Jazz Is: Now Fellowship Band led by Liany Mateo

Liany Mateo has traveled across the globe performing, touring, and teaching music. She is influenced by a mix of hard-hitting straight-ahead swing, free avant-garde, and music with deep pocket groove. Mateo is the bassist for Arturo O’Farrill’s “Legacies” album recorded on Blue Note records and on the PBS television show “NEXT at the Kennedy Center”, as a featured artist introduced as Christian McBride’s protege.

She has performed with musicians such as Regina Carter, Geoffrey Keezer, Matthew Whitaker, Carl Allen, Steve Wilson, Fay Victor, and Brandee Younger. She holds a jazz degree from the esteemed Michigan State University (2020) and a Master’s degree from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (2021). In 2024, she won the “Next Jazz Legacy” award and grant through New Music USA, led by Terri Lyne Carrington. You can find her playing across NYC’s most notable venues.