“Haimovitz sets his cello free in a daring and dazzling jazz recital…“ Matt Haimovitz’s multi-faceted cello knocks down musical boundaries while scaling emotions from darkness to joy in Cello JAZZ, […]
July 2017 “Meeting of the Spirits” – jazz milestones re-imagined for a big band of cellos.PENTATONE SACD 518§ 659 TT: 51:06BUY NOW FROM AMAZON Matt Haimovitz is on the cutting […]
Called “one of the most original and compelling jazz albums in recent memory” (Montreal Gazette), Matt Haimovitz and Uccello’s Meeting of the Spirits gets a […]
June 13, 2012 Someone just asked me which has the better classical music scene – London or New York. It’s a tough call,
June 12, 2012 On Sunday afternoon, the Uccello ensemble visited Bargemusic, the floating chamber music venue on a coffee barge tucked under the Brooklyn Bridge. Led by Matt Haimovitz, the […]
Spring-Summer 2011 Nobody really knows what recent Grammy Award nominee Matt Haimovitz is going to do next. And he likes it that way. Matt Haimovitz has a knack for the […]
May 13, 2011 Cellist Matt Haimovitz made his debut at the age of 13 as a soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. At age 17 he made his […]
Matt Haimovitz and Uccello perform at SXSW from their Grammy Nominated album, Meeting of the Spirits.
April 20, 2011 Like maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy, cello virtuoso Haimovitz is as au fait with Jimi Hendrix as J.S. Bach. This highly eclectic program features his groundbreaking cello octet […]
March 19, 2011 When Matt Haimovitz and Uccello take the stage, they sometimes work their cellos more like guitars, or drums, or or any other instrument that might be chucked […]
March 16, 2011 It’s a fairly audacious idea for a cello octet to interpret the music of jazz icons such as bassist Charles Mingus, trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist Ornette […]
March 12, 2011 Winds of change are blowing through the world of classical music — and the unsettled weather will make for some wild times at two New Orleans concerts […]
March 10, 2011 Matt Haimovitz & Uccello at San Antone Café & Concerts. “Meeting of the Spirits,” a CD by cellist Haimovitz, the Uccello group and featured guests, was nominated […]
February 17, 2011 A cello ensemble playing big band arrangements is an unusual concept, but cellist Matt Haimovitz and the ensemble Uccello are heard doing material from John McLaughlin and […]
February 12, 2011 Many artists have been nominated over many years for many Grammy Awards in many categories. It would take more than a little research to determine whether Uccello, […]
February 11, 2011 Album: Meeting of the Spirits (Oxingale) Nominated for: Best Classical Crossover Album The tracks conjure up the ghosts of jazz legends like Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis and […]
