Jim Matus studied guitar and composition at Berklee College of Music and privately with Pat Metheny and John Scofield. He is the creator of No Wave New York’s legendary Noise R Us, and Progressive World Fusion bands Paranoise and Mawwal, which have won him critical praise internationally. He has worked with musicians Don Cherry, Hassan Hakmoun, Anthony Jackson, Dave Weckl, Percy Jones, Alicia Svigals, and Soft Machine's Hugh Hopper.
 
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                 AT SOLARFEST 2009
I play a specially designed acoustic-electric  laoutar made by Renaissance guitars and a  traditional Greek laouto.  (photo: Mike O’Brien)
AT HOME IN THE NORTHERN LANDS OF   HADLEY, MA  in my studio at 7:33 PM