Music
Matt Kendrick has produced and recorded five CDs with his band, the Matt Kendrick Unit, four on his own label, Suitcase Music, and one on Ichiban Records. These releases contain over forty compositions by Kendrick himself, and have received air play and critical acclaim across the United States.
Other than his own band, which plays in functions across the South-East of the United States, Matt has recently played with Marian McPartland, Ernie Watts, Gene Bertoncini and Joanne Brackeen, the last of whom guest starred with the Matt Kendrick Unit. He has also performed alongside Archie Shepp and Jaki Byard at Secca in Winston-Salem.
Matt Kendrick has also written music for film - his credits include The Dark Power (starring Lash LaRue, The Darien Gap (2nd Place at the Sundance Festival) and Weather or Not.
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