2@1 Matt McMahon & Guy Strazz

 

Master musicians and composers, Matt McMahon and Guy Strazz, have reunited in 2025.  Their first recording - 2@1 - was released in 2008 on Birdland Records. It explored a musical pathway where the tradition of jazz engaged in a musical counterpoint with Brazilian music, Iberian western classical music as well as Indian music to create an album of appealing and artful music; 2@1 was nominated for ‘best jazz album of the year’ at the Australian Independent Recording Awards

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A radiant album from pianist Matt McMahon and guitarist Guy Strazz; amongst the most lyrical voices in the land.

John Shand (SMH)

Silk Road must be considered one of the most attractive crossover jazz guitar melodies this country has produced.

Impressive **** & a ½ stars”. Peter Wockner - Jazz & Beyond

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Their collaboration started in 2000 when Matt appeared on Guy's earlier ABC jazz quartet releases, Blue Phoenix and Frangipane; the former receiving a jazz APRA, and the latter an APRA Nomination. The collaboration continued in multiple forms;  Silk Road Double Concerto for Guitar Piano and Orchestra composed by Guy as an orchestral development of his composition, Silk Road, originally featured on 2@1. Their last collaboration from 2018- with a long Covid break- till 2021, was the Acoustic Wonderland Band with bassist Craig Scott and drummer Dave Goodman, released as All Blues and Beyond.          

 

Between them, Guy and Matt have performed with local and international artists such as Vince Jones, Sandy Evans, Dale Barlow, Don Burrows, Pt Ashok Roy, Ross Edwards, Bobby Previte, Wynton Marsalis, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ashok Roy, Martin Taylor, Slava Grigoryan, Mike Stern, Steve Hunter and Katie Noonan.

 

Matt McMahon received the National Jazz Piano Awards and a Freedman Jazz Fellowship while Strazz was a awarded an Australia Arts Council Music Fellowship, two APRA Nominations and a Jazz APRA. They have performed in diverse settings at The Basement, The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Bennetts Lane, Jazz Yatra, Jakarta Jazz, Perth and Adelaide Arts Festivals, Clusone Jazz Festival, Japan World Expo, Sydney Opera House, and Adelaide International Guitar Festival. Guy's several recordings are now available on Bandcamp, including 2@1 while Matt's are on Kimnara