Matthew Read talks to us about life as a touring bassist
Born in Winchester, Matthew enjoyed jazz from a very early age dancing with his brother to Weather Report. Matthew didn’t play jazz however until he started studying at Alton College, Hampshire. Here he was taught by Sam Bullard and took double bass lessons from Tom Mason funded by a college music scholarship. Matthew recently graduated with a first class honours degree in Jazz from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was also the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Dankworth Prize for Big Band composition and arranging.
Filmed at Trinity Laban | Greenwich
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