Matt Tolentino

Sharing his birthday with Fred Astaire, Matt Tolentino was born May 10, 1985. Some say he was born 80 years too late, but Tolentino will argue this is not the case, as his mission is to preserve traditional music for the modern audience for years to come.

Matt has made it his life’s mission to perform and preserve pre-swing American popular music – hot jazz, ragtime, and the roots of swing, as well as traditional folk music.

As a true multi-instrumentalist, he plays accordion, piano, banjo, guitar, tuba, clarinet, saxophone, and vibraphone. He can be found working in solo, trio, and quartet settings, as well as his orchestras The Singapore Slingers and The New Liberty Dance Orchestra, specializing in the music of 1895 – 1935, and The Royal Klobasneks, a traditional “old-time” polka band.

Matt makes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, sharing his 1890 Victorian with his wife Danielle, their Chihuahua Doo-Dad, and a 1952 Kaiser DeLuxe.