See Rick play the bluesy Kenny Burrell piece "Chitlins Con Carne"
Influences
Kenny Burrell, Frank Zappa, T-Bone Walker, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Pass, Charlie Hunter, Pete Townsend, Grant Green, Miles Davis, Neil Young, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin, King Crimson, Emily Remler, Slim Galliard, Hank Williams, Dick Dale, Tiny Grimes, Larry Young, Randy Johnston, Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Herb Ellis, Hubert Sumlin, John Scofield, George Benson, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Barney Kessell, Daniel Lanois, Charlie Christian, Joao Gilberto, Bill Frisell, Jimmy Smith, Louis Jordan, Marc Ribot, David Grisman
Review of "Ears Wide Shut" SheLan 1017
Rick Matle is an amazing guitarist whose solo release shines with fruitful experiments that showcase his many abilities, wide tastes and creative experiences. Over the years, with partner Sheila Landis on vocals, Matle has created an astounding number of bluesy jazz releases that present their special chemistry. With the trippier "Ears Wide Shut", Matle proves himself to be as diverse and free-thinking as his influences. He's also taken the opportunity to stretch his musical boundaries with instrumental sound snippets that bounce from hard psychedelia to reflective folkstrum-alongs. From these extremes he's crafted an organic and cohesive 47minutes of music that never fragments but remains connected and flowing. Along the way there are percussive side trips down jazz inspired, Latin flavored back alleys, delicate wisps of dream songs half forgotten, and raw, earthy ambient pieces that recall the ancient. "The Dark Backwards" in fact, sounds like cave people jamming with clay pots and electric guitars.
Matle does justice to the memory and innovations of so many artists in the relatively short history of electric guitar from Charlie Christian to Larry Coryell, to Robert Fripp, but perhaps recalls most of all the spirit and sense of adventure that defined Jimi Hendrix. The CD is conceptually designed with shorter, softer pieces giving way to increasingly longer, wilder experiments to the climax of the 13 minute title noise-opus "Ears Wide Shut". As harsh and unblinking as the cinematic work of the late Stanley Kubrick, this track also delights in the beauty of the unusual in a way Kubrick might have admired.
-Ralph Valdez WDET-FM National Public Radio in Detroit
Metro Times review from November 2006 Sheila Landis and Rick Matle
"Blues in the Night" SheLan Records USA
Grade: A
An emphasis on bluesy and rootsy material on this collection, half new and half culled from the last dozen years of work by the vocal-guitar duo. They do "Fever" and Willie Nelson's "Crazy," but there's still room for whiplash hard bop, some jazz-meets-poetry material and a rockin' take on "At Last." Landis' 21st album is the place to start if you've been sleeping on this lightning bolt of a singer and her simpatico seven-string guitarist. —W Kim Heron
Guitarist, producer Rick Matle has been performing for over 25 years, in 1986 he earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Performance from Oakland University . His formative studies included jazz and classical guitar, jazz composing as well as performances on guitar, bass, percussion and African Drums. The influence of classic jazz guitarists such as Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell and Charlie Hunter are heard in his solid bass and simultaneous chordal accompaniment to jazz vocalist Sheila Landis. Their interpretations of jazz standards, Latin and blues are heard on radio stations across the globe and have led to record deals in Japan (Celeste) and the UK (Counterpoint).
Influenced by rock and jazz artists, Matle maintains a creative, open minded approach to live performance and in the studio. Performing with vocalist Sheila Landis in duo and trio settings Matle performs on a seven-string hollow body guitar (tuned with a low A).
The 2006 and 2007 Detroit Music Awards recognized Rick as the "Outstanding World Music Composer" while the songwriting team of Landis and Matle were awarded as "Outstanding Jazz Composers" in 1999. Multi-instrumentalist Rick Matle has produced and engineered the last 9 Landis/Matle CD's. Rick has maintained a professional recording studio for over 15 years and has been recording and producing for over 25 years.
In his own Roseview Studio Rick has engineered tracks for Bill Heid, Joe Weaver, Alberta Adams, Johnnie Bassett, Cheryl St Rebel, The Millionaires, Perplexa, The Brothers Groove, Red Dye Nine, Steve Wood, Jody Carlson, Crankpeace, and Les Gammas (Belgium). He has performed as a guitarist on CD with Alberta Adams, Bill Heid, Tatsuo Sunaga (Japan), Greg Utech, Pat Cronley, Skip Greene, The Light Ensemble, Peter Tocco, Andy Gunsberg, Dale Grisa, Reggie Harrison and Guy Louis as well as producing his solo works "Ears Wide Shut" and "Windows of the World".
Are you going to honor me by playing my birthday gig on the 11th? fwiw, my birfday is the 12th and there is no need to spend more than my age in dollars for the gift.
Thank you for taking a listen to my music. Glad you liked what you heard!
I hope you'll stop by www.davidshelbymusic.com to hear a sampling of all the tracks from my debut CD, I Came to Play. I look forward to hearing what you think.
I hope you'll forgive a bit of shameless merchandising. I've just released a new CD. Still doin' the Jazz thing, but this is definitely not your father's organ trio!
CD Baby's got it - there are samples, links & digital downloads on my Myspace page.
Hi everybody, We've finally moved the repair workshop from Jamaica Street to Otago Street in Glasgow's West End. We'll be open for business again on the 21st of June. Check the website for more details.Thanks for all the support,
New song by Greg Utech. Go to this page to listen , just click the youtube video. Featuring; Rick Matle Dennis Sheridan Phil Kelly Greg Utech And Walt Szymanski. Or www.gregutech.com
