Rick Matle

{{Short description|American rock and jazz guitarist}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Rick Matle

| image = File:Rick Matle (by William Dwyer).jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|06}}

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| genre = Rock, jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Guitar

| years_active = 2000–present

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| associated_acts = Sheila Landis

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Rick Matle (born July 6, 1963) is an American rock and jazz guitarist. He has performed with jazz vocalist Sheila Landis since the early 1990s. All Music Guide's David Nathan writes "Matle's cool style, digital dexterity, and clean sound reflects the influences of the two jazz guitar players he admires the most: Joe Pass and Kenny Burrell. His ability to create a melange of sonics from the guitar comes from his other two major blues and rock influences: Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix."{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rick-matle-mn0000361517|title=Rick Matle {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-29}}

Matle has won Detroit Music Awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitmusicawards.net/winners|title=Detroit Music Awards Foundation - Winners|website=www.detroitmusicawards.net|access-date=2018-05-29}} for composition, twice in the "World Music" category and once for "Jazz Composition".