"Memorable hooks and melodies" —Brett Campbell, Eugene Weekly
"Sublime." —Bill McFadden, Ellingtonia
"Masterly…Cooper's authority and musicianship brooks no argument." —Geoff Smith, Blue Light (U.K.)
"Thoughtful" —Washington Post
"Insistently original constructions" —Mike Heffley, Eugene Register-Guard
LINKS AND MP3 DOWNLOADS
Thelonious Monk Institute--Competition History
EOU Music Faculty Homepage
VIDEOS
Matt as guest artist with San Juan College Jazz Band, San Juan College Jazz Festival, April 4, 2016
Matt Cooper X-Tet video
Black Beauty (Ellington)/Improvisation No. 15 (Poulenc), from a recital at Drake University, Des Moines, IA April 2012
Solo rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed" (recorded 1987)
SEHS Alumni perform Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" (July, 2012) (Mike Denny, guitar; Sean Peterson, bass; John Bishop, drums)
Lynn Baker and Matt Cooper duo perform "I Should Care" (Cahn/Stordahl/Weston)
"Velas Icadas" (Ivan Lins), with the Matt Cooper Trio (Matt Cooper, Lou Harless, Jack Kinney)
Ellington's "Reflections in D" and Debussy's "Reflecitons in the Water," from a recital at Drake University
"Some Other Time" (Bernstein/Comden/Green) performed by South Eugene High jazz alumni (Jennifer Griffith, vocal)
"Hi-Fly" (Weston/Hendricks) performed by South Eugene High jazz alumni (Jennifer Griffith, vocal)
Medley of solo standards (My Heart Stood Still, Close Enough for Love, A Time for Love, My Funny Valentine) performed live in Khabarovsk, Russia
Solo version of the tango "La Cumparsita," from a recital at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota)
J.S. Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue," from a recital at Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Thelonious Monk Institute--Competition History
EOU Music Faculty Homepage
VIDEOS
Matt as guest artist with San Juan College Jazz Band, San Juan College Jazz Festival, April 4, 2016
Matt Cooper X-Tet video
Black Beauty (Ellington)/Improvisation No. 15 (Poulenc), from a recital at Drake University, Des Moines, IA April 2012
Solo rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed" (recorded 1987)
SEHS Alumni perform Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" (July, 2012) (Mike Denny, guitar; Sean Peterson, bass; John Bishop, drums)
Lynn Baker and Matt Cooper duo perform "I Should Care" (Cahn/Stordahl/Weston)
"Velas Icadas" (Ivan Lins), with the Matt Cooper Trio (Matt Cooper, Lou Harless, Jack Kinney)
Ellington's "Reflections in D" and Debussy's "Reflecitons in the Water," from a recital at Drake University
"Some Other Time" (Bernstein/Comden/Green) performed by South Eugene High jazz alumni (Jennifer Griffith, vocal)
"Hi-Fly" (Weston/Hendricks) performed by South Eugene High jazz alumni (Jennifer Griffith, vocal)
Medley of solo standards (My Heart Stood Still, Close Enough for Love, A Time for Love, My Funny Valentine) performed live in Khabarovsk, Russia
Solo version of the tango "La Cumparsita," from a recital at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota)
J.S. Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue," from a recital at Drake University, Des Moines, IA