“A stylish young saxophonist who resembles a contemporary minded Lee Konitz,” (THE NEW YORKER). Jeremy Udden is a saxophonist and composer. He has toured extensively in the USA, Europe, Scandinavia and Africa. Hush Point (Sunnyside), his most recent album, was co-lead with John McNeil. It received 4 stars and was listed among Downbeat Magazine’s 2013 “Best Albums”. Udden also traveled to Paris, France in 2013, as a recipient of the French-American Jazz Exchange Grant, which was granted by the Doris Duke Foundation. He performed concerts and recorded a new collaboration suite. His country-rock tinged Plainville project has been dubbed “Jazz for Wilco fans” (VILLAGE VOICE) and “…a richly engrossing project from the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston saxophonist that finds new ground between jazz, instrumental rock and folk” (LA TIMES). Plainville’s second album, If the Past Seems so Bright, was called by the New York Times “one of the most slyly inviting Jazz albums of the year.” Downbeat also rated it as “one of the best jazz albums of 2011” (LA TIMES). It was also dubbed “some of our finest jazz” (Vancouver Province). He spent many years with the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra before moving to New York in 2005. There he recorded three albums and gave clinics all over the globe. Torchsongs (Fresh Sound New Talent 2005) was his debut album. It featured Ben Monder as well as the legendary valve-trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Udden was a long-standing member of the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra, which included John Mediski, Matt Wilson, and Miguel Zenon, among others. He recorded three albums and toured the US several times. He has many records (Accurate CIMP, Creative Nation Music Fresh Sound New Talent Innova), as well as sideman projects in jazz, avant-garde and rock music. He was a finalist in the 2005 ASCAP Young Composer Awards and the 2003 Fish-Middleton Jazz Competition. He has performed on the same stage or in the studio with Mahmoud Ahmad, Steve Lacy and The Presidents of America, Dominique Eade and Sofia Rei, as well as the Jazz Composer’s Alliance and Bruno Raberg and Mulatu Estetke. Udden began playing the saxophone when he was 10 years old. At 15 he started performing on the Boston club scene with Big Lick, an 8-piece ska/punk group with two albums and several US tours. He was also a member the All-American Grammy Band in high school. He moved to Boston in 1996 to study with Allan Chase and Jerry Bergonzi. From www.jeremyudden.com
