Matthew Edward Wilson (born September 27, 1964) is an American jazz drummer.

Early life and education

Wilson was born in

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. He studied percussion at

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Career

Wilson moved to New York City in 1992, and has worked with

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, and

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. When asked who influenced him as a performer and educator, Matt responds: "There’s not one person I could point to because there’s a lot of them."

Discography

As leader

* ''As Wave Follows Wave'' (Palmetto, 1996) * ''Going Once, Going Twice'' (Palmetto, 1998) * ''Smile'' (Palmetto, 1999) * ''Arts and Crafts'' (Palmetto, 2001) * ''Humidity'' (Palmetto, 2003) * ''Wake Up!'' (Palmetto, 2005) * ''The Scenic Route'' (Palmetto, 2006) * ''That's Gonna Leave a Mark'' (Palmetto, 2009) * ''An Attitude for Gratitude'' (Palmetto, 2011) * ''Gathering Call'' (Palmetto, 2013) * ''Honey and Salt'' (Palmetto, 2017). Matt Wilson recorded this album with Ron Miles. * ''Hug!'' (Palmetto, 2020)

As sideman

With Dena DeRose * ''I Can See Clearly Now'' (Sharp Nine, 2000) * ''We Won't Forget You'' (HighNote, 2014) * ''United'' (HighNote, 2016) With Either/Orchestra * ''The Calculus of Pleasure'' (Accurate, 1992) * ''The Brunt'' (Accurate, 1994) * ''Across the Omniverse'' (Accurate, 1996) With Fred Hess * ''The Long and Short of It'' (Tapestry, 2004) * ''Crossed Paths'' (Tapestry, 2005) * ''How 'Bout Now'' (Tapestry, 2006) * ''In the Grotto'' (Alison, 2007) * ''Single Moment'' (Alison, 2008) * ''Hold On'' (Dazzle 2009) With

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* ''Out in PA'' (No Blooze Music, 1999) * ''Summer Sketches'' (Palmetto, 2001) * ''Going Home'' (Palmetto, 2003) * ''Live at Jazz Standard'' (Palmetto, 2005) * ''Live at COTA'' (No Blooze Music, 2019) With Ted Nash * '' Sidewalk Meeting'' (Arabesque, 2001) * ''La Espada De La Noche'' (Palmetto, 2005) * ''In the Loop'' (Palmetto, 2006) * ''The Mancini Project'' (Palmetto, 2008) * ''Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola'' (Plastic Sax, 2018) With

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* ''Remembering Thomas'' (Knitting Factory, 1999) * ''Totem Blues'' (Knitting Factory, 2000) * ''

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'' (Playscape, 2002) * '' Boom'' (Playscape, 2004) * '' Trio Arc'' (Playscape, 2008) With

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* ''Slick Rock'' (Maxjazz, 2004) * ''In Concert'' (Sunnyside, 2009) * ''Stairway to the Stars'' (Sunnyside, 2014) * ''Wishing On the Moon'' (Sunnyside, 2018) * ''Live at Mezzrow'' (Sunnyside, 2020) With others *

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, ''Round Midnight'' (Concord Jazz, 2011) *

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, ''Portrait in Black and White'' (Reservoir, 2003) * Jay Anderson, ''Deepscape'' (SteepleChase, 2019) *

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, ''Snodland'' (Nato, 2011) * Andy Biskin, ''Dogmental'' (GM, 2000) *

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, '' Mental Weather'' (Outline, 2008) * Jane Ira Bloom, ''

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'' (Outline, 2013) * Michael Blake, ''Drift'' (Intuition, 2000) *

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, ''Charlie & Paul'' (Newvelle, 2018) *

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, ''Never Let Me Go'' (Playscape, 2012) * Caleb Chapman, ''A Crescent Christmas Vol 1'' (Rlegacy, 2012) * Allan Chase, ''Dark Clouds with Silver Linings'' (Accurate, 1995) * Alexis Cole, ''Someday My Prince Will Come'' (Venus, 2009) *

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, ''Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut'' (Nonesuch, 1997) * Dominique Eade, ''When the Wind Was Cool'' (RCA Victor, 1997) * Marty Ehrlich, ''A Trumpet in the Morning'' (New World, 2013) * Oran Etkin, ''What's New? Reimaging Benny Goodman'' (Motema, 2015) * Jacob Fischer, ''In New York City'' (Arbors, 2015) * Joel Frahm, ''Sorry, no decaf'' (Palmetto, 1999) *

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, '' Almost Everything'' (SteepleChase, 1995) *

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, ''Quartet'' (Palmetto, 2006) * Brad Goode, ''By Myself'' (SteepleChase, 2001) *

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, '' Not in Our Name'' (Verve, 2005) * Charlie Haden, '' Time/Life'' (Impulse!, 2016) *

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, ''Meeting of the Spirits'' (Oxingale, 2010) *

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, ''Sifter'' (

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, 2013) * Ron Horton, ''Subtextures'' (Fresh Sound, 2003) *

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, ''Alone Together'' (Edition Longplay, 2012) *

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, ''Pastels'' (SteepleChase, 1996) *

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, ''Lullabluebye'' (Palmetto, 2004) * Frank Kimbrough, ''Live at Kitano'' (Palmetto, 2012) *

, ''Strings for Holiday'' (Enja, 1996) * Lee Konitz, ''Gong with Wind Suite'' (SteepleChase, 2002) *

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, ''Pianissimo'' (SteepleChase, 2002) *

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, ''Liebman Plays Puccini'' (Arkadia Jazz 2001) * Steven Lugerner, ''For We Have Heard'' (NoBusiness, 2013) *

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, ''The Very Thought of You'' (GoFour, 2019) *

, '' Unspoken'' (Palmetto, 1996

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, ''East Coast Cool'' (OmniTone, 2006) *

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, ''The Whole Tree Gone'' (Firehouse 12, 2010) * Josh Nelson, ''Let It Go'' (Omagatoki, 2007) * Sam Newsome, ''The Tender Side of Sammy Straighthorn'' (SteepleChase, 1998) * The Herbie Nichols Project, '' Strange City'' (Palmetto, 2001) * Fritz Pauer, ''New York Meeting'' (Jive Music, 1998) *

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, ''Maybe September'' (Capri, 2013) * Ken Peplowski, ''Enrapture'' (Capri, 2016) * Noah Preminger, ''Before the Rain'' (Palmetto, 2011) * Bruno Raberg, ''Lifelines'' (OrbisMusic, 2008) *

, '' In London'' (Palmetto, 1997) * Ken Schaphorst, ''How to Say Goodbye'' (JCA, 2016) * Larry Schneider, ''Jazz'' (SteepleChase, 2001) *

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, ''The Tender Trap'' (Monarch, 1999) * Gary Smulyan, ''Bella Napoli'' (Capri, 2013) * Mark Soskin, ''17'' (TCB, 2001) * Mark Soskin, ''Everything Old Is New Again'' (SteepleChase, 2020) * Bob Stewart, ''Connections'' (Sunnyside, 2014) *

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, ''You Inspire Me'' (Concord Jazz, 2003) * Curtis Stigers, ''I Think It's Going to Rain Today'' (Concord Jazz, 2005) * Mark Taylor, ''Circle Squared'' (Mark Taylor, 2002) * Joris Teepe &

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, ''Conversations'' (Creative Perspective Music, 2016) *

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, ''Torchsongs'' (Fresh Sound, 2006) *

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, ''Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers & Hart'' (Nonesuch, 1996) *

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, ''Second Communion'' (OmniTone, 2001)

References

External links

Official site
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