Matt Borghi

Matt Borghi is many things: sound artist, music composer, writer, but above all he’s a musical improviser, and usually with a guitar in traditional and non-traditional means. Like the great traditions of jazz, classical before cadenzas were locked down on paper, and most other secular musical traditions, Matt prefers to make up as he goes along, listening and collaborating in real-time. Starting with a melody or basic musical idea, he plants the musical seed and lets the work grow organically to its natural conclusion. Matt came to music improvisation early on, as an outgrowth of exploring psychedelic music and the drawn out jams of the Grateful Dead, and the longer soundscape stylings of Pink Floyd. These groups led to an exploration of jazz, specifically John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey and Thelonius Monk. The discovery of jazz was both profound and significant because the sounds and the rhythms were so different, so original and fresh. The purity of Coltrane’s tone and ambiance of Mile’s Davis’ electric period, specifically In a Silent Way, as well as Pink Floyd’s Echoes translated into Matt going to find his own musical territory – musical improvisation. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.