3/9/24 International Pam Langley day! We’re celebrating in high style up here on the Ridge. Some fun gigs coming up this week. My first time playing at Chico State with Pocket – David Dvorin’s quartet – tomorrow. Tuesday night will be the second installment of the Habanera Bandits at the Fern in Nevada City. Some new tunes to check out! Friday we’ll have some fun with Lorraine Gervais, Elena Rayo, Michelle Amador, the Kelly Bros. and the rest of the band at the Center for the Arts. FYI Sierra Jazz Camp 2024 – June 17-24 – is happening. as is the Bill Douglass Memorial Jazz Picnic on June 16th in Pioneer Park. Okay, back to celebrating Miss Pam!!
1/21/24 Hey, another rainy day on the Ridge! We’re getting a few in a row and it’s incredible up here. School is cranking at the Griz. We’re staring down the first full week after the holidays. We can do it. Lots of great music coming up; Greg Abate’s coming back to the Nevada Theater on 2/2, Joe Carlson is doing a guitar tribute on 2/10 at Elixart and, on Fat Tuesday 2/13, we’re firing up a new band at a newly re-opened club – The Fern in Nevada City. Habanera Bandits – clave inspired jazz from trad to rad!
9/3/23 A rainy day on the Ridge! The second in a a row and the ground is getting a good soaking! School is back in session and I had my first music elective of the 23-24 school year. A big, energetic group of 3-4th graders and MAN do they love the drum set that a very generous fellow who choses to remain anonymous donated at the beginning of the summer. I got quite a few nice practice sessions in on those tubs over the course of the summer! Did my first gig at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Friday night as a last minute sub for one of the band members who got the dirty covid. Got to play with Randy MacKean on a gig for the first time and it was a pleasure as expected! Some nice stuff coming up with Jim Bratt’s Blue Shadows, Lorraine Gervais and the Black Barn Collective. Music is a thing! Thanks for stopping by.
3/18/23 Howdy friends and neighbors. We’re all dug out from the Blizzard of ’23. If you’d like to see details of the epic struggle, go here. The cherry blossoms are peeking out on our nook of the ridge and we’re talking about getting some chickens. We’ll see how that goes! Just did a super fun gig at the Golden Era with Jim Bratt’s band, Blue Shadows. Thanks Jim, Tunde and Kit! Looking forward to a Center for the Arts hit in May with Lorraine Gervias AND Tamara Fouyer. There’s a tribute to Wayne Shorter in the works with Joe’s Garage Band. I’ll keep you posted. Also, JAZZ CAMP on June 19th in Grass Valley Check that faculty…totally different and totally burning! That’s ’bout it for now. Check the gigs link if you want to come hear my current state. Say hello!
5/25/22 – Here’s a clip from a gig last Sunday at the Wild Eye Pub in Grass Valley. Enjoy!
4/14/22 – Welcome back. Jazz Camp is coming up! SAY WHATTTT?? Yep, Sierra Jazz Society Jazz Camp is back this year with yours truly as camp director and on the faculty. Want to join us? Great Faculty, great location. It’s going to be a fun week.
Greg Abate was in town for the first time a couple of weeks ago. We had a fun time at the Wild Eye Pub. Hopefully we can get something together for October when he returns. That’s about it for now. Check out the gig calendar for upcoming shows, etc.
8/23/21 – Thanks for visiting. There has been some music making as of late. I did a nice recording session recently with Walker Pillow – thanks for introducing us Matt Jenson & Tuff Lion! I hope to have some audio for you soon. In the meantime, here’s a mix of a session I did a few months ago with Matt, Tuff, Walker and another dude who played bass and engineered – and maybe mixed the session – whose name I will pass along soon!
The Sierra Jazz Society did a wonderful tribute show to Bill Douglass and Nora Nausbaum on 8/1 that I had a the great fortune of participating in musically and as a member of the board of the SJS. Checkout a video of the last tune here.
The Sierra Jazz Society has also started a jazz calendar for Nevada County and the surrounding area. If you live here and make jazz musics here, put your gigs on the SJS calendar. We’ll also be sending a newsletter once in a while to let you know about jazz events on the horizon. You can sign up for the SJS newsletter here.
My brother is a bicycle mechanic, rider, owner, former California state champion and legend in the cycling industry. When I moved to Nevada County he asked me to write some music for one of his bike repair videos. Here’s one of those tunes and a chart for the tune in case you feel compelled to play it.
Hi. I’m Matt Langley. I’m a Musician, a Teacher, a Graphic Designer/Web Geek and a student of all that and more. I’ve been playing the Saxophone since I was a teenager and this website is here to let you know where I’m playing and Teaching. Thank you very much for your interest. I hope you find this information useful and I hope we meet in person! If you’d like to get in touch with me click any of the social links above.
I post upcoming gig highlights on this page. If you’d like to look into other dates check the gigs link at the top of the site. That offers a complete listing of Matt Langley’s upcoming gigs.
I teach saxophone, clarinet and flute as well as beginners on trumpet, trombone and piano. As a former member of the Shaker Road School music department in Concord, NH, I honed my skills as a youth band instrument and piano instructor 2010 – 2020. I enjoy working with beginners as much as experienced players and I have had success with both. As a member of the Portsmouth (NH) Music and Arts Center Faculty, I have worked with youth jazz ensembles, Adult beginner and intermediate jazz ensembles, improvisation classes and currently offer private study on saxophone and improvisation through PMAC remotely. I am also a member of the faculty of the Concord (NH) Community Music School where I taught saxophone privately as well as coached ensembles and remain on the faculty offering lessons remotely.
Currently I teach music electives at Grizzly Hill School or Twin Ridges Elementary as it is also known. A Pre K-8 public school in North Columbia, California where I am also a custodian/ maintenance worker for the early part of the day.
You’ll find some resources here on my website for saxophone students of all ages. Get in touch with any questions. I’d love your input.