Matt Slocum (born July 18, 1981, in New Richmond, Wisconsin) is an American jazz drummer and composer.
He has released four recordings as a bandleader: Portraits, After the Storm, Black Elk's Dream, and Trio Pacific Vol.
At USC’s Thornton School of Music Slocum studied with Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua, John Clayton and Joe LaBarbera.
[1] Slocum toured with vocal artist Sarah Gazarek for three years and has performed and/or recorded with Seamus Blake, Alan Broadbent, Steve Cardenas, Gerald Clayton, Danny Grissett, Larry Koonse, Lage Lund, Wynton Marsalis, Linda Oh, Alan Pasqua, Jerome Sabbagh, Jaleel Shaw, Walter Smith III, Dayna Stephens, Ben Wendel, Gerald Wiggins, Anthony Wilson and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
[2] Slocum named his influences on composing: Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Wayne Shorter, Tom Harrell, Dave Holland, Alan Pasqua, as well as Debussy and Ravel; and for drumming: Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, and Max Roach, as well as Bill Stewart, Eric Harland, Matt Wilson, Kendrick Scott, and Marcus Gilmore.