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Dr. Dan Matrazzo
3+ albums
Fusionjazz
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Dr. Dan Matrazzo is a jazz, jam, and fusion American keyboardist and pianist. He is known as an early collaborator of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, and co-founder of Col. Bruce Hampton and the Fiji Mariners as well as the band Winter (with Jeff Sipe and Steve Vai at Berklee College of Music). In addition to his partnership with Col. Bruce Hampton and Steve Vai, Dr. Dan was also a member of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's blues band, and Joseph Patrick Moore’s Drum and Bass Society. His recordings with The Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic are available via various sources on the internet, and the album "Timeless," which he recorded with Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Matrazzo's piano can also be found on Brown's album "Real Life." Dr. Dan has also played shows and/or tours with James Cotton and Taj Mahal,and has appeared on stage with Russell Malone, Phish, Blues Traveller, John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Les Claypool, Gov’t Mule, Ween, Lowell Fulson, Leftover Salmon, George Porter Jr., Stanton Moore, Blues Traveller, Morphine and many others. His professional journey began as a teenager playing sold-out arenas with Japanese sensation Char, and continued to the Berklee College of Music where he met Jeff Sipe and Steve Vai. In 1981 Matrazzo was a part of the album Soundcloud/Pink Cloud on VAP Records with Nobuki Yoshinaga, Masayoshi Kabe, Hisato "Char" Takenaka, and Mari Kaneko. From there he went on to form several bands with Col. Bruce Hampton a