Drummer

SFJAZZ is proud to partner with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and its Roots, Jazz & American Music (RJAM) program, linking a world-class conservatory to the award-winning SFJAZZ Center and its resident all-star ensemble, the SFJAZZ Collective. 

Side-By-Side concerts pair select faculty from the Roots, Jazz and American Music (RJAM) program at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music with their young artist proteges. The stellar faculty cast includes the SFJAZZ Collective's Warren Wolf, David Sanchez, Edward Simon, and Matt Brewer, along with luminaries Joshua Redman, Carmen Bradford, Julian Lage, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Matt Wilson and many others.

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RJAM Side-By-Side

SFJAZZ Center

51st Annual WIU Jazz Festival

Western Illinois University

With five consecutive DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star nods and a Best New Artist award from the New York Jazz Critics Circle to his name, drummer, bandleader, educator and composer Matt Wilson is one of the most in-demand musicians in jazz. 

An Illinois native, Wilson got his start as a freelancer in the Midwest before moving to Boston and working with the innovative ensemble Either/Orchestra. Upon his arrival in New York, Wilson established a reputation as a peerless bandleader and sideman whose career includes stints with Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz, John Scofield, Charlie Haden, Denny Zeitlin, Jane Ira Bloom and dozens more.

Matt Wilson

Drummer

Events

Apr 19, 2024

RJAM Side-By-Side · San Francisco Jazz

16 - 17 Feb, 2024

51st Annual WIU Jazz Festival · Western Illinois University

Dec 8, 2023

Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O · San Francisco Jazz

Oct 13, 2023

RJAM Side-By-Side · San Francisco Jazz

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