Matthew Steckler, aka Matty Stecks, performs and composes in several musical settings internationally. Since Fall 2017, he is on the faculty in Jazz & Contemporary Popular Music at the renowned Brandon University School of Music in Canada. Primarily a saxophonist/woodwind specialist, he also performs on vocals, keyboards, percussion and electronic media, bringing a dynamic, holistic approach to the live musical experience. His Musical Tramps project on Ropeadope Records is a research-based exploration in jazz, popular, film and electroacoustic music idioms. He has also received recognition for leading the projects Dead Cat Bounce and Persiflage.
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Matt Steckler - winds, keys, vocals, EFX, compositions
Keith Price - guitars
Matt Kozicki - basses
Eric Platz - drums and percussion
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special guests: Jeff Presslaff (piano/keys); Leanna Zacharias (cello); Cathy Wood (clarinet); Lenya Wilks, Hannah Fearn & Megan Demarest (vocals)
Track Listing
- LTAR I: Invocation
- Siddhartha
- LTAR II: The Gathering
- MB Blues
- LTAR III: Good & Evil
- Modern Preternatural Rumble
- LTAR IV: Pugilism
- Heads or Tails
- LTAR V: Ritualism
- Begging the Beguine
- LTAR VI: Phases
- Wish
- LTAR VII: Antiquity (Peace)
- The Sloth
- LTAR VIII: Counter Culture
- Feel My Way Forward
- Shape of Rumbles to Come
- LTAR IX: Isolation
- Somersault of the Earth