Matt Berger Quartet

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Matter Berger Quartet

Matt Berger - Guitar

Grant Teeple - Tenor Saxophone

Mercedes Solis - Bass

Mike Gordon - Drums

Matt Berger is a guitarist and composer from Chicago. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where his teachers included Tim Miller, Bruce Saunders, Mark White, Bruno Råberg and the late Yakov Gubanov. After graduating, Matt began studying and performing raga with Indian Classical tabla master Sandip Burman, joining him for twelve tours around the US.

Back in Chicago, he worked as a free-lance guitarist and arranger alongside many artists including Gros Pokossi, 2nd Nature, Bluprint, Bill Dickens, Ian Maksin, Gabriel Datcu, Livia Gazzolo, Paco Lopez, and Carly & Martina, while also co-hosting the Uncommon Ground Jazz Jam and teaching on faculty at Music Institute of Chicago. In 2015, he joined Nigerian vocalist and songwriter Nneka for her US and Canada tour.

Matt became a resident of Austin in 2021. Since then, he has shared the stage with many of Austin’s illustrious musicians, including Jon Blondell, the Parker Jazz House Band, Andre Hayward, Alex Coke, Brannen Temple, Dale Watson, Sarah Sharp, Bree Romeo and Elena Diaz. In 2024, he released an album with Chris Jones and Tom Raines titled Unanswered Questions. In 2025, Matt recorded a live album with Steven Husted, titled Two Nights-"LIVE”, followed by a concert in Oakland with Steven and acclaimed saxophonist Dayna Stephens. More recently he has been performing with the Jerry Z Organ Trio.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area. Doors at 7:15 PM, Show at 7:30 PM.