Wishing Flower
Jeremy Udden’s seventh album as a leader, out now on Sunnyside Records
Featuring Ben Monder (guitar), Jorge Roeder (bass), and Ziv Ravitz (drums)
“Small Man - Big Sound!”
- THE MONITOR, Kampala, Uganda
Welcome! Jeremy is a Brooklyn-based, Plainville, Massachusetts-bred saxophonist and composer—“a gifted saxophonist-composer with a gorgeous tone” (JazzTimes). A bandleader and Lyricon enthusiast, he has released seven critically acclaimed albums for Sunnyside Records (New York) and Fresh Sound New Talent (Barcelona), while appearing on numerous recordings as a collaborator.
Udden has performed with Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Lacy, Ben Monder, Frank Carlberg, Matt Wilson, John McNeil, Gunther Schuller, Lee Konitz, Either/Orchestra, and Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke, on stages across the U.S., Europe, Ethiopia, and China.
Over the years, Udden’s bands and collaborative projects have included PLAINVILLE, HUSH POINT, and NEW OLD TIMERS, and he continues to write and record new music, collaborate on new ensembles, and dream up bands and records every day.
"With his beautiful, round soprano tone, the saxophonist Udden lends a haunting sheen to tunes spanning the soothingly melodic to the jaggedly free."
- MODERN DRUMMER
"The more difficult Udden’s music becomes to classify, the better it seems to get.”
- DOWNBEAT
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)