Mathieu Clement | Cd-release: Coming Home at Loft

tickets:
regular: 12,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 6,- €uro

doors: 8.00 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CET

It’s sheer madness, but drummer Mathieu Clement is only 21 years old, and at the time of recording Coming Home he was even only 20. He was born in Luxembourg, where he first picked up the drum sticks at the tender age of seven.
„My father is a church organist, but he is also a jazz pianist,“ Mathieu Clement says. „My grandfather is a photographer and also a big jazz fan who has photographed many jazz legends. So I was surrounded by this music from the beginning, but I played rock music first.“...

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tickets:
regular: 12,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 6,- €uro

doors: 8.00 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CET

It’s sheer madness, but drummer Mathieu Clement is only 21 years old, and at the time of recording Coming Home he was even only 20. He was born in Luxembourg, where he first picked up the drum sticks at the tender age of seven.
„My father is a church organist, but he is also a jazz pianist,“ Mathieu Clement says. „My grandfather is a photographer and also a big jazz fan who has photographed many jazz legends. So I was surrounded by this music from the beginning, but I played rock music first.“
At thirteen, Mathieu then caught the jazz virus in the form of Art Blakey, whom he still adores today. But the Cologne scene left its mark on him. „I came to Cologne as a young student while I was still doing my A-levels,“ he recalls. „I really wanted to play and Cologne was the best choice. At the university I study with Jonas Burgwinkel, who is a super teacher.“
Clement was then able to gain a foothold in the Cologne scene fairly soon – „you are accepted very quickly, but also challenged“ – and today he plays in the JugendJazzOrchester NRW, among others. With his 20th birthday came the desire to found his own band.

In February 2022, Mathieu recorded his first album in the LOFT, which will be released in 2023 by Double Moon Records / Jazz Thing Next Generation.
His music is reminiscent of compositions by Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter or Thelonious Monk and falls into the Modern Jazz category.
With Coming Home, Mathieu deals with himself and tries to give an impression of himself through the music. The focus is on the interaction and the joint, spontaneous creation between the musicians.
In any case, jazz is in the best of hands with this young troupe, all of whom are still under thirty except for guest star Matthias Schriefl. Mathieu Clement’s sextet celebrates its dance between tradition and modernity with great enthusiasm.

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