Matt Chamberlain

Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter.

Early life

Born and raised in San Pedro, California

Musical career

Drummer Matt Chamberlain is a Composer, Producer and Studio Musician whose eclectic talents find him working in various genres from rock to classical, jazz, and the avant-garde.He has appeared on albums/tours by David Bowie, Fiona Apple, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, Soundgarden, The Who, Bill Frisell, Robert Fripp, Tori Amos, Morrissey, Phantogram, Kanye West, David Torn, Bruce Springsteen, Rufus Wainwright, Perfume Genius, Bob Dylan, Noel Gallagher, Neko Case, John Mayer, Leonard Cohen, Frank Ocean, Elton John, Pearl Jam, Brad Mehldau, Danny Elfman, Randy Newman and many others, as well as soundtrack work with Hans Zimmer, Marco Beltrami, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jon Brion and Jars of Clay.

In 2016 and 2019 he won Modern Drummer Magazine's readers poll in the Studio Musician category.

In October of 2019 he joined Bob Dylan for his Fall Tour

As leader

• Matt Chamberlain (Web Of Mimicry, 2005)
• Company 23 (Independent, 2012)
• Comet B (Independent, 2016)

With Critters Buggin

• Guest (Loosegroove, 1994)
• Host (Loosegroove, 1997)
• Monkeypot Merganzer (Independent, 1997)
• Bumpa (Loosegroove, 1998)
• Amoeba (Loosegroove, 1998)
• Stampede (Ropeadope, 2004)
• Live in 95 at the OK Hotel - Seattle 1995 (Independent, 2009)
• Muti EP (Independent, 2014)

With Floratone (Bill Frisell, Tucker Martine & Lee Townsend)

• Floratone (Blue Note, 2007)
• Floratone II (Savoy Jazz, 2012)

As sideman

With A Perfect Circle

• Eat the Elephant (BMG, 2018)

With Amos Lee

• My New Moon (Dualtone Music Group, Inc., 2018)

With Brandi Carlile

• The Story (Columbia, 2007)
• Bear Creek (Columbia, 2012)

With Mika

• Life in Cartoon Motion (Island Records, 2007)
• The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Casablanca Records, 2009)
• The Origin of Love (Casablanca Records, 2012)

With Brad Mehldau

• Largo (Warner Bros, 2002)
• Highway Rider (Nonesuch Records, 2010)

With Bruce Springsteen

• Wrecking Ball (Columbia, 2012)
• Western Stars (Columbia, 2019)

With Jennifer Nettles

• Playing with Fire (Big Machine Records, 2016)

With Shelby Lynne

• Love, Shelby (Island Records, 2001)

With Leonard Cohen

• Thanks for the Dance (Columbia Records, 2019)

With Chris Cornell

• Higher Truth (UM, 2015)

With Nerina Pallot

• Fires (Idaho Records, 2005)

With Vonda Shepard

• From the Sun (Redeye Distribution, 2008)

With Chris Isaak

• Speak of the Devil (Reprise Records, 1998)

With Stevie Nicks

• Trouble in Shangri-La (Reprise Records, 2001)

With David Bowie

• Heathen (Columbia Records, 2002)
• Reality (Columbia Records, 2003)

With Sara Evans

• Born to Fly (RCA Records, 2000)
• Restless (RCA Records, 2003)
• Real Fine Place (RCA Records, 2005)
• Stronger (RCA Records, 2011)

With Shakira

• Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (Epic Records, 2005)

With Shania Twain

• Now (Mercury Records, 2017)

With Edie Brickell and New Bohemians

• Ghost of a Dog (Geffen, 1990)

With Eric Clapton

• Old Sock (Surfdog/Duck Records/ADA (U.S.)/Polydor (EU), 2013)

With Carrie Underwood

• Carnival Ride (Arista Records, 2007)

With Elton John

• Songs from the West Coast (Mercury Records, 2001)

With Lisa Marie Presley

• To Whom It May Concern (Capitol Records, 2003)
• Now What (Capitol Records, 2005)

With Ronan Keating

• When Ronan Met Burt (Polydor Records, 2011)

With Ilse DeLange

• Incredible (Universal Music, 2008)
• Next to Me (Universal Music, 2010)
• Ilse DeLange (Firefly Records, 2018)

With Fiona Apple

• Tidal (Columbia Records, 1996)
• When the Pawn... (Epic Records, 1999)

With Alanis Morissette

• Havoc and Bright Lights (Columbia Records, 2012)

With Kenny Rogers

• Water & Bridges (Capitol Records, 2006)

With Martina McBride

• Martina (RCA Records, 2003)
• Waking Up Laughing (RCA Records, 2007)
• Shine (RCA Records, 2009)
• Reckless (Nash Icon Records, 2016)

With Daniel Powter

• Daniel Powter (Warner Bros. Records, 2005)
• Under the Radar (Warner Bros. Records, 2008)

With Miranda Lambert

• Four the Record (RCA Records, 2011)
• Platinum (RCA Records, 2014)
• The Weight of These Wings (RCA Records, 2016)

With Frank Ocean

• Channel Orange (Def Jam, 2012)

With John Mayer

• Heavier Things (Aware Columbia, 2003)

With Laura Marling

• Semper Femina (More Alarming Records, 2017)

With Mac Miller

• Circles (Warner, 2020)

With Aaron Neville

• The Tattooed Heart (A&M Records, 1995)

With Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

• The Rest of Our Life (Arista Records, 2017)

With Macy Gray

• On How Life Is (Epic Records, 1999)

With Josh Groban

• Awake (Reprise Records, 2006)
• All That Echoes (Reprise Records, 2013)
• Bridges (Reprise Records, 2018)

With Neil Finn

• Dizzy Heights (Lester Records, 2014)

With Of Montreal

• False Priest (Polyvinyl, 2010)
• The Controllersphere (Polyvinyl, 2011)

With Phantogram

• Voices (Republic, 2014)
• Three (Republic, 2016)

With Joe Cocker

• Hard Knocks (Columbia Records, 2010)

With Faith Hill

• Cry (Warner Bros. Records, 2002)
• Fireflies (Warner Bros. Records, 2005)

With Adam Cohen

• Adam Cohen (Columbia Records, 1998)

With Peter Gabriel

• Flotsam and Jetsam (Real World, Virgin EMI, Republic, 2019)

With Randy Newman

• Dark Matter (Nonesuch, 2017)

With Robbie Williams

• Intensive Care (Chrysalis Records, 2005)

With Sara Bareilles

• Little Voice (Epic, 2007)
• Kaleidoscope Heart (Epic, 2010)

With Sam Phillips

• Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) (Virgin Records, 1996)

With Rufus Wainwright

• Unfollow the Rules (BMG, 2020)

With Sean Lennon

• Friendly Fire (Parlophone, Capitol, EMI, 2006)

With Melissa Etheridge

• Breakdown (Island Records, 1999)

With Steven Curtis Chapman

• All Things New (Sparrow Records, 2004)

With Tori Amos

• From the Choirgirl Hotel (Atlantic, 1998)
• To Venus and Back (Atlantic, 1999)
• Strange Little Girls (Atlantic, 2001)
• Scarlet's Walk (Epic, 2002)
• The Beekeeper (Epic, 2005)
• American Doll Posse (Epic, 2007)
• Abnormally Attracted to Sin (Universal Republic, 2009)
• Midwinter Graces (Universal Republic, 2009)

With Willie Nelson and Miranda Lambert

• Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Universal Nashville, 2018)

With The Who

• Who (Polydor, 2019)