Recordings as a leader:



Includes deluxe packaging featuring
artwork and liner notes by
Andrew Freund and Michael Paglia.


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MATT JORGENSEN, Tattooed by Passion:
Music inspired by the paintings of Dale Chisman

Origin Records #82568


Inspired by the paintings of his late father-in-law, the prominent abstract-impressionist artist Dale Chisman, drummer Matt Jorgensen has created a recording of all original works drawing influence directly from Chisman paintings, his home city of Denver, his life-long friends, and his constant reinvention as an artist. To properly reflect the power and expanse of Chisman's pieces, Jorgensen, along with his longtime collaborators - trumpeter Thomas Marriott and saxophonist Mark Taylor - expands his own palette from previous recordings, exploring broad new textures and musical landscapes aided by Corey Christiansen's earthy guitar work, bassist Dave Captein, and orchestrations for string quartet.

1. Space, Plane and Line
2. Tattooed by Passion
3. Colorado
4. August
5. Big Chief with a Golden Crown
6. The Armory (interlude)
7. Primal Scrip
8. The Armory
9. Dialogue 2008
10. Fall
11. Savage Grace

featuring:
Thomas Marriott - trumpet
Mark Taylor - saxophones
Corey Christiansen - guitar
Dave Captein - bass
Matt Jorgensen - drums
with special guests:
Richard Cole - clarinet
Karen Haliburton - violin
Eric Rynes - violin
Brianna Atwell - viola
Chris Worswick - cello


REVIEWS:


Audiophile Audition
Jorgensen has created a masterwork of beauty, complexity, and emotion. He honors the work and spirit of Dale Chisman. To hear this work live would be a stunning sensory experience. I highly recommend this CD.

All About Jazz
Drummer Matt Jorgensen pushes a bit out of the relative comfort zone of his longstanding Matt Jorgensen + 451 ensemble, to pay homage to his late father-in-law, abstract expressionist painter Dale Chisman, with Tattooed by Passion. With his + 451 group, Jorgensen crafted a distinctive modern-leaning sound on CDs Hope (Origin Records, 2004) and Another Morning (Origin Records, 2008). He carries that tradition forward on Tattooed by Passion ... An ambitious and beautiful ending to Matt Jorgensen's finest recording to date

All Music Guide
Without becoming rote and without going deep beyond its inspirational subject matter, Tattooed By Passion manages to simultaneously pay respect to the paintings it was built from and independently stand as an excellent recording.

VIDEOS FROM TATTOOED BY PASSION:
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The making of "Tattooed by Passion"


Primal Scrip


Space, Plane and Line


The Armory


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MATT JORGENSEN +451, Another Morning
Origin Records #82500

1 New Beginnings 7:22
2 Sweetpea 5:21
3 Birds 7:47
4 Spectre 5:58
5 Lock Down 7:11
6 Helter Skelter 5:04
7 Entomology 7:42
8 Power To The People 7:05
9 Tell and Retell 1:22
10 Ohio 5:41

featuring:
Mark Taylor - Saxophones
Ryan Burns - Fender Rhodes, Organ, Moog
Phil Sparks - Bass
Matt Jorgensen - Drums

with special guests:
Thomas Marriott - Trumpet (1, 6, 10)
Jason Goessl - Guitar (2, 10)


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MATT JORGENSEN +451, Hope
Origin Records #82419


1. Slinky
2. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
3. Hope, part 1
4. Che
5. Peacefulness
6. Hope, part 3
7. Sanguine
8. Pack Sack
9. Fables of Faubus
10. Ibrahymn
11. Hope, part 2

featuring:
Mark Taylor - saxophone
Hans Teuber - saxophone
Ryan Burns - fender rhodes
Phil Sparks - bass
Matt Jorgensen - drums

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Matt Jorgensen +451: The Sonarchy Session
(Origin Records 82001)
  1. Blessing    MP3
  2. For Tony    MP3
  3. No Quarter    MP3
  4. Quiet Silence    MP3
  5. Everything In Its Right Place    MP3
  6. Slinky    MP3
  7. Peacefulness    MP3
  8. Tomorrow Never Knows    MP3
  9. Pack Sack    MP3

featuring:
Mark Taylor - saxophone
Ryan Burns - fender rhodes
Phil Sparks - bass
Matt Jorgensen - drums




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MATT JORGENSEN +451, Quiet Silence
Origin Records #82401
  1. Fog
  2. Everything In It's Right Place
  3. Tumbleweed
  4. India
  5. Blessing
  6. Quiet Silence
  7. The Look of Love
  8. Ballad For John
  9. Tomorrow Never Knows

featuring:
Mark Taylor - saxophone
Rob Davis - saxophone
Marc Seales - fender rhodes
Phil Sparks - bass
Matt Jorgensen - drums



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Matt Jorgensen +451: The Road Begins Here
(Origin Records 82377)
  1. From Nowhere To Here   MP3
  2. No Quarter   MP3
  3. Afterglow   MP3
  4. Ginger Bread Boy
  5. Central Park West
  6. For Tony   MP3
  7. Teo

featuring:
Rob Davis - saxophone
Marc Seales - fender rhodes
Phil Sparks - bass
Matt Jorgensen - drums

Recordings as a sideman:

Up-Coming Records:

Chad McCullough, While The Sky Cries

 

Recordings in Film:




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