"Matyas is an impressive virtuoso harmonica player and has an original style.
He also has a very nice singing voice, and his band kicks the ass of many US bands!"
/Rick Estrin - USA/
„This Hungarian vocalist, harmonica player, Matyas Pribojszki’s latest release is very strong. He records under the guise of Jumping Matt & His Combo (feat. Custom Big Band). Great original songwriting and powerful arrangements make „Dressed Up” a real treat! This is an irresistibly album.” /David Mac - Blues Junction Productions, USA/
“ Jumping Matt & his Combo, under that name we will probably hear more of Mátyás Pribojszki (performing under his stage name “Jumping Matt”). With 'Dressed Up', his (debut) album with the Custom Big Band, he deserves all the credit. That Pribojszki knows the Custom Big Band much longer, they let that be heard in swinging escapades and energetic jumping boogies… “ /Eric Schuurmans – Rootstime.be/
“UNIQUE, TASTEFUL TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY BLUES AND BOOGIE, JAZZY AND SOUL WITH HIGHLY ENERGETIC LIVE PERFORMANCES!”
SHORT STORY
Multi-award-winning Matyas Pribojszki aka “Jumping Matt” is one of the finest and highest qualified harmonica players, singers out there. The gold album recipient, official Hohner harmonica endorser has 16(!) albums under his belt. During his career he has performed in 30 countries on three continents passing on the message of his own style of blues, many times sharing the stage with blues extraordinaires alike, Charlie Musselwhite, Bob Margolin, Duke Robillard, Finis Tasby, Howard Tate, Big Daddy Wilson, Carlos Del Junco, Andy J. Forest, Herbie Goins, Bill Barrett, Paul Lamb, Ian Siegal, Little G. Weevil and many others.
”Matyas Pribojszki is definitely a brilliant instrumentalist; his tasteful play can by all means compete with the best harmonica players of the blues planet…” - Jean Jaques Milteau
The international media highly praised it; BBC network invited Matyas for an in studio performance an interview. He made his debut tour in the USA covering eight States and thousands of miles.
Matyas Pribojszki (Matyas = Matt) and his Band was invited as opening band for the great Bill Wymann and the Rhythm Kings, and for the one and only Sir Tom Jones! Moreover “Matt” was invited on the stage to play a song with the legendary Tom Jones!
"Matyas is an impressive virtuoso harmonica player and has an original style…” - Rick Estrin
“He plays both traditional and contemporary blues harmonica styles with a practiced assurance which belies his years and his tone, phrasing and timing are right on the money”-Steve Baker
The past 30 years he has released 15 (!) albums! In the last 15 years he has released five albums as Matyas Pribojszki Band (his legal name), toured across Europe and the United States. The nick name "Jumping Matt" got stuck on him over the years for his signature jumps on stage and it perfectly describes the band`s style as well! The latest cd „Dressed up” (2018.) is the first album, under the new stage name, but his previous album „My stories” (2016.) also was re-released in 2019., under his new stage name!
The name is already right on the money since Jumping Matt is well known of his high energy performances. He is not a rookie in this business by any means. He travels the world playing his happy-go-lucky blues and boogie with some jazzy elements and the audience loves his positive attitude.
“JUMPING MATT & HIS COMBO” are:
Mátyás Pribojszki (Jumping Matt) - harmonica, vocal Viktor Hamvas - piano, keyboard Dániel Molnár – drums Laszló Csizmadia- bass
LONGER STORY
"Jumping Matt" (aka Mátyás Pribojszki) is a 50-year-old man in command of a full range of creative talents – he appreciates all the legendary blues harp masters who inspired him, but next to being faithful to traditional roots, he builds his own contemporary style which will probably open a new chapter in harmonica playing – and not only in the blues genre alone.
Matt is out touring and performing, from one country to another and proving, festival after festival, that he is not only a true harmonica talent, but a singer, a songwriter and an amazing showman as well. He brings people to listen to his music, and to dance to his highly energetic live performances. He always manages to grabb the attention of the audience, night after night in a varied showcase of entertainment that doesn't rely on any rules and regulations. Matt has already toured more than 30 countries in Europe with his bands and and jammed together on the festivals' stages with such great blues icons as Sir Tom Jones (USA), Charlie Musselwhite (USA), Bob Margolin (USA), Duke Robillard (USA), Alex Schultz (USA), Howard Tate (USA), Guitar Shorty (USA), Otis Grand (UK), Carlos Del Junco (CAN), Herbie Goins (USA), Paul Lamb (UK), Andy J. Forest (USA), Tino Gonzales (USA) and from the new European generation e.g. Little G Weevil (H/USA), Enrico Crivellaro (I), B.B. & the Blues Shacks (D), Ian Siegal (UK), Mike Sponza (I), Ripoff Raskolnikov (A), "Sir" Oliver Mally (A), Raphael Wressnig (A) and many others.
He started playing the harmonica at the age of 15, when he listened to a rare recording of the late Sonny Boy Williamson. In 1994 he founded his first band, the Blues Fools. The band’s reputation quickly grew, and the band became the most well-known Hungarian blues band on the European blues scene. During the 10 successful years together with his Blues Fools Mátyás recorded three albums with them.
In January 2004 Mátyás invited some new, mostly jazz-influenced professional musicians to form the Mátyás Pribojszki Band. His purpose with this main project is to achieve progressive music goals with a multi-genre band in which each member has great experience. They first album, titled „Flavours” (released in January 2005) contains entirely original contemporary compositions testify to the varied and accomplished art of Mátyás' quartet, together with their perception and mastery of other genres. For this album Mátyás specially invited three of his contemporary guitarist friends such as Ian Siegal (UK), Little G Weevil (H), and Mike Sponza (I).
In 2006 Mátyás and his mesmerizing high quartet has just come back from a very inspiring tour in Belgium, with re-arranged songs, and lots of new impressions, back in Budapest, still inspired, they have decided to record a live dvd „Live in Budapest”a very dynamic club gig on the city’s popular A38 concert ship.
In 2008 May the Mátyás Pribojszki Band have made they new , and one of the best, contemporary blues recording, titled „How many more?”, and this brand-new, high class cd is the first golden record of the band!
In March 2009. Mátyás and his Austria’s blues brother Ripoff Raskolnikov released their brand-new acoustic album, titled „Room for two”.
In August 2010. the Mátyás Pribojszki Band have made a brand-new, 100% live cd, titled „Boogie on the Ship”. This is a very dynamic,real and fun blues album with full of great improvizations, and solos.
The other hand Matyas Pribojszki was a member of the jury and invited artist at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen, Germany 2009, and also at the Baltic-Nordic Harmonica Festival in Parnu, Estonia, 2011.
In 2013. Matt and his band have worked on they brand-new cd, and some new video too…The latest album „Treat” has came out on 19th September 2013.
The 2014. was a very successful year for Matt. He has been playing all around Europe (Hungary, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, France...) and his dream came true, because he did a great one month tour in the USA with Little G. Weevil from Atlanta to Louisiana, through Memphis to Texas, and Kansas...
The 5th Matyas Pribojszki Band – “My stories” cd has been released in summer 2016. and re-released in 2019. under the new band name "Jumping Matt & His Combo" with some real American blues icons as special guests like Charlie Musselwhite, Bob Margolin, and some younger blues ambassadors like Kid Andersen (USA), Andy J. Forest (USA), Raphael Wressnig (A), Little G. Weevil (USA/H), Bill Barrett (USA), Ryan Donohue (USA), Ripoff Raskolnikov (A) and Zoltán Nemes (H).
The cd includes 12 songs, 11 new originals of Mátyás Pribojszki, and one cover of Wee Willie Wayne. Songs about women, disappointments, delights, losses, traveling, experiences throughout the range of emotions… So all about the Life. Real stories…
Internationally acclaimed harmonica player, singer Jumping Matt and his Combo has the latest album "Dressed Up" scheduled for release on September 20th, 2018. 11 originals and a Big Joe Turner cover are on the menu, featuring a large horn section aka Custom Big Band. Matt`s playing is stunning, the horns are fantastic and the band is as tight as skinny jeans.
Besides his musician career, as a most amazing world-class jazz/blues harmonica performer, Mátyás is the official endorser of the Hohner harmonicas since 2009.
http://www.playhohner.com/artists/matyas-pribojszki
On the other hand, he has dozens of young harmonica students in Hungary and Mátyás also the author of a Hungarian harmonica school-book for beginners, titled “Harp School”: „Herfli Suli” – www.herflisuli.hu
”Mátyás Pribojszki is definitely a brilliant instrumentalist; his tasteful play can by all means compete with the best harmonica players of the blues planet. But the most interesting fact is probably that he is clearly on his way to a very personal and expressive style of his own that will help to redefine the role of his modest instrument in the close future. Thanks Matt, for your warm music.
Besides: the band sounds just great!” – quoted by the great master, Jean-Jacques Milteau.
IMPORTANT! Due to the change of the band's name in 2018, all the previous publications were published exclusively under the new name - Jumping Matt & His Combo - in all digital form on all online music platforms!
Some festival references:
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Mátyás Pribojszki
E-mail: pribojszkimatyas@gmail.com
Phone: +36 70 250 6146
www.pribojszki.hu
www.jumpingmatt.com
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