Drums

The Jazz Assembly, live appearances

E-mail: mrgdrums@yahoo.com

Web site: www.mattgarrity.com

Matt Garrity attended William Paterson College's jazz studies program in New Jersey and has studied with renowned performers/educators John Riley, Rufus Reid, Harold Mabern, Carl Allen, Bill Goodwin, and Ed Shaughnessy, among others.
A freelance jazz drummer since 1994, Matt has established himself in the jazz community.  He has performed with some of the best in the business, including Vincent Herring, David Williams, Teri Thornton, Ron McLure and Jerome Richardson.  Matt performs all over New York in clubs such as The Blue Note, Birdland, Smalls, Smoke and The Up Over Jazz Cafe.  He has also performed in cabarets, concerts and festivals, including a summer jazz series at The Baltimore Museum of Art with The Vincent Herring Quartet.

In addition to his work as a sideman, Matt leads his own group, ACTUAL TRIO, which features Pete Smith (guitar), Dave Ambrosio (bass) and Matt (drums).  ACTUAL TRIO has been performing together for almost eight years and has formed a strong musical bond.  The group plays a variety of original compositions as well as their own highly creative arrangements of standard and not-so-standard jazz repertoire.  The group performs regularly in the New York area, and has toured throughout the United States.  The band has just finished recording their debut album, ACTUAL TRIO LIVE.

Matt is also involved in education.  He has worked for The National Music Workshop, The New York Board of Education, Columbia University's Teacher's College and The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.  He is currently a faculty member at The Turtle Bay Music School in Manhattan as well as Tamer’s The Jazz Assembly which introduces jazz to young people through clinics at public schools throughout the tri-state area.