Matt Lavelle


Matt Lavelle is an American jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, alto clarinet, and bass clarinet player.
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Career

Lavelle began his music career with Hildred Humphries, a swing era veteran who played with Count Basie and Billie Holiday. He has played in ensembles led by Sabir Mateen since 2002. In 2005, he began study with Ornette Coleman. Lavelle was a member of the Bern Nix quartet since 2010. He recorded with Giuseppi Logan in 2010. In 2011 he created the 12 Houses Orchestra. Lavelle is also a visual artist inspired by his Grandfather Fritz Kluber. Lavelle is author of the Substack No Sound Left Behind.
Lavelle published a book titled New York City Subway Drama and Beyond, in 2011. In 2013 he published a short story titled The Jazz Musician's Tarot Deck.

Discography

As a leader
  • The Crop Circles Suite, part 1
  • Harmolodic Duke
  • The House Keeper
  • In Swing We Trust
  • The Big Picture
  • Trumpet Rising Bass Clarinet Moon 2020
  • The Abandoned Sound
  • Hope
  • Retrograde
  • The Matt Lavelle Quartet
  • Matt Lavelle and the 12 Houses - End Times
  • Harmolodic Monk
  • Matt Lavelle and the 12 Houses - Solidarity
  • Goodbye New York, Hello World
  • Matt Lavelle and Morcilla, the Manifestation Drama
  • Cuica In The Third House
  • Matt Lavelle Trio-Spiritual Power Silkheart, 2006
  • Trumpet Rising, Bass Clarinet Moon
  • Handling The Moment
With Sumari
  • Sumari
  • Sumari II
  • Sumari III
  • Before Testo
  • Sumari IV
With Eye Contact
  • Embracing the Tide
  • Making Eye Contact With God
  • War Rug
With Daniel Carter
  • Daniel Carter and Matt Lavelle the piano album
  • Daniel Carter and Matt Lavelle live at Tower Records
  • Daniel Carter and Matt Lavelle
With Bern Nix
  • Negative Capability
With Giuseppi Logan
with Matana Roberts
With William Hooker
  • Red
  • Jubilation
With Francois Grillot
  • Francois Kitchen, duets with Francois Grillot
With Steve Swell
With Sabir Mateen
With Ras Moshe
  • Into the Openess
  • Schematic
  • Live Spirits
  • Sparks Trio- Short Stories In Sound
With Assif Tsahar
  • The Labyrinth
  • Embracing the void
With William Parker
With Charles Waters
  • Peace Forms One
  • Brass Mass
With Barry Chabala
  • I Like to Play
With Earth People
  • Waking the living
With Allen Lowe
With D3
  • D3 + 1.1
With Julie Lyon
  • Moonflower
  • Julie
With Tom Cabrera
  • Hathor
  • Invocation with Ras Moshe
With The cooperative sound
  • Cooperative Sound #3
With Stars Like Fleas
With Eric Plaks
  • The Orbora Tree Suite
With Pete Dennis
  • ''Live At Abyssinia by 99 Futures''