Press

Praise for Udden’s 2009 recording Plainville:

Jazz for Wilco fans-a rural vibe that has a dash of a New England starkness to it, even when the aggression takes over. — VILLAGE VOICE

Some of the freshest sounding jazz to appear in some time. — THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE

A pluralistic stylistic orientation (rock, free, folk build upon the underlying jazz) Udden has created a resolutely new music where eclecticism and personal experience play an important role. — JAZZMAN (FRANCE)

The soprano and alto saxophonist Jeremy Udden reaches for rusticity and sincerity on his warm new album, “Plainville” (Fresh Sound New Talent), and sometimes he finds both… — THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Melodic, ruminative, nostalgic and fresh at the same time. — SEATTLE TIMES

Plainville is an appealingly dreamy roots-jazz combo, driven by Pete Rende’s pump organ and Brandon Seabrook’s banjo — TIME OUT NEW YORK

Praise for Udden’s 2006 recording 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