Matt Slocum

1- Matt Slocum is a young American jazz drummer, recipient of a Meet the Composers Foundation grant, and lead drummer on his debut album, Portraits. Slocum was born in New Richmond, Wisconsin on the east side of the Twin Cities. In high school he studied with Phil Hey, who taught Slocum from his sophomore year when he played in a Ska band in Wisconsin. At USC’s Thornton School of Music Slocum studied with Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua, John Clayton and Joe LaBarbera.