About Matthew Hutchinson Music

Matthew Hutchinson has been playing piano and keyboards professionally for over 25 years. He regularly performs with his own jazz groups as well as for various other bands, private functions, charitable events, and theatre. Matthew has played in some of the top venues in New York and Berlin, and he has performed internationally in eight different countries. Matthew is a member of the Berlin-based group, Afrobeat Academy, and he has appeared on a number of critically acclaimed modern African music albums by artists such as Ebo Taylor (Love and Death, Strut Records, 2010), Oghene Kologbo, the former guitarist for Fela Kuti (Remembering Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Lions Ark Records/Rough trade, 2007), and Ade Bantu on the album Fuji Satisfaction (Piranha), which received a Kora Award (the Pan-African equivalent of the Grammy) in 2005. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Bennington College. 

The study of jazz and improvisation is a study of language, history and culture. It is my goal to ensure that each student has the necessary tools to communicate with their instruments, understand the music’s traditions, and discover their own unique voice. I believe it is the teacher’s responsibility to adapt to each student’s learning style and interests to create ways of imparting the fundamental elements of jazz and improvisation while encouraging the student’s own self-discovery and creativity. To develop the tools needed for improvisation, some of the fundamental topics include ear training, harmony, rhythm, chord structures, and learning to play off a lead sheet.

Additionally, in the case of students who might only have a classical background, I hope to support each musician in beginning to play their own music, using their ear and musical intuition as a guide.

Arts Foundation Cape Cod

Atwood Museum

Cape Cod Museum of Art

Cape Symphony Presents

Chatham Bars Inn

Cotuit Center for the Arts

Falmouth Jazz Stroll

Falmouth Library

Gaslight Nantucket

Nantucket Arts Festival

Provincetown Jazz Festival

Artists Association Nantucket

B Flat Club (Berlin)

Bel Luna Jazz Club (Barcelona Spain)

Black Note (Valencia Spain)

Blue Hill at Stone Barns New York

Cliffside Hotel

Dreamland Nantucket

Great Harbor Yacht Club

Grounds for Sculpture Museum NJ

Kirchentag - Cologne Germany

Nantucket Arts Council

Nantucket Atheneum

Nantucket Conservation Association

Nantucket Dance Festival

Nantucket Golf Club

Nantucket Historical Association

Nantucket Wine Festival

Nantucket Yacht Club

National Arts Club New York

New York Academy of Art

Newport Country Club

Pierre Hotel (NYC)

Quasimodo (Berlin)

Ritz Carleton Hotel (Berlin)

Silo  Valencia Spain

St. Regis Hotel (NYC)

The Summer House

The Chanticleer 

The Club at New Seabury

The Club Provincetown

The Galley Beach

The Wauwinet

The Wequasset

The White Elephant

Tin Pan Alley Provincetown

Tomi Jazz Club NYC

Vario Bar (Olten Switzerland)

Westmoor Club

Windows of The World 1 World Trade Center