12 Facts About Matt Bauder

Matt Bauder was born on 1976 and is an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer.

Matt Bauder attended the University of North Texas in Denton, and earned a bachelor of fine arts in jazz and contemporary improvisation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Matt Bauder lived in Chicago from 1999 to 2001, where he was a part of the city's modern jazz and improvised music scene, and then attended graduate school at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Matt Bauder lived in Berlin for a year, and moved to New York City in 2005.

In 2003, Bauder released his debut album, Weary Already of the Way, on 482 Music.

Matt Bauder followed that up in 2007 with the first album from his long-form improvisational jazz trio Memorize the Sky, featuring Bauder on saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet and percussion, Zach Wallace on bass, vibraphone and percussion, and Aaron Siegel on drums and percussion.

Matt Bauder released two more albums with Memorize the Sky, in 2008 and 2010.

Matt Bauder is the bandleader and plays saxophone and guitar in the jazz trio Hearing Things, with JP Schlegelmilch on organ and Vinnie Sperrazza on drums.

Matt Bauder plays saxophone and guitar in the group, and sings lead vocals on some of the songs.

Matt Bauder has released two albums with his Brooklyn-based jazz quintet Day in Pictures on Clean Feed Records, the 2010 self-titled debut and 2014's Nightshades, with trumpeter Nate Wooley, pianist Kris Davis, bassist Jason Ajemian and drummer Tomas Fujiwara.

Matt Bauder played tenor saxophone and composed the songs on both albums.

Matt Bauder played saxophone and clarinet on two tracks on Arcade Fire member Will Butler's 2015 debut album Policy.