Ryan Keberle
Hailed in the Downbeat International Critics Poll as #1 Rising Star trombonist, a player “of vision and composure” according to The New York Times, Ryan Keberle has developed a one-of-a-kind voice both on his instrument and as a bandleader, earning distinction among jazz’s most adventurous new voices.
Keberle’s outlets include the celebrated piano-less group Catharsis; the Big Band Living Legacy Project, carrying on the rich musical language of big band jazz (’30s through ’70s), featuring top veteran players in the idiom; and Reverso — Suite Ravel, a chamber-jazz collaboration with French pianist Frank Woeste featuring cellist Vincent Courtois and drummer Jeff Ballard.
Keberle's music integrates his wide-ranging experiences into a highly personal vernacular — immersed in jazz tradition, drawing on world music, pop and other influences, seeking fresh and original pathways. His earliest work as a leader, on Double Quartet and Heavy Dreaming, featured an ensemble thick with brass textures and a malleable little-big-band aesthetic. Catharsis, with its invigorating trombone-trumpet frontline, agile rhythm section and the voice and guitar of Camila Meza, debuted in 2012 with Music is Emotion, followed by Into the Zone in 2014 and Azul Infinito in 2016 (the latter two released on Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf label). Billboard picked Azul Infinito as one of “five jazz albums you need to hear.”
Read moreTags
Album Review
- The Melodic Line by Alberto Bazzurro
Radio
Album Review
- Data Lords by Angelo Leonardi
- Data Lords by Friedrich Kunzmann
- Data Lords by Jerome Wilson
- Data Lords by Doug Hall
- Hypersphere by Paul Rauch
- Data Lords by Karl Ackermann
- Live In Graz by Dan McClenaghan
- Find the Common, Shine a Light by Angelo Leonardi
January 24, 2018
Jazz this week: Maceo Parker, Barb Jungr & John McDaniel, Ryan Keberle,...
April 04, 2015
Ryan Keberle & Catharsis To Tour The Pacific Northwest April 7th-13th
July 26, 2014
Trombonist Ryan Keberle & Catharsis To Release Second Record, Into The...
January 13, 2012
News and Tour Dates on Trombonist/Composer Ryan Keberle
August 06, 2010
Ryan Keberle Double Quartet @ the Rubin Art Museum August 27th
November 05, 2007
Ryan Keberle Double Quartet Live at CIM
July 26, 2007
a sumptuous and spirited disc (Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen)
wonderful balance of listenability and complexity (Damian Erskine, Bass Musician Magazine)
Heavy Dreaming is easily on target for one of my 2010 favorites (Bobby Vega, Jazz Times)
Keberle's broad compositional ideals, along with his superb ability to balance the big and the small within his band, helps place Heavy Dreaming in a class of its own (Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz)
[Keberle] is clearly in the vanguard of a handful of stalwarts re-introducing the trombone to now unaccustomed ears (Bob Gish, Jazz Inside)
a strong player who recalls the vibrancy of JJ Johnson, the originality of Wycliffe Gordon and the pure tone of Frank Rosolino, - full of drama - All About Jazz
-Ryan Keberle is one of the most creative jazz artists I have heard in some time., one of the years best! - Inside Connection
-neatly layered horn passages stand out throughout the disc, which is distinguished by Keberle's ever- cheerful solos. - Jazz Times
-Keberle’s original compositions...are intriguing, luscious and tasteful, while his own playing is gorgeous in tone, 'Double Quartet' is an impressive debut, full of shades and subtleties, from a young artist with a bright future ahead of him. - Jazz Chicago.net
Primary Instrument
Trombone
Location
New York City
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Jazz Professor at Hunter College, in demand trombone, big band, improvisational clinician.
Clinic/Workshop Information
Trombone studies, Jazz History, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Styles, Ensemble rehearsal
Photos
Albums
Wedding Music
From: Double QuartetBy Ryan Keberle