Matt Carter, born February 1995, in Warrington, is a British pianist, composer and piano teacher. He grew up in Exeter, but moved to London in 2017 to study at the Royal Academy of Music. Whilst studying there he was taught by Nikki Iles, Tom Cawley and Gwilym Simcock, and studied composition with Pete Churchill.

In July 2023, The Matt Carter Octet released their debut album ‘Read Between The Lines,’ under the Ubuntu label. The band features some of the most exciting talents on the UK jazz scene. They’ve toured multiple times around the UK, playing at many of the UK’s favourite jazz venues, including The Pizza Express Soho, Peggy’s Skylight and St Ives Jazz Club. Their album was given a four star reviews from Jazzwise and the Guardian.

Since 2022, Matt has been part of the iconic British pop band Wet Wet Wet. Highlights have included supporting The Corrs in Australia and playing at festivals in Denmark and Belgium, as well as all over the UK. January 2024 saw the band play a joint sold out UK headline tour with Go West, with Matt playing keyboards for both bands as part of that tour. 2025 sees the band playing two UK headline tours during the months of January and October. All upcoming gigs can be found on The Wet Wet Wet website.

Matt has performed with British soul singers Joss Stone, Leigh Coleman and Angelo Starr. Highlights with Joss Stone included a TV performance on the Alan Titchmarsh Show and a performance at European Parliament in Brussels, as well as concerts in Exeter featuring Mica Paris and Beverly Knight. He also recorded a duet with Joss on the track ‘Free Me 2017,’ which was recorded for UBS for international women’s day.

Matt performed on soul singer Ashton’s Jones’ debut album ‘Toast’ to critical acclaim. The band has performed all over the country at numerous jazz clubs and festivals, including Cambridge Jazz festival, Ronnie Scott’s, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, The Pizza Express Holborn, Kansas Smittiy’s and Port Eliot Festival. The band supported Incognito at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, and has performed live on BBC Suffolk as part of their BBC introducing sessions. 

From February – April 2017 Matt toured with the band ‘Lack of Afro’ as part of the ‘Hello Baby’ tour and March – June 2018 he toured with the band as part of the ‘Jack of all Trades’ tour. Matt also played on Lack of Afro’s E.P ‘Back in Business’ featuring Wax and Herbal T and on ‘Jack of all Trades’ released in 2018.

Matt has recorded and performed with singer, guitarist and writer Rosie Frater-Taylor. They played at The Jazz Cafe, and performed a live streamed gig at Ronnie Scott’s at the beginning of 2021. Rosie’s music has been played on Jazz FM, BBC radio 6 music, and BBC radio 2. Matt features on Rosie’s album ‘Bloom’ on the tracks Hey, Crazy and Better Days.

Matt plays Nord keyboards, and is a Nord artist. You can have a look at his page on Nord’s website here.