Welcome...
to the site of Chicago bassist and composer Matt Ulery. A graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, Matt performs nightly in the Chicago area and leads his own group, for which he composes the entire repertoire. More...

Live DVD!
MATT ULERY OCTET LIVE-CHICAGO-2005, recorded at the Green Mill, is now for sale. Please visit Matt's page at filmbaby.com to view clips and/or order a copy.

BRAND NEW RELEASE

"Music Box Ballerina" from

MATT ULERY'S "LOOM"

available now!

 

“Points with conviction to a new generation of Chicago jazz innovators.

A polished and impressive debut.”

-Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader

 

"Ulery is one of jazz’s modern-day visionaries

-Beep Magazine

 

"...like a seedling unfurling from the soil. ...each player—and each style and tradition the band draws on—is like a thread in a sumptuous fabric"

-Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader

 

"It has the melancholy beauty of something ravishing but out-of-season. And it is quite moving.
This CD is an unexpected surprise and quite absorbing listening.
Ulery plays a distinctive bass and writes with originality. The ensem-
ble has a unique sound and covers plenty of ground. "

-Cadence Magazine

 

“True aficionados in love with the art of music creation and exploration search entire lifetimes for the joy of experiencing the ultimate in musicianship, inventiveness and a worldly sampling of personal expression deep from within: In other words -- the true essence of the musician's being transmitted through his music, whether written, sung or doled out from the heart on a single instrument or an auditorium-sized ensemble. You will find that sound, that perfectionism and the depth that brings true original music to life, on this CD. This in not just another recorded
effort in search of marketability. More pointedly, it is a study in the life, the breath and the wholeness of worldwide musical genius in unison. You've never experienced anything like it.”

-jazz critic, Matt P. Spinello

 

MATT ULERY'S 'LOOM': Music Box Ballerina
http://cdbaby.com/cd/mattulerysloom

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LOOM: the art or the process of weaving, appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form, to rise before the vision with an appearance of great or portentous size, to assume form as an impending event, a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog, To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image.

 

Upcoming shows...

NEWS.......... (updated 7/10/07)

BRAND NEW CD COMING IN FALL 2008.....Themes and Scenes