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Matthias Lupri Group with George Garzone and Jamey Haddad

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Matthias Lupri Group w/George Garzone & Jamey Haddad
Performing at Berklee Performance Center
Thursday June 29/06 8:15pm

Modern jazz vibraphonist Matthias Lupri and group with acclaimed saxophonist George Garzone (The Fringe) and multi-percussionist Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon, Dave Liebman) will be performing new music from Lupri's new CD Metalix (Summit DCD-445) with Nate Radley guitar, Thomson Kneeland acoustic bass and Jordan Perlson drums.

Thursday, June 29, 8:15pm, Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Tickets: $5.00 (617) 747-2261.

“Lupri exhibits a season approach to composition while also distinguishing himself as a first-rate improviser" --Bill Milkowski liner notes

Modern jazz vibraphonist Matthias Lupri returns with his 5th project Metalix on Summit Records and a forward thinking group playing all Lupri original compositions.



With ace alto and tenor saxophonists Myron Walden (Brian Blade, Freddie Huddard) and grammy nominated soloist Donny McCaslin (Maria Schneider, Dave Douglas), Metalix was recorded after a summer jazz festival tour cross Canada (including the Montreal Jazz festival) Europe's North Sea Jazz festival,and US shows. Modern original jazz with the sweet sounds of the vibraphone and fresh forward thinking players of today's NYC jazz scene; Nate Radley guitar, Thomson Kneeland acoustic bass and Jordan Perlson drums.

Lupri was also recently named as a rising artist on vibes in the latest Down Beat critics poll for the 2nd time.



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Some other CD's by Matthias Lupri:

Transition Sonic on Summit Records - DCD 337 with adventurous electronic trumpeter Cuong Vu (Pat Metheny) and Mark Turner (Kurt Rosenwinkel)

Same Time Twice on Summit Records with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Reuben Rogers and Greg Hutchinson.

Shadow of the Vibe with George Garzone (Chartmaker Jazz CMG5060).

“Lupri, a migrant from rock drums to jazz vibes, plays fast, loose, and at the top of his game" Fred Bouchard, Down Beat

“I find the Matthias Lupri Group exciting and refreshing..." -- Jack De Johnette

Born in Germany, Lupri grew up in Kansas and Alberta, Canada. He studied drums and began playing professionally as a teenager in blues, rock and country music bands, including Juno winner George Fox. In his early 20's, while studying music in college, he became fascinated with jazz vibraphone music from listening to a recording of the legendary Gary Burton. Lupri recollects, “It totally changed my whole approach to music. For the next five years, while I was still on the road with rock bands, I would practice my vibes every day in my hotel room." Having found a new musical expression with the vibes, he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston to study with his mentor Gary Burton. Lupri's CD's have charted in the Top 40 Gavin and Top 15 CMJ Jazz Charts and Chart Magazine Canada.

Performances with Greg Osby, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Greg Hutchinson, Antonio Sanchez, Reuben Rogers, Ian Froman, George Garzone, Jeff Ballard, Rick Margitza, Cuong Vu... and at festivals in Montreal, North Sea, Atlanta, Ottawa, Minneapolis, Vancouver, Providence, Toronto, Boston, Montreal, Clearwater Florida...

“Look out for promising young vibraphonist Matthias Lupri, a protge of Gary Burton." --Jazz For Dummies

“An enjoyable slice of advanced modern Jazz." --Al Merritt, UK Jazz London, Jazz Now

“Lupri hits hard on the solos, and comps with warm glow when George Garzone steps out. On “Investion" the power is scary..." --John Barrett, JazzUSA

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