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Featured Artist
Featured Artist: MATHEW HARTNETT AND THE GUMBO JAM
MATTHEW HARTNETT IS AN AWARD-WINNING TROMBONIST AND HORN ARRANGER FOR MS. LAURYN HILL, DAVE CHAPELLE’S JUKE JOINT, CHERYL PEPSII RILEY,
TALIB KWELI AND MORE. He is also the founder and band leader of The Gumbo Jam. The Gumbo Jam was born in New York in 2015 with the intention of being a training ground for musicians to share, explore and learn. As Matthew Hartnett released a solo album Southern Comfort, the band began to evolve into The Gumbo Allstars and toured internationally with Hartnett. Since touring as a band, the group has changed its name to The Gumbo Jam, naming itself after the jam sessions that started the whole journey. Musically, The Gumbo Jam’s origins are in jazz, but adds modern styles such as Hip-Hop & RnB. This Urban Contemporary fusion sound is now what the band leans into heavily. Elaborate solos, poetry and singing all flavor the pot of this amazing musical gumbo.
