Named one of Downbeat Magazine’s “25 For the Future,” Liany Mateo has traveled across the globe performing, touring, and teaching music. Influenced by a mix of hard-hitting straight-ahead swing, Free Avant Garde, and music with deep pocket groove. Mateo is the bassist for Arturo O’Farrill’s Legacies album recorded on Blue Note records. Mateo was also featured on the PBS television show NEXT at the Kennedy Center, as a featured artist introduced as Christian McBride’s Protege. She has performed with musicians such as Regina Carter, Geoffrey Keezer, Matthew Whitaker, Carl Allen, Steve Wilson, Fay Victor, and Brandee Younger. She holds a Jazz degree from the esteemed Michigan State University and a Master’s degree from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. In 2023 she won the esteemed Next Jazz Legacy Award and grant through New Music USA, led by Terri Lyne Carrington. You can find her playing across NYC’s most notable venues such as Dizzys, Smalls, The Jazz Gallery, The Django, and Mezzrow. In 2024, she was selected for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Curatorial Fellowship, programming events at the globally recognized museum.