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Opus Re-Release Date Announced

We’re very happy to be working with Truth Revolution Records and to announce that the re-release of OPUS is set for March 1st 2012! Keep your eyes open for upcoming release parties, events and more! Stay tuned…

Record Deal Imminent

We are close to reaching a deal between Truth Revolution Records and myself to re-release my debut album “OPUS”.  In addition, I will be recording a new album for early 2013 release.  Founded by brothers Zaccai and Luques Curtis, Truth Revolution Records is an independent label created to place music and artistic expression first. I am excited to becoming a member of the family and to be involved with a group whose mission I truly believe in. Currently, we are putting the finishing touches on the agreement, so stay tuned. There should be lots of more information soon!

Paquito D’Rivera and Friends @ Lincoln Harbor

The Summer Concerts on the Hudson music series in Lincoln Harbor Park inWeehawken continues with a show featuring Latin jazz star and six-time Grammy award winner Paquito D’Rivera.

The North Bergen resident will play with other jazz musicians like Grammy winning pianist and composer Fernando Otero, violinist Andrei Matorin and jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda. (Read More…)

CD Baby Back in Stock

Last week I was informed that CD Baby had been out of (Read More…)

“Opus” Makes Editor’s Picks On Downbeat.com

Check out the latest review on the “Editor’s Picks” Section of Downbeat.com!

http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=editorspicks201005#10

Andrei Matorin is a young, talented violinist, and Opus is his first recording as a leader. Another in the long line of great artists coming out of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Matorin now calls New York City his home. Expect to hear a lot of him there in the coming years. As for Opus, it’s a terrific collection of eight original tracks that show off Matorin as a fine composer as well as improviser. He’s joined on the record by Takeshi Ohbayashi on piano, Luques Curtis on bass and Dan Pugach on drums. The group is tight and modern, but still gives a pleasant nod to the jazz tradition. Matorin and Ohbayashi both play beautifully, especially on the ballad “Coming Home.” Pugach is rock-solid on drums throughout. And Matorin and bassist Curtis give the album’s final track, “Sunday Blues,” a cool ride in what sounds like a Ray Brown-inspired blues. Keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for Andrei Matorin. He’s a contender.