"With his beautiful, round soprano tone, saxophonist Udden lends a haunting sheen                               to tunes spanning the soothingly melodic to the jaggedly free."                                                                                                                 -Modern Drummer
	Releasing his second record for Fresh Sound New Talent in the fall, his torchsongs (FSNT-253) was hailed "a small wonder, full of color and daring." (Jim Macnie, Village Voice)  The Brooklyn saxophonist/composer first garnered attention in the US, Europe, and Africa with the Grammy nominated Either/Orchestra.
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	Udden leads two bands in New York - plainvlille, and torchsongs: torchsongs is a song set played by a rotating cast including Ben Monder, Matt Wilson, Leo Genovese, Tim Miller, Ziv Ravitz, and occasional honored guest Bob Brookmeyer.  The set of originals and choice covers (Steve Lacy, Bangles) spans from "melodic jazz/rock to some very focused free playing" (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times) While the more folk/alt-country influenced Plainville (album coming fall '08 on FSNT) is gaining momentum in front of both jazz and folk audiences - with Pete Rende (pump organ), Brandon Seabrook (banjo,guitar), Eivind Opsvik (bass) and RJ Miller (drums).  At times energetic as well as quiet and contemplative, the sonic landscape contains rock, bluegrass, and Guiffre-ish free influences.

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above photo of torchsongs live at bar 4, brooklyn, ny.  L-R, Garth Stevenson, Ziv Ravitz, JU, Ben Monder.
photo taken by Scott Friedlander, twostools.com