Matt Brewer Quartet featuring Aaron Parks

New York-based bassist and Albuquerque native, Matt Brewer, returns home for the opening night of the Fourth Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival at the Outpost Performance Space. He’ll be joined by his NYC friends and associates, guitarist and singer Ila Cantor, drummer Tommy Crane, and special guest pianist Aaron Parks. Matt Brewer spent most of his youth in Albuquerque where he studied classical bass with renowned bass instructors, Winston Budrow and Lawrence Hurst, while learning to play jazz from his father and learning to love jazz from his mother, Cris Nichols, who works at Outpost as well as at KUNM. Brewer was also one of the first students in the Outpost Youth Jazz program in 1996. A student in the inaugural class of The Juilliard Jazz Program, he left after two years to make time for his busy touring schedule and has since worked with Greg Osby, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Greg Tardy, Chris Cheek, Mark Turner, Jeff “Tain” Watts, and many others. Aaron Parks, who played with jazz trumpeter, Terence Blanchard for five-years, was recently named a “new visionary” by JazzTimes Magazine and last year released his debut CD, Invisible Cinema, on Blue Note Records, to rave reviews. The 24-year old pianist and composer, who cites Radiohead and Blonde Redhead among his major influences alongside Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau and Terence Blanchard, represents a new generation of jazz musicians who are finding the common ground between modern progressive jazz, indie rock and hip-hop. Guitarist, Ila Cantor, a New York native, leads her original jazz trio, The Trapezoids, as well as performing with her quartet and an electronic project, FacilaT, from Barcelona, where she has lived and worked as a musician. She has played extensively with gypsy-jazz virtuoso, Stephane Wremble and works with numerous other jazz, rock and experimental musicians in NY and around the US. Drummer, Tommy Crane attended The New School in New York and together with his friend Matt Brewer, has toured worldwide with Greg Osby and others. All About Jazz described Crane and Brewer together, as possessing  “daunting technique with a restless and fearless willingness to go pretty much anywhere… they combine to produce an intense, rubbery swing that’s pretty breathtaking.”

$30/$25 Members & Students. (No Member Passes)
Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044); Lensic Box Office 505-988-1234; 
or on the web at www.ticketssantafe.org