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“Wicked. Jazz musicians
aren't supposed to write lyrics that good...Their music is their own,
neither jazz, nor rock, nor cabaret, but at the same time all of them.
I’ve never heard anything like it; catch them now, while they’re still
playing basements. Bands like this are why you move to New York”.
“Songwriter-guitarist
Matt Munisteri has put together a relaxed, swinging combo that puts content
before nostalgia… The band which features accordionist Will Holshouser
and trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso is choice” "A present day ironist with a pre-war heart (First World War that
is)...Matt Munisteri leads the delightful, lightly swinging chamber jazz
quintet Brock Mumford. Munisteri's own time-warped tunes sit perfectly
alongside vintage works by Willard Robison, Hoagy Carmichael, and even...Bob
Dylan" “The originals by
Munisteri are not throwaways, but have real meat on their bones. Sometimes
funny, sometimes melancholy, but always hip…sounds like something you’d
expect from Dave Frishberg” “The type of tunes
that only Randy Newman is supposed to be able to get away with these days”
“When Hollywood finally
gets around to making that pitch-perfect romantic comedy – you know, something
classy yet silly, ironic yet earnest, urbane yet folksy – they won’t have
to worry about the pitch-perfect soundtrack." "Glorious...This is fun, fun music that arrives as drifting fairy
dust, but proves itself through peerless instrumental work" "What an engaging set of songs, and in its somewhat retro way, a
brash undertaking. At a time when record sales are dominated by bad rap/hip-hop
-- crude bellicose karaoke performed by talentless trolls -- this Love
Story by Matt Munisteri and Brock Mumford is a ninety degree against the
grain delight". "A really different
gloss on the notion of "alternative" music...In addition to
his smart, varied, and well-crafted originals, Munisteri does a gripping
guitar-and-vocal rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Lazy Bones,"
as well as what might be the best Bob Dylan cover ever." "Matt Munisteri is one of those singer-songwriters born out of time...and
it comes out sounding like the Band's second album as written by Dave
Frishberg. Will appeal to fans of everyone from John Pizzarelli to Tom
Waits" “Songs of the simpler,
almost sleepy, romantic era of the early twentieth century” “They get your feet
moving and your heart sighing” They "zero in
on an old time aesthetic that exists somewhere in the borderless realm
of American Roots music" "Children's
fairy tale music for grownups" "The best I've
heard since The Joe Mooney Quartet" “Catch one (show)
and you’re likely to be hooked” "Daunting mastery...one of New York's best vintage-guitar stylists,
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“Matt
Munisteri’s guitar solos sparkle like Moet Chandon”