Matthew Golombisky

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Matthew L. Golombisky was born and raised in Durham and Hillsborough, North Carolina. He started playing bugle and cornet at an early age. In middle school, he met an influential friend who sparked his interest in [[bass guitar], and in high school, played in the Honors Jazz Ensemble. There he formed the Orange High Jazz Combo, which is still going strong today.

After high school, Matthew attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville where he studied acoustic/electric bass performance, jazz, and classical music. At UNC-A, he became the music department’s hired music theory tutor. He graduated with the award of Distinction in Music in May of 2001. He was also hired as an instructor and event organizer at The Asheville Music School where he taught private and group trumpet, bass, music theory and improvisation courses.

After graduation, he moved to New Orleans and quickly became a full-time working musician, eventually finding himself in twelve different groups at a time, several of which recorded full-length CDs and have played all over the US and Europe. At any given point, he had 30 private students, several of which were accepted to the prestigious New Orleans Center of Creative Arts (NOCCA), aged anywhere from 4 to 75 years old, studying piano, bass, guitar, theory, composition, and improvisation. He organized public concerts and recording sessions for many of his students.

In the spring of 2004, he started a Master’s program at the University of New Orleans (UNO) in Music Composition with Dr. Jerry Sieg. In August '05, he was forced out of New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina, and currently resides in Chicago where he is a steadily performing bassist, working composer and educator, continuing to play with several groups from New Orleans as well as newly formed groups based in Chicago. Recently, he has put together a large ensemble consisting of 20+ performers, playing all original and freshly composed music called the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (www.earsandeyesrecords.com/tmo). Since its conception, they have released two CDs, Live @ Ice Factory and neon jesus garage. He attended Northwestern in the fall of '05 and completed his Master's of Music in Composition from UNO in May of '06.

Most recently, Matthew had “Determing what’s next”, a slow movement for chamber orchester, premiered in Innsbruck, Austria, performed in the Chicago Jazz Festival this past summer with the Lucky 7s, and finished a tour with the Golombisky-Kirchner Duo (GKduo) earlier this fall.

[edit] Discography

  • Farragut, Lucky 7s, Lakefront Digital, 2006
  • Baghdad Music Journal, WATIV, High Mayhem, 2005
  • Dismantling Devotion, Daylight Dies, Candlelight, 2005
  • Zing!, Magnetic Flux, ears&eyes Records, 2007
  • New Orleans / Katrina = Chicago + Santa Fe, Grilly Biggs, High Mayhem, 2006
  • High Mayhem Festival 2004 (compilation), High Mayhem, 2005
  • High Mayhem Festival 2005 (compilation), High Mayhem, 2006
  • Big Brown, The Other Planets, Attention Spaniel, 2006
  • Eightballs in Angola, The Other Planets, Attention Spaniel, 2006
  • Live @ Ice Factory, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, ears&eyes Records, 2006
  • neon jesus garage, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, ears&eyes Records, 2006
  • To Tide You Over, Grilly Biggs, Independent, 2004
  • Introducing ::, GKduo, ears&eyes Records, 2006
  • LIVE!, QMRplus, ears&eyes Records, 2005
  • Uhzoid, QMRplus, ears&eyes Records, 2007
  • Redshift, Redshift, Independent, 2005
  • Chicago Junglebop Syndicate, ITS TIME, IZM Records, 2007
  • backGammon,backGammon, Independent, 2006
  • Macy-Golombisky Duo, Live at Left Bank, Independent, 2001

[edit] Press

  • Nov. 2007 issue of Bass Player (Larry Grenadier interview)
  • Spring 2006 issue of Signal to Noise (WATIV article)
  • Summer 2006 issue of Double Bassist (Chicago bassists/Surviving Katrina article)
  • Fall 2006 issue of Zero Tolerance (Gunnelpumpers article)
  • Chicago Jazz Festival 2006 issue of TimeOut (Lucky 7s article)

[edit] Current groups/bands

  • Tomorrow Music Orchestra – 19 members (traditional chamber ensemble with addition of vibes, saxophones, guitar, and drum set); Chicago-based; www.tomorrowmusic.org and www.myspace.com/tomorrowmusicorchestra
  • Golombisky-Kirchner Duo (GKduo) – MG: bass, likable noise, melodica, percussion, Quin Kirchner (QK): drums, tapes, samples, percussion; Chicago-based; www.myspace.com/golombiskykirchnerduo
  • Lucky 7s – Jeb Bishop: trombone, Jeff Albert: trombone/tuba, Josh Berman: cornet, Keefe Jackson: tenor sax/bass clarinet, Jason Adasiewicz: vibes, MG: acoustic bass/effects, QK: drums; New Orleans/Chicago-based; www.lucky7s.org
  • WATIV – Will Thompson: piano/Rhodes/clarinet/computer, Jeremy Bleich: oud/melodcia/percussion, MG: bass/melodica/effects, Milton Villarrubia – drums/melodica; Jackson, Miss/Santa Fe/Chicago-based; www.wativ.com
  • ZING! – James Davis: trumpet, Caroline Davis (CD): alto sax, Dave Miller: guitar/effects, MG: electric bass/effects, QK – drums; Chicago-based; www.zingzingzing.com
  • Dirty Snow – James Davis: trumpet, CD: alto sax, Matthew McClimon (MM): vibes, MG: acoustic bass; Chicago-based; www.myspace.com/dirtysnowmusic
  • Red Shift – Tom Sandahl: guitar/keyboards, MM: vibes, MG: acoustic/electric bass/effects, QK: drums; Portland/Chicago-based; www.redshiftmusic.net
  • Grilly Biggs – MM: vibes, MG: acoustic/electric bass/effects, QK: drums/tapes, Milton Villarrubia: drums/sampler; Santa Fe/Chicago-based; www.grillybiggs.com
  • The Other Planets – Anthony Cuccia: percussion/vocals, Dr. Jimbo Walsh: guitar, Dan Oestreicher: bari/bass saxophone, MM: vibes, MG: electric bass/effects, QK: drums, Tim McFatter: tenor sax/keyboards; New Orleans/Chicago-based; www.theotherplanets.com
  • Gunnelpumpers – Doug Johnson: acoustic/electric contrabass/effects, Michael Hovnanian: contrabass/effects, MG: contrabass/effects, Doug Brush: tabla/percussion, Randy Farr: congas/percussion; Chicago-based; www.myspace.com/gunnelpumpers
  • backGammon – Jonathon Kirk: trombone/euphonium/computer, Casey Farina: made instruments/percussion/computer, Theron Humiston: guitar/computer, James Diomede: voice/effects, Dr. Stephen Syverud: piano, CD: alto sax, MG: acoustic bass/effects/computer; Evanston, IL-based; www.myspace.com/bkgmn
  • Ear To The Ground – Dave Rempis: tenor/bari sax, CD: alto sax, MG: acoustic bass, QK: drums; Chicago-based.
  • QMRplus – Robin Boudreaux: soprano/alto/tenor sax, MM: vibes, MG: acoustic bass, QK: drums; New Orleans/Chicago-based; www.qmrplus.com
  • Pele’s Electric Glow – Sam Macy: guitar, MM: vibes, MG: acoustic bass, QK: drums; Chicago-based; www.myspace.com/peleselectricglow
  • The Hall Monitors – David Polk: alto sax/computer, Brigham Hall: piano/computer, MG: electric bass/effects, QK: drums (Chicago), Simon Lott: drums (New Orleans); New Orleans/Chicago-based; www.thehallmonitors.com
  • Theory Anesthetic – Mandy Matz: keyboard/computer/voice, Walton Richmond: mandolin/guitar, MG: acoustic/electric bass/effects, QK: drums/samples; Chicago-based; www.theoryanesthetic.com
  • A Lott Moore Golombisky – Jason Moore: tenor sax, MG: electric bass/effects, Simon Lott: drums; Baton Rouge/Chicago-based.
  • Balkano – Bryan Pardo: clarinet/alto and tenor sax, James Davis: trumpet, Dave Miller: guitar, Diana Lawrence: voice, MG: bass, Joe Chellman: drums; Chicago-based.
  • Jack&Jezebel – MG: bass/computer/piano/etc.; Chicago-based; www.myspace.com/jackandjezebel
  • Steps (74) – Dave Marsalek: drums, Brian Niebuhr: trumpet, Joe Grez: tenor sax, Ray Pandocchi: tenor sax, L. Ziade: voice, Fred Krugel: guitar, Matt Nelson: keyboard, MC Philasoph: voice, Jbeatz: flute/voice, MG: acoustic/electric bass/effects; aka Chicago Junglebop Syndicate; Chicago-based; www.myspace.com/chicagojunglebop