Matthew Alec & The Soul Electric
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Friday, Aug 16, 2024 8pm
Location
Jilly's Music Room
111 N Main St
Details
Matthew Alec is a jazz and popular music saxophonist, founder and Executive Producer at Cleveland Time Records, and bandleader for the high-energy jazz fusion group Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric. Nominated as “Cleveland’s Best Horn Player,” he has performed for over 20 years and holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Kent State University. He has performed with former Saturday Night Live Musical Director, CBS Orchestra member, and Blues Brothers bandsman Tom “Bones” Malone, internationally acclaimed bassist Victor Wooten and his brother Roy “Futureman” Wooten, SNL trombonist Steve Turre, Ohio Players’ Billy Beck, Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Ben Powers, Jr. and he has recorded with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bernie Worrell and aforementioned Tom “Bones” Malone. He has also opened for several A-list acts including Earth, Wind, and Fire, Incubus, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Keane, Average White Band, Lupe Fiasco, J Holiday, and OAR.
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