Matt Garrity: Jazz Musician in New York

About Matt Garrity

Matt Garrity is a jazz musician heard in New York City rooms including Smalls Jazz Club, where his sets tend to unfold with an attention to time and ensemble balance. He leads the Matt Garrity Quartet, a working small-group context that foregrounds interaction and quick shifts between arranged material and open improvisation. His playing favors clarity over spectacle, with lines that sit close to the groove and leave space for the band to answer. Onstage, the focus stays on conversation, not display.