torchsongs trio

Ben Monder (guitar)
Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Jeremy Udden (saxophones)


“torchsongs is a small wonder – full of color and daring” (VILLAGE VOICE)


torchtrio1Forming the nucleus of Udden’s 2006 release torchsongs on Fresh Sound New Talent, torchsongs trio plays rock-influenced originals “spanning the soothingly melodic to the jaggedly free ” (MODERN DRUMMER).

Monder is considered “one of the most original guitarists of the 21st Century” (HARTFORD COURANT), and an “unsung hero” (GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE) while Ravitz is one of the most exciting and busy players in New York, regularly hitting with Lee Konitz, Avishi Cohen and Omer Avital, and “despite [Udden's] gentle approach, his sheer musical presence imposes a kind of unity on what emerges” (IRISH TIMES).

Listen to samples of torchsongs trio live in Brooklyn, New York here:

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Or purchase the complete torchsongs album (FSNT-253), featuring Udden/Monder/Ravitz with Bob Brookmeyer, Matt Wilson, Tim Miller, Leo Genovese, Garth Stevenson, Nathan Blehar, and John Lockwood at Fresh Sound New Talent, Amazon.com, and iTunes.

Contact to book a live performance. torchsongs trio featuring Bob Brookmeyer available upon special request.

Praise for torchsongs:


This is a revealing study in immense assurance & total artistic lyricism…With a bent towards the imaginative…The adventurous….The deliberate…The open-minded. — George W. Carroll/The Musicians’ Ombudsman

With his beautiful, round soprano tone, saxophonist Udden lends a haunting sheen to tunes spanning the soothingly melodic to the jaggedly free. — Modern Drummer

…a distinctive soprano and alto saxophonist with a gorgeous tone and a subtly personal lyricism… Udden ranges from the linear grace of Keith Jarrett-like songs, through equally melodic jazz/rock to some very focused free playing. Somehow, despite his gentle approach, his sheer musical presence imposes a kind of unity on what emerges…Udden lays down a marker as a player who deserves to be much better known. — Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times, 4 stars

torchsongs is a small wonder, full of color and daring. — Jim Macnie, THE VILLAGE VOICE

…echoes of reedman Jimmy Giuffre on those early tracks, in their calm, quiet accessibility…  The package coheres nicely, and shows a side of Udden not much on display with the Either/Orchestra – one both cooler and more pop-oriented. — Bill Beuttler, THE BOSTON GLOBE

Udden steals the record; his sound is unearthly… — Budd Kopman, Cadence Magazine

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