
Greta Matassa
In the Pacific Northwest, where she built her career, Greta Matassa wins wide acclaim; four times, the readers of Earshot, the Seattle jazz magazine, have voted her the best jazz vocalist in the Northwest. Jim Wilke, the Seattle jazz maven and host of the syndicated “Jazz After Hours” radio program, praises her versatility. “She has a fearlessness in approaching material,” Wilke says, “that makes her like an instrumentalist in a jam session.” Seattle Times critic Misha Berson described Matassa as a vocal chameleon who “can sound husky or crisp, ebullient or wailing, girlish or jaded.”
Matassa’s fascination with songs began early. Her family moved frequently when she was small, but by the time she entered middle school, they had settled on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, opposite Seattle. This is what she said about her childhood:
“Growing up, my parents were big jazz fans and we had a lot of jazz music around the house. They were happy to encourage my interest in music. My father is a visual artist, and we used to spend hours talking about abstract expressionism and how that related to jazz.”
Greta’s Resonance debut, I Wanna Be Loved, was released on June 9, 2009.
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Greta Matassa Live at Rising Jazz Stars 2007
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Greta Matassa - Summer is Gone
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Greta Matassa - In My Solitude
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Greta Matassa - All This & Heaven Too
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Greta Matassa - Lullaby For Our Daughters
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Greta Matassa - Gershwin Medley
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Greta Matassa - Blue Prelude
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Greta Matassa - Frenesi
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Greta Matassa - You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart
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Greta Matassa - If I Could
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Greta Matassa - Baubles, Bangles & Beads
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Greta Matassa - It's De-Lovely
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Greta Matassa - That Lucky Old Sun
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Greta Matassa - Speak Low
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Greta Matassa - Let It Happen
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Greta Matassa - I'm All Smiles
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Greta Matassa - The Song Is You
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Greta Matassa - The Moon Looks Down and Laughs
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Greta Matassa - I Could Have Told You
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Greta Matassa - Night Mist
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Greta Matassa - The Late Late Show
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Jersey Jazz Journal – Jun 1, 2011
KCRW – Oct 8, 2009
Downbeat – Oct 1, 2009
In Tune International – Oct 1, 2009
Planet Weekly – Aug 20, 2009
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