Matt Ellis trumpet.

Thoughts;
"The main thing about Gobi is that it's music for everyone, , it's upbeat and fun but at the same time it's serious. I have never known such great reactions from audiences as the ones we receive in this band, the music speaks for itself, it's organic, I love it".
Matt.

Currently listening to:
RxBandits - 'The Resignation'
Clifford Brown - 'Brownie Speaks'.

MATT ELLIS BIOG
Having picked up the trumpet aged 6, the first
bands that Matt 'got into' were acts such as
Metallica, Iron Maiden and Guns'n'Roses. His
first CD purchase was 'Nevermind' by Nirvana in
his early years at secondary school, but he soon
realised that the sounds he was making on his
trumpet did not blend with the music he most liked
to hear.
"But then", says Matt, "this guy turned me on to
Ska punk! I started listening to bands like Less
Than Jake and Real Big Fish".
The boy had found a genre that infused the heavy
guitar sound that he loved with the sound of brass.
At the age of 16 young Matthew passed his grade
8 in classical trumpet and that was that:
"I finished with classical music and so I finished
with my teacher. That was enough of classical for
me and I turned to jazz".

Whilst still at school Matt joined Sussex Jazz
orchestra and after his A-levels began attending
Middlesex University, where he is currently
studying Jazz music. He has been influenced
massively by Jazz trumpeters such as Clifford
Brown, Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis but
mostly he says:
"By the great musicians who I am privileged
enough to play with both at university and in the
bands I am involved with".

Matt heard that Two Spot Gobi were looking for a
new trumpeter through a fellow Brighton musician
and after the first audition he was on board and he
hasn't looked back since. He also plays in various
other ska/punk/drum'n'bass ensembles and
occasionally fronts his own ska band GoTokyo.