Saxophone Tuition in Leeds

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Originally hailing from the North Yorkshire Moors and now living in London, saxophonist and composer Matt Anderson released his debut album with his band Wild Flower in 2015 on the Jellymould Jazz label to widespread critical acclaim and airplay on BBC Radio 3 alongside a 13-date UK tour and launch gig at Pizza Express Dean Street, London. He is now working towards the release of his new album with the Matt Anderson Quartet in April 2018.

Winner of the Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition 2017, he is popular as a sideman in a variety of projects on the fertile London and Leeds jazz scenes such as the bands of Jamie Taylor (also appearing as a featured soloist on his latest album) and Mark Donlon, performing regularly across the UK and internationally with recent appearances in New Zealand and Scandinavia. He also directs and writes for his own projects such as the Matt Anderson Quartet. In October 2015 he performed in Greece with Jiannis Pavlidis' Quintet featuring legendary American jazz drummer Greg Hutchinson, and he recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music’s Masters course with Distinction, also receiving a Diploma and the Craig Ball Prize as well as the George Drexler Foundation Scholarship.