MATT GARRITY

Drummer, Matt Garrity has been on the New York music scene since 1994. He has performed and recorded with some of the best in the business, including Grammy winners: Joe Lovano, Vincent Herring and Steve Slagle, as well as David Williams, Teri Thornton, Peter Bernstein, David Amram, Eric Alexander, Judi Silvano, Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, Gary Versace, Ron McLure, Ed Cherry, Joel Forrester, Jeremy Pelt and Jerome Richardson. Originally from Ithaca, NY, Matt attended William Paterson College’s jazz studies program in the early nineties and has studied with renowned performers/ educators John Riley, Horacee Arnold, Rufus Reid, Harold Mabern, Carl Allen, Bill Goodwin, and Ed Shaughnessy, among others. Matt has since made a name for himself in the music world, recording and performing with some of the biggest names in jazz at some of NYC’s most prestigious venues, including…The Blue Note, Birdland, Smalls, Mezzrow, Smoke, Minton’s Playhouse, The Jazz Standard, The read more...