Simón Willson

Sophomore Album Bet coming out February 28, 2025!

First Album Good Company

https://www.newvelle-records.com/pages/simon-willson

Upcoming Performances:

• April 18 @ 9pm - Paul Janoschka Trio @ Jazzhaus Heidelberg (Heidelberg, DE)

• April 19 @ 7pm - Paul Janoschka Trio in Frankfurt, DE

• April 23 @ 8pm - Toomas Keski-Santti @ Typo (Helsinki, FI)

• April 25 @ 10pm - Toomas Keski-Santti @ April Jazz Festival at Tapiolan Klubi (Helsinki, FI)

• April 26 @ TBA - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Rebabel (El Escorial, ES)

• April 27 @ TBA - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Café Despertar (Madrid, ES)

• April 28 @ TBA - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Sala Villanos (Madrid, ES)

• April 30 @ 8pm - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Club Matador (Madrid, ES)

• May 2 - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Duc Des Lombards (Paris, FR)

• May 6 @ 9pm - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Palazzo San Sebastiano (Mantua, IT)

• May 8 @ 8pm - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Jazzhus Montmartre (Copenhagen, DK)

• May 9 & 10 @ 8:30pm - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Bird’s Eye (Basel, CH)

• May 12 @ 7pm - Matt Sheens Duo @ San Vincente (Manhattan, NY)

• May 13 @ 7:30pm - Ethan Silverman Trio @ Cafe Ornithology (Brooklyn, NY)

• May 14 @ 7pm - SW Duo @ Spes (Manhattan, NY)

• May 15 @ 7pm - SW Duo @ Terre (Brooklyn, NY)

• May 18 @ 11am - Yuval Amihai Trio @ C&B (Manhattan, NY)

• May 21 @ 7pm - Tony Davis Duo @ Spes (Manhattan, NY)

• May 23 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• May 24 @ 6:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)

• May 25 @ 9pm - Jamile Trio @ Mezzrow Jazz Club (Manhattan, NY)

• May 26 @ 7pm - Matt Sheens Duo @ San Vincente (Manhattan, NY)

• May 28 @ 7pm - Tony Davis Duo @ Spes (Manhattan, NY)

• June 5 @ 7:30pm - Simón Willson Quartet @ Close Up (Manhattan, NY)

• June 7 @ 7:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Café Ornithology (Brooklyn, NY)

• June 13 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• June 14 @ 6:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)

• June 27 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• June 28 @ 6:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)

• July 5 @ 7:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Café Ornithology (Brooklyn, NY)

• October 17 @ TBA - Mark Morris Dance Group in Bethlehem, PA

• January 30-31, 2026 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Portsmouth, NH

Recordings:

• Simón WiIlson Quartet - Bet: Live at Ornithology w/ Neta Raanan, Kayvon Gordon & Evan Main

• Simón Willson Quartet - Good Company

• Ethan Iverson - Technically Acceptable

• Family Plan (Collective trio w/ Vicente Hansen & Andrew Boudreau)

• Earprint

• Earprint - EASY LISTENING

• Great on Paper

• Vicente Atria’s “Orlando Furioso”

• Dave Douglas / Elan Mehler Sextet

• David Hajdu Project feat. Dave Douglas, Helen Sung, Aubrey Johnson, Chet Doxas, Rudy Royston, Marika Hughes

• Frank Carlberg + Roxana Amed - Los Trabajos y Las Noches

• Jason Palmer Quintet - Live at Wally's Vol. 1

• Jason Palmer Quintet - Live at Wally's Vol. 2

• Kevin Sun Quartet - From All This Stillness

• Kevin Sun - The Sustain of Memory

• Neta Raanan Quartet feat. Joel Ross & Kayvon Gordon - Unforeseen Blossom

• Andrew Boudreau Quartet - Neon

• Max Light Trio - Herplusme

• Jacob Shulman Quartet

• Yonghyun Lee Band (featuring Walter Smith III)

• TJ & The Revenge - featuring Bill Frisell

• Kasperi Sarikoski - Trio + 1

• Toomas Keski-Säntti Quartet

• Elan Mehler Quintet - Piano Noir

• Caio Afiune

• Grant Richards - One and Done

• Anthony Coleman - The End of Summer

• Hayoung Lyou - Metamorphosis

• Andrew Pereira Quintet - Lost in Plain Sight

• Richard Garcia Band - Don't Look Back

• Chris McCarthy Band - "Sonder"

• Jan Geijtenbeek - "Boston Waltz"

• Steve Pardo Trio - "Hope"

• Jacob Hiser Quintet - Seconds

• Julian Jimenez Quartet

• Seyun Park Quintet - The Moon at Night

• Shihai Li Quintet

• Takuya Kohashi Band

• Wonmi Jung - Unspoken Words

• Tony Davis - Cloud Nova

• Hans Luchs Quartet feat. Mike King & Adam Arruda

Recordings to be Released:

• Simon Willson Quartet Studio (Fall 2025)

• Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio (w Andrew Boudreau)

• Grant Richards Sextet feat. Dayna Stephens, Scott Wendholt, Adam Arruda, Daniele Germani)

• Willber Sunlight

• Daniel Hass Quartet

• Yonatan Guedj Octet

*Photos by Luke Marantz & Anna Yatskevich

Simón Willson is a Chilean born, New York City based bassist, composer and improviser. As an eclectic and in demand sideman, he has toured with a host of different musicians in Europe, the US, Canada, and South America. His wide-ranging interest in different realms of Jazz and improvised music has led him to work regularly with a diverse pool of established artists such as Dave Douglas, Ethan Iverson, Jason Palmer, Jonathan Kreisberg, Frank Carlberg, Roxana Amed, the Mark Morris Dance Group, among many others. In addition to his sideman work, he co-leads the bands Family Plan and Earprint. The latter won the “best debut album” category of the NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll in 2016. In 2023 Orlando Furioso, Vicente Atria’s septet in which Willson plays bass, won the Deutscher Jazz Preis in the “Best International New Artist” category.  He can be heard on over forty records for labels such as Blue Note, Sony Music, Tzadik, Greenleaf, Steeplechase, Newvelle, Endectomorph, in addition to a number of self-releases. His bandleading debut album “Good Company” was released October 13, 2023 on Fresh Sound Records. Willson’s sophomore album, “Bet”, was released February 28, 2025 on Endectomorph Music/La Reserve.