MATT PIERSON

With over twenty years of diversified music industry experience, both as a record producer and executive, MATT PIERSON has established himself as a true leader in the Jazz and Adult Music world. In particular, through his work in the studio with artists ranging from instrumentalists JOSHUA REDMAN, KIRK WHALUM, and BRAD MEHLDAU to vocalists such as JANE MONHEIT, k.d. lang, and more recent breakthrough artists like BECCA STEVENS and NICOLE HENRY, Pierson continues to put his creative stamp on some of the most important and successful projects in contemporary music.

“There are people to whom one feels that an insurmountable creative debt is owed. There are people whose expertise and creative energy seem to rate several times their age. There are people whose understanding of and connection with the music is so visceral as to remind one of a ‘jazz muse.’ For me, Matt Pierson is all three of those people.”

Kirk Whalum, Saxophonist

“Matt Pierson excels at recognizing what makes a particular musician special. It is not just that he hears when someone is an unusual talent, but he hears why he or she is unique, and comes up with ideas on how to make that person shine. Matt has a direct empathy for musicians and understands how they think, and that empathy is uncommon.”

Brad Mehldau, pianist