Whitaker, Matthew | Connections | CD

Matthew Whitaker is a jazz musician born in 2001 who began playing at age three on a small Yamaha keyboard. He taught himself the Hammond B3 organ from age nine and became the youngest artist endorsed by Hammond in its history of more than 80 years. He was named a Yamaha Artist at 15 and has toured the US and abroad, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Newport Jazz Festival.

Connections is a single CD album by Matthew Whitaker, released on the Resilience Music Alliance label in the US in October 2021. It was recorded at Sear Sound over three days in March 2021 and produced by Derrick Hodge, with Rondi Charleston and Steven Ruchefsky credited as executive producers.

Track List

1. Journey Uptown
2. A New Day
3. Bye-ya (Feat. Jon Batiste)
4. Spain
5. Connections
6. Stop Fighting
7. Lately
8. I'm Sorry
9. Jeannine
10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Feat. Regina Carter)
11. Blue Rondo À La Turk
12. Trust Me
13. It Will Be Okay
14. Garden Wall
15. Acceptance
16. His Eye Is On the Sparrow