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You can find him performing all over the UK and Europe with various artists, including: Wet Wet Wet, Ashton Jones, Stefan Mahendra and Myles Sanko.


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Matt Carter

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Piano/Keyboards 📍London

Can't wait to bring my octet back to the Pizza Exp Can't wait to bring my octet back to the Pizza Express Soho in a few weeks time. Playing tunes off of our album and new ones - be great to see you there. Ticket link is in my bio
Thought I'd share a few photos/videos of some of t Thought I'd share a few photos/videos of some of the musical highlights of this summer. 
1/2/3 - Backstage and onstage with @stefanmahendramusic playing a really enjoyable set at @allpointseastuk.  4/5 - Playing at @pizzaexpresslive, Soho with @jonnyfordmusic's jazz orchestra. Jonny's music is so beautiful/thought provoking and he always brings a stellar group of musicians together for it.  6 - Again with @stefanmahendramusic at @soulmamalondon.  7 - At the end of another great set with @wetwetwetuk at @foreverfestival_dk.  8 - @ashtonjones doing his thing at @officialronnies, to two sold out houses.  9/10 - Sound checking and a view from a walk at @jazzenlacosta with @mylessanko. A beautiful setting, and always a pleasure filling in for @tomogradymusic.
Playing the Pizza Express Soho with my octet on 28 Playing the Pizza Express Soho with my octet on 28th October (link in my bio) we’re also playing at The Apollo Theatre on The Isle of Wight on 20th September at 5:30pm if I happen to know anyone there/anyone’s in the area. It’d be great to get a good crowd down for both gigs. Here’re a couple of clips from our recent gig at @stivesjazzclub.
Some recent highlights this year 1 - The Sage, G Some recent highlights this year 

1 - The Sage, Gateshead with Wet Wet Wet. One of my favourite venues/crowds of the tour
2 -  Catching up with @ashtonjones 
3 - It was lovely to catch up with @soulmancoleman as well before a gig in Bath
4 - So great to play massive bangers like this one with Go West 
5 - @eat_to_the_beat sorted us out with amazing food throughout! 
6 - Just before going on at the @indigoattheo2 with @matthollandtrumpet.uk @get_your_sax_together and @simon_david_lea 
7 - A beautiful view over Edinburgh in the middle of one of our runs with @simon_david_lea 
8 - A beautiful day in Antigua in the middle of a run of shows playing with the brilliant @kevinsimm 
9 - 1999 with @funksoulorchestral at The Apex
10 - Celebrating my birthday with my best friend @lissonphoto
The outro section to my tune ‘The Little Blue Hous The outro section to my tune ‘The Little Blue House’ recorded at the pizza express. Featuring the wondrous @gareth_lockrane on piccolo!
It’s been so much fun touring with my octet over t It’s been so much fun touring with my octet over the last couple of weeks. Playing to a sold out pizza express was particularly special. Very grateful to my incredible band for their brilliant playing throughout! 📸 - @simon.greene.39 and Simon Goldstein
Very excited to be taking my band out again this s Very excited to be taking my band out again this summer. We'll be promoting our upcoming album, and would love for you to come and watch. @harrygreenemusic @jonnyford90 @jeffordgeorge @joelee_bass @lukejtom @tomsmithsax @ubuntumusic
Throwback to playing this #jamestaylor classic wit Throwback to playing this #jamestaylor classic with the beautiful human that is @soulmancoleman
Grateful to @jazzwisemagazine for reviewing my upc Grateful to @jazzwisemagazine for reviewing my upcoming album ‘Read Between the Lines.’ I cannot wait to release this to the world in June this year!
A little tune I came up with today - I hope you en A little tune I came up with today - I hope you enjoy it. Enjoying having free time at the moment to write and practice.
It was a pleasure playing for @immy.Churchill’s @b It was a pleasure playing for @immy.Churchill’s @belmont_villa session a little while ago. Her songs are really beautiful - if you like this then you can watch the full video on YouTube
Had such a good time a few weeks ago recording my Had such a good time a few weeks ago recording my album with this incredible lot. Here’re a few clips of what went on. Can’t wait to share it all with you!
Absolute pleasure to be involved with @wetwetwetuk Absolute pleasure to be involved with @wetwetwetuk on their summer festivals this year. Thanks so much to the guys for having me!
Had such a good time playing the music of Bill Wit Had such a good time playing the music of Bill Withers the other week with a stellar line up. Was great to get the chance to do some string writing/arranging for the gig too!
Incredibly excited to be doing some gigs with my s Incredibly excited to be doing some gigs with my septet again in June! Written some new music, and going to record it in July. If you’re around for any of these, it’d be great to see you there
Graduation photo from yesterday! Graduation photo from yesterday!
What an amazing day of final recitals yesterday - What an amazing day of final recitals yesterday - loved it! Here’s a picture at Academy with one of my longest and closest friends @soulmancoleman. It was so good having him there at the end of the day, and to share to stage with him for @sethtacks final recital.
Tune into this link to watch my final recital at 1 Tune into this link to watch my final recital at 12:15 on Friday to hear Harry Greene do more naughty things like this. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/matthew-isaac-carter-final-recital-susie-sainsbury-theatre-tickets-152760578001
Redbone - Had so much fun playing a live gig for W Redbone - Had so much fun playing a live gig for White Noise Studio a few weeks back. Here’s a snippet of a solo I did on ‘Redbone’ #synth #nord #stage2 #solo #groove #soul #redbone
Snakebite Horns Jam - had some fun recording this Snakebite Horns Jam - had some fun recording this little groove with these guys! #funk #groove #jam #organ #nordc2d #snakebitehorns
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