Dave Mattock and Funktap
Funktap is the brain child of Dave Mattock filtered through the lens of an organ trio featuring Dave, guitarist Jason Herrmann, and drummer Josh Orlando. After many years percolating on the Philly live jam band and jazz scene, Funktap was introduced to the wider world with their 2020 album Funktap, a self released full length album under Dave's name. Featuring ten of Dave's original compositions, Funktap blended features of traditional organ trio jazz with modern grooves, complex melodies, and inspired individual performances. The trio has continued to perform these tunes, as well as consistently trying out new music, over the last four years at countless shows in the Philly area. The follow-up to this recording is set for release in early 2025, Titled Knucklebox (a reference to the musical and technical puzzles that best describe this music), the new recording continues where Funktap left off but with a harder edge and more sonic elements as the band experiments with new ways to bring Dave's music to life.
“This trio has spent years road-testing this material at Philadelphia haunts. That rehearsal time shows. The band moves as a single organism, pivoting from bebop-inflected lines into deep funk grooves without breaking a sweat. Chemistry like this is not manufactured in a studio. It is earned.”
“A diverse and memorable effort that balances bebop, jam, funk and post-bop ideas in its jazz focused template, Mattock and company dive headfirst into grooves, improvisation and a sonic appeal that is much appreciated. ” - Tom Haugen
Knucklebox
Dave Mattock
1. Knucklebox
2.JRO
3. Opening (intro)
4. Halfsight
5. Don't touch me (JRO reprise)
6. Just the 214 of us
7. Meld (segue)
8. Bar fight
“As a Hammond organ player, I have many avenues to choose from in the jazz world, whether they be more traditional straight ahead jazz, funky pop covers, or any other thing that comes up. I've tried to consolidate my interests over the years into a few specialized groups. Funktap is the group that performs my most progressive writing, material that is influenced by bebop and funk, but is a step further into the modern world of instrumental improvised music. The other members of the group, guitarist Jason Herrmann, and drummer Josh Orlando, share my love of challenging music that pushes our creative limits. 2020 saw the release of our first album, Funktap, with the follow-up Knucklebox released March of 2025
~Dave Mattock