“…finds new ground between jazz, instrumental rock and folk.”
— LOS ANGELES TIMES
“The more difficult Udden’s music becomes to classify, the better it seems to get.”
— DOWNBEAT
Brooklyn-based, Plainville, Massachusetts-bred saxophonist and composer Jeremy Udden is “a distinctive soprano and alto saxophonist with a gorgeous tone and a subtly personal lyricism” (The Irish Times). He has released seven albums as a leader on Sunnyside Records (New York) and Fresh Sound New Talent (Barcelona), and appears on numerous recordings as a collaborator and sideman.
Udden has performed with Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Lacy, Ben Monder, Frank Carlberg, Matt Wilson, John McNeil (with whom he co-led HUSH POINT), Gunther Schuller, Lee Konitz, the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra, and Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke. His performances have taken him across the United States, Europe, Ethiopia, and China.
His projects include PLAINVILLE (“Jazz for Wilco Fans” — Village Voice); multiple recordings with Paris/Reykjavík-based bassist Nicolas Moreaux, supported by the French-American Jazz Exchange Grant; and NEW OLD TIMERS, bringing a modern improviser's sensibility to old-time American music.
Three in Paris (Sunnyside Records)
w/ Nicolas Moreaux (bass)
John Betsch (drums)
Belleville Project (Sunnyside Records)
w/ Nicolas Moreaux (bass/co-leader)
Robert Stillman (tenor)
Pierre Perchaud (guitar/banjo)
RJ Miller (drums)
Pete Rende (pump organ, synths)
Folk Art (Fresh Sound New Talent)
w/ Brandon Seabrook (banjo)
Jeremy Stratton (bass)
Kenny Wollesen (drums)
Plainville: If The Past Seems So Bright (Sunnyside Records)
w/ Brandon Seabrook (banjo/guitar)
Pete Rende (rhodes/pump organ)
Eivind Opsvik (bass)
RJ Miller (drums)
Will Graefe (acoustic guitar)
Nathan Blehar (acoustic guitar)
Plainville (Fresh Sound New Talent)
w/ Brandon Seabrook (banjo)
Pete Rende (rhodes/pump organ)
Eivind Opsvik (bass)
RJ Miller (drums)
Nathan Blehar (nylon string guitar)
Mike Baggetta (electric guitar)
Torchsongs (Fresh Sound New Talent)
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Ben Monder (guitar)
John Lockwood (bass)
Matt Wilson (drums)
Special Guest: Bob Brookmeyer (valve-trombone 3, 11)
(tracks 2, 4, 5, 10)
Nathan Blehar (tenor)
Leo Genovese (rhodes)
Ben Monder (guitar)
Tim Miller (guitar)
Garth Stevenson (bass)
Ziv Ravitz (drums)