Tom Angello’s All-Star Jazz Series w/ Brian Charette & Matthew Rotker-Lynn

Tom Angello’s All-Star Jazz Series

Brian Charette – Organ
Matthew Rotker-Lynn – Guitar
Tom Angello – Drums

Brian Charette

New York City organist/pianist, Brian Charette, has established himself as a leading voice in modern jazz. Charette is a Hammond U.S.A, Hammond Europe, I.K Multimedia, and Casio endorsed, Cellar Live recording artist. Brian is currently #2 on the 2023 Downbeat Critic’s Poll for Organ and #6 in for Keyboards. Brian was also the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’ Poll “Rising Star: Organ” award and 2015 Hot House Magazine’s “Fan’s Decision Jazz Award for Best Organist”.

Charette’s new Cellar Live release, Jackpot, was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s hallowed studio featuring Bill Stewart on drums. The album received 4 stars from Downbeat and was on the Jazzweek radio chart for months, peaking at #9 for 6 weeks.

Charette is also a prolific composer of large ensemble music, penning and performing compositions with The Jazz Dock Orchestra in Prague and The Modern Art Orchestra in Budapest.

Matthew Rotker-Lynn

Matthew Rotker-Lynn is quickly becoming a distinctive voice within the New York Jazz scene. At age 26, he has already played at top jazz venues such as Smalls, Cellar Dog, the 1905, the Django, the Roxy, Cafe Bohemia, Chris’ Jazz Cafe, and Ornithology, sharing the stage with musicians such as Steve Davis, Alex Claffy, Joe Farnsworth, Pat Bianchi, George Colligan, Willie Jones III, David Wong, Ken Fowser, Brian Charette, Jon Davis, Jason Tiemann, David Kikoski, John Ellis, Sean Smith, and Mike Ledonne, among others.

Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Rotker-Lynn moved to NYC at age 18 to pursue a degree in Jazz Studies at the City College of New York. It was there that he got to study with musicians such as Peter Bernstein, Steve Wilson, Lage Lund, and Ray Gallon, while dipping his feet into the New York Jazz Scene.