torchsongs

Udden’s 2006 recording and frequently touring band project, torchsongs has been described by the Irish Times as featuring “Jarret-like songs, melodic jazz-rock, to free”

The band performs in several formats including:

• Trio with Ben Monder – guitar, Ziv Ravitz – drums
• Quartet with Matt Wilson, Ben Monder, and Matt Clohesy
• Special guest Bob Brookmeyer is available upon request to perform with the band.

Available for purchase through Fresh Sounds New Talent, Amazon.com, and iTunes.

Contact to book a live performance.

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

The Boston soprano player has earned kudos in New England, impressing Either/Orchestra fans with a lithe sound and insightful solos. His 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