176 Keys: Paul Giallorenzo/Matt Piet Piano Duo

Matt Piet is an improvising pianist and composer based in Chicago, IL. He is co-leader of the trio Four Letter Words. After his studies in straight-ahead jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, Piet shifted gears and began playing completely improvised music, in solo and group contexts. An active participant of Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene, Piet has recorded in trio, duo, and solo contexts, which can all be found on the Amalgam label at www.amalgamusic.org

Originally from Long Island NY, Paul Giallorenzo is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, and producer using piano, synthesizer, keyboards, and electronics in a wide variety of groups and contexts, ranging from jazz and improvised music to electro-acoustic / noise to sound and video performance. Performing throughout the midwest, eastern US, Canada, Europe, Brazil. Has appeared at the Chicago Jazz Festival, WNUR Chicago Sounds Jazzfest, Glad Cloud Festival of Ambient Music at the Whistler, and a 2008 artist residency in Luzern, Switzerland. Presenter, organizer, co-founder of the music venue/art gallery Elastic, producing hundreds of creative music concerts and events in Chicago since 2001.

Paul Giallorenzo – piano
Matt Piet – piano

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