Kris Davis -piano
Stephan Crump -bass
Eric McPherson -drums
"Think of Borderlands Trio as an all-star team of should-be jazz luminaries" - The New York Times
"rare beauty…trigonometric" - Giornale della Musica
"The extraordinary accomplishment here is the trio's ability to fashion clear, logical, and convincing song forms from naught" - AAJ
"Borderlands is an authentic tour de force" - Jazz Convention "spontaneous logic" - AAJ
Interim for trio and electronics (2022)
New Thread Quartet
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, soprano saxophone
Erin Rogers, alto saxophone & mentor
Zach Herchen, baritone saxophone
The recipient of the 2022 Composers Now First Commission Award is Ebun Oguntola. Ebun is a 16-year-old contemporary classical composer, violinist, pianist and saxophonist living in upstate New York. Her music was brought to the attention of Composers Now by the founders of Luna Composition Lab, Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid. With mentorship from composer/saxophonist Erin Rogers, Ebun will create a chamber work for the New Thread Quartet that received its world premiere as part of the Opening Event of the 2022 Composers Now Festival.