s band with Mike Aubin on drums, Scott Ambush on bass, Steve Wigler on trumpet (dad. brother?) and Deanna Bogart on sax and electric piano.
Now I can get back to the title and let you know that Matt Wigler is only...years old. While just starting out, Matt has the dexterity and vision of a seasoned artist. He has nothing but a bright future in front of him. This CD is only available at www.vistamusicstore.com.
BALTIMORE SUN:
A musician starts young and falls hard for
the blues
Howard Neighbors
BY JANET GILBERT
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JUNE 8, 2007
It happened in Ellicott City just a little after 5 p.m.
Monday.
Anyone on the outside looking in would describe the
scene as rather ordinary; a couple of people appeared
to be lounging around a home office, listening to
something streaming over the speakers of a computer.
But sometimes serendipity is on a reporter's side. In
this case, an interview and the beginning of
something potentially big in the world of blues and
jazz converged. And though the first people to hear it
over the airwaves probably were in and around St.
Michael's College in Burlington, Vt. -- where station
WWPV 88.7 was the first to air cuts from our
hometown wunderkind -- the rest of us can hear it
live this weekend at the Columbia Festival of the
Arts.
It's the foot-tapping, head-swinging, blues-jazz fusion
music from Matt Wigler's debut compact disc, XIII.
Buckwheat Zydeco
Roomful of Blues
Tommy Castro
Marcia Ball
Tab Benoit
Deanna Bogart
Bobby Rush
Bob Seeley
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Scott Ambush (Spyro Gyra)
Joey Gilmore (2006 IBC Winner)
Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials
Magic Dick (of J. Geils Band)
Sir Mack Rice
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Paddy Milner
Leon Blue
Significant Venues Matt Has Played:
- The Detroit Music Hall
- The Birchmere
- Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
- The State Theatre
- The 8x10 Club
- Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
- Columbia Festival of the Arts
- Artscape
- Chick Hall's Surf Club
If we don't change the direction we are headed we will end up where we are going.
~ Chinese Proverb
Boxing is like jazz, the better it is, the less people appreciate it.
~ George Foreman
Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.
~ Carmen McRae
Hipness is not a state of mind, It's a fact of life!
~ Cannonball Adderley
When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.
~ Don Cherry
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
~ Miles Davis
If I'd known I was going to live to be a hundred I'd have taken much better care of myself.
~ Eubie Blake
Davis understood that the space between the notes was sometimes just as important as the notes themselves. But he also understood that too much space between the notes, and people would think that the concert was over and go home...
~ Genius Guide to Jazz, July 2001
Check out great live blues at Beach Cove's Open Blues Jam on Wednesdays, 8 pm! The open blues jam features local blues talent such as Andy Poxon (pictured), Tom Maxwell, Zach Sweeney, Mike O'Donnell, Wolf + more. Wednesdays also feature drink & food specials, so come hungry & thirsty. See you there! For more info about the host band, check out www.wolfsmusicweekly.com
Thanks coming over and visiting JAZZ BLUES FLORIDA! We need all the good friends we can find to support good music! Be sure to come back again after we have a chance to tidy this place up a bit….Please stop by and check us out at www. JazzBluesFlorida. com too! (And, Matt, make sure we know about your gigs when you swing down this way so we can get them posted!)
Matt Wigler, Thank you for being My Friend on My Space site filled with over 2000 amazing links to Music, Spirit, Love and Peace. Love and Light to All, Anita aka Angelwingss in Canada.
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