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Professor for Jazz Saxophone @muk.wien.jazz
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Matthew Halpin - tenor, composition
Simon Seidl - piano
Video - Ted Shawn's Men Dancers: Kinetic Molpai (1935)

Recorded at Deutchlandfunk in Köln

#dance #choreography #music #jazz #ufcwannabe #saxophone #piano #instafame #strong #tender #lifeanddeath #release #spontaneous #goodbusiness #jazzduo by @mattsax_halpin

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3 years ago

Almost exactly a year ago stax had the opportunity to present the fancy future album as an early release concert at the Jazztage @jazzclub_leipzig with live illustrations from @schneebony.

Here’s a snippet from icecream / stupefaction, captured by @rbnlmbrcht and his crew.

We will play again in Leipzig this Wednesday @ino.leipzig 🍂
Sadly we can’t perform with Ebony. But I’ll bring the beautifully designed fancy future comic books, so you can enjoy at least a small impression of her artistry :)

All stax concerts this year:

Oct 02 // Leipzig // Café Ino // 7 pm (!)
Oct 03 // Würzburg // Z87
Nov 27 // Basel // Bird’s Eye
Nov 28 // Friedrichshafen // Jazzport
Nov 29 // München // Jazzstiftung München
Nov 30 // Kalchreuth // Jazz am Bahnhof

@rbnlmbrcht 🎥
@soundguyruoff 🎤
@catdaddyproductions
@jazzclub_leipzig

@birdseyejazzclub
@ino.leipzig by @mattsax_halpin

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2 years ago

HALPIN + DOWNES

matthew halpin - flute, composition
kit downes - piano, improvisation

video - stock footage of 1930s dancers

Since beginning working on layered flute parts I’ve been influenced by Kit’s amazing album Obsidian, go check it out! Very happy to have him playing on this, I had a great time putting it together.
Kit plays Hammond on my new album Agreements, coming on May 14th. Pre-orders are available on bandcamp! (Link in bio)

#agreements #composition #dance1930s #bakingcupcakes #flutelayers #detunedpiano by @mattsax_halpin

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6 years ago

Come and join us @jazzcafezwe on September 28!
🌻 by @mattsax_halpin

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a month ago

Another moment from GLOW's recording session a few weeks back – minimalistic music for 3 horns, bass and a large acoustic space.

We'll play our first concert in at @reaktor_wien on Monday, September 14th 2026, 20:00

Jakob Helling - composition & trumpet @jakobhelling
Matthew Halpin - tenor sax @mattsax_halpin
Alois Eberl - trombone @aloiseberl
Beate Wiesinger - double bass @beate_wiesinger

Video by @reithofermedia

#livemusic #glow #aloiseberl #beatewiesinger #jakobhelling #matthewhalpin #minimalmusic #acousticmusic taken in Pfarrkirche St. Josef zu Margareten by @mattsax_halpin

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2 months ago

Halpin/Wiesinger/König

Come join us on 28.09.26 @jazzcafezwe 🌻

#matthewhalpin #lukaskoenig #beatewiesinger by @mattsax_halpin

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2 months ago

GLOW

Here's another small snippet of our new ensemble GLOW.

Come hear us live at @reaktor_wien Vienna, Monday, September 14th 2026, 20:00

I tried to book this band for december last year, that didn’t happen, so I'm even more excited, that we'll get to play our first concert today in one month!
The initial idea was, that the music and the ensemble is really ment to play in church-like rooms. Maybe because I spend a lot of my childhood in the church where my parents used to play music and preach..
So this is my attempt to play in churches and big spaces again, but with my own music.

Alois Eberl - trombone @aloiseberl
Beate Wiesinger - double bass @beate_wiesinger
Jakob Helling - composition & valve trombone @jakobhelling
Matthew Halpin - tenor sax @mattsax_halpin

Video by @reithofermedia

#livemusic #glow #aloiseberl #beatewisinger #jakobhelling #matthewhalpin taken in Pfarrkirche St. Josef zu Margareten by @mattsax_halpin

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2 months ago

GLOW

4 Vienna based musicians. Bathing in the acoustics of large spaces.

Alois Eberl - trombone @aloiseberl
Beate Wiesinger - double bass @beate_wiesinger
Jakob Helling - mellotron @jakobhelling
Matthew Halpin - tenor sax @mattsax_halpin

What you hear here, are the very first moments we ever recorded together - freely improvised.
One microphone in front of us.
No mix / edit.

More music coming soon.

Come hear us live at REAKTOR Vienna @reaktor_wien, Monday, September 14th 2026, 20:00

Video by @reithofermedia

#livemusic #glow #aloiseberl #beatewisinger #jakobhelling #matthewhalpin taken in Pfarrkirche St. Josef zu Margareten by @mattsax_halpin

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2 months ago

Chris Smith Quartet Graz
@mattsax_halpin
@mortenramsboel
@olafpolziehn by @mattsax_halpin

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5 months ago

Forestation #plantatree #savebeesnotmonies

@kitdownesmusic
@hannobusch
@carnivalcowboy
@salondejazz by @mattsax_halpin

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7 months ago

Afterbirth of the Cool.
First slide, then to the swings. Two clips. Not enough to call a haircut. Hope you enjoy. Also they. Hope they enjoy. But especially you.

@kitdownesmusic
@hannobusch
@carnivalcowboy

#twoisbetterthantow #jazzagainstagains #againstagram #lookwhosback @salondejazz by @mattsax_halpin

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7 months ago

Konsum Prestige, the opening track of the Wanting Machine II Album is out today! Release concert will be on March 15 @porgyandbessvienna

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@bennyomerzell
@lukas________koenig
manu mayr by @mattsax_halpin

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9 months ago