In the summer of 1999, Matt Messina and his Jazz trio released their debut album. Alongside the Jazz drummer, upright bassist, and saxophone player was Matt, his piano and his vocal debut. The album lives on a grander scale than simply four jazz players as it is supported by a string section and horn section.

This album for the cocktail hour takes a light approach to the subjects of romance, love, graces, drinking to excess and even a joke or 2!

November 1997, Matt released a solo piano album called Chasing the Tide. The CD release party was held at Seattle's infamous Cloud Room, on top of the Camlin Hotel. Since this is one of the swankiest lounges in Seattle, Matt decided to learn a couple songs to sing after he played the album for fun. That's exactly what he discovered...FUN!

He began writing and singing songs in the old style of the Brat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Enrico Pellazzo. Before he knew it, he was playing & singing the cocktail hour for various Seattle lounges and piano bars. This wasn't anything I ever needed to do, I just played because it was so much fun! I love to see people smile and laugh when they hear these songs. These songs are all so 'over the top' I love that the old school writers compared love to mountains and pain to the bottom of the earth. (back to albums)