Unplugged: Matt Richard & Dave Zinno

Unplugged in the MAC Gallery
Matt Richard & Dave Zinno

Friday, November 17
First Seating: 7:00pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm

Tickets for one seating (approx. 45 minute per set)
$12 MAC members | $15 nonmembers
Limited tickets! 25 people per seating – advanced reservations strongly recommended

Note: Ticket sales may close online a few hours before showtime. You may still purchase tickets for the second seating at the door.

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Join us upstairs in the MAC’s Patsy Francis Gallery for an evening of unplugged music featuring Matt Richard and Dave Zinno!

There will be two separate performances during the night, and each set will last about 45 minutes. Find a spot at a cabaret table to listen to a mix of jazz standards and original compositions by both artists. Guests will enjoy a refreshing setting at this “unplugged” performance featuring mainly acoustic sound, without the volume and density often experienced during larger concerts in the MAC Theater. Guests may bring their own beverages and snacks to enjoy in this intimate setting.

Matt Richard, Piano
Matt Richard studied classical piano with Ken Manzer and jazz piano with Dr. Billy Taylor and  graduated from Westfield State College with a degree in piano performance. Mr. Richard composes and arranges music in many styles and has performed throughout the New England area as a soloist and accompanist with many different ensembles and musicians. Such musicians include jazz vocal legend Sheila Jordan, The Artie Shaw Orchestra (led by Dick Johnson), and the Monday Night Jazz Series at The Roadhouse Cafe in Hyannis. Self produced recording projects include Hawthorne Street Connection, Talking To Myself, OFF SEASON,  The Art of the Duo, In The Sky, The Music of Rick Britto, Winter Peace, The Jazz Club, and Christmas Love. 

Dave Zinno, Bass
Dave Zinno is a jazz bassist, composer, and educator. He has been performing professionally since 1980 and is faculty at URI, Salve Regina and Brown University. After studies at Berklee College of Music and The University of Rhode Island.  Early on, Dave studied with bassists Gary Peacock and Walter Booker Jr. and performed with many jazz greats including Jimmy Cobb, Junior Cook, Jimmy Heath, John Hicks, Victor Lewis, John Medeski, Larry Willis, Dianne Schuur and many others. Dave began regular tours in Europe, South America, North Africa and around the US and was faculty at the Toulon (France) Jazz Festival Workshop for 11 years. Recent touring includes festivals and concerts in Italy and Brazil.

Widely recorded, Dave’s recordings include UM Stray Dog with Hal Crook, John Medeski, Rick Peckham and Bob Gullotti (Rope-a-Dope Records) and Planet Safety (Soul Note Records featuring Gullotti and Leo Genovese) Dave has played on numerous Whaling City Sound recordings including: Dave Zinno Unisphere River of January featuring Mike Tucker, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Leo Genovese and Rafael Barata (sept 2017), Dave Zinno Unisphere Stories Told (2019) and Dave Zinno Unisphere Fetish (2021).  Dave is an “in demand” sideman having performed with Ann Hampton Callaway, Harry Allen, Dado Moroni, George Garzone and Hal Crook, to name just a few.