Matt Fish (cellist)

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Matt Fish is an American cellist [1] [2] and a music producer.

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Early life and education

Fish was born in Lodi, California, and grew up in Dubuque, Iowa. He start playing piano at age five, and took up the cello at age nine. In high school Fish studied cello with George Work at Iowa State University and Charles Wendt at University of Iowa. He graduated from Indiana University School of Music, where he studied jazz with David Baker and classical cello with Helga Winold.

Career

Fish moved to San Francisco and became a founding member of Combing Dolores, an acoustic jazz-folk trio. While in San Francisco, Fish recorded on the second album of singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson, Ernst .

In 2002 Fish began touring full-time with Matt Nathanson, [3] and shortly after with Alejandro Escovedo. [4] [5] [6]

Fish made television appearances on Austin City Limits , Jimmy Kimmel Live! , and the Craig Ferguson Show . [7] He worked with producer John Cale, [8] filmmaker Jonathan Demme, the band Earlimart, [9] and singer k.d. lang. [10]

In 2012, Fish continued to perform live shows with Nathanson. [11]

Fish produced albums for David Hopkins, Justin Klump, and Supreme Fiction.

Music

Recordings - cellist

Soundtracks - cellist

Recordings - producer

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