Debut Record! Simón Willson Quartet - Good Company
https://www.newvelle-records.com/pages/simon-willson
Upcoming Performances:
April 19 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Band @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)
April 20 @ 8pm - Max Light Quartet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)
April 21 @ 8pm - Simón Willson Quartet @ Down and Out (Manhattan, NY)
April 24 @ 7pm - Tony Davis @ Spes (Manhattan, NY)
April 25 @ 7pm - Tony Davis @ Terre (Brooklyn, NY)
April 27 @ 7pm - Roni Eytan Quartet @ Columbus Dance Theatre (Columbus, OH)
Apri 28 @ 8:30pm - Lefteris Kordis @ DROM (Manhattan, NY)
April 29 @ 7:30pm - Paul Jones Quartet @ The Belfry (Manhattan, NY)
May 3 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Group @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)
May 15 @ 11 pm - Vicente Atria Trio @ Thelonious Jazz Club (Santiago, Chile)
May 16 @ 8pm - Menares Willson Atria @ Tromba Pomodoro (Santiago, Chile)
May 17 @ 8pm - Tony Davis Trio @ Tromba Pomodoro (Santiago, Chile)
May 18 @ 11pm - Tony Davis Trio @ Thelonious Jazz Club (Santiago, Chile)
May 24 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Group @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)
May 25 @ 6:30pm - Peter Watrous Group @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)
May 26 @ 8pm - Jonas Esser Trio @ Down & Out (Manhattan, NY)
May 27 @ 8pm - Roy Ben Bashat @ Drink Lounge (Brooklyn, NY)
May 31 - June 1 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Philadelphia, PA
June 2 @ 8pm - Peter Watrous Group @ Down & Out (Manhattan, NY)
June 7 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Group @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)
June 8 @ 6:30pm - Peter Watrous Group @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)
June 13 - 15 - Oscar Penas Trio West Coast Tour
June 22 @ 6:30pm - Family Plan @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)
June 28 - 29 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Nashville, TN
July 12 @ 6:30pm - Ben Barnett Quartet @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)
September 14 @ 9pm - Simon Willson Quartet @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)
September 15 @ 8pm - Simon Willson Quartet @ Down & Out (Manhattan, NY)
September 20 @ 8pm - Grant Richards Quartet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)
October 4 @ 7:30pm - Ethan Iverson Trio @ Uncle Cheef (Brewster, NY)
October 6 @ TBA - Ethan Iverson Trio @ Hudson Jazz Festival (Hudson, NY)
October 18 @ 8pm - Ethan Iverson Trio @ Solar Myth (Philadelphia, PA)
October 20 @ 8pm - Grant Richards Quartet @ The Owl Music Parlor (Brooklyn, NY)
November 2 & 3 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Detroit, MI
November 20 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Dallas, TX
November 22 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Fayetteville, AR
January 23 - 26, 2025 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Boston, MA
Recordings:
Family Plan (Collective trio w/ Vicente Hansen & Andrew Boudreau)
Shihai Li Quintet
Takuya Kohashi Band
Recordings to be Released:
Simon WiIlson Quartet - Bet: Live at Ornithology w/ Neta Raanan, Kayvon Gordon & Evan Main
Neta Raanan Quartet feat. Joel Ross & Kayvon Gordon
Hans Luchs Quartet feat. Mike King & Adam Arruda
Toomas Keski-Säntti Quartet
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 thirty records for labels such as 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.