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Profile
Simon Jermyn is an electric bassist / guitarist and composer living in New York. Simon tours worldwide regularly and spent time living in The Hague, Reykjavik and Dublin before moving to New York. He holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Perfromance from The Royal Conservatory of The Hague in The Netherlands.
Simon’s debut album as a leader, Trot A Mouse, was released on the prestigious Fresh Sound New Talent record label in 2009. Since then he has recorded for Songlines and released a solo album on Diatribe Records entitled Hymni.
Some recent performance highlights include premiering new music with Morla and the Smith quartet at the Sligo New Music Festival for BBC Radio 3, as well as two European tours with the Pete Robbins Trans Atlantic-Quartet.
Discography
• Hymni (2010)
Solo album on Diatribe records
“By far, this is the best solo electric bass effort I’ve heard since Hugh Hopper’s classic solo album ‘1984’ from 1973.” - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
• Simon Jermyn’s Trot A Mouse (2009)
Debut album on the prestigious Barcelona based Fresh Sound New Talent record label
Listed on All About Jazz journalist Mark F Turner’s Best of 2009 list.
“...certainly one of the most important (and listenable) releases to come out of Ireland in recent years.” - Downtown Music Gallery, NYC
“...the emergence of a unique voice.” - Sunday Tribune
• Togetherness (2009)
Justin Carroll’s release featuring some of Ireland’s most established jazz musicians
“in the rhythm section Simon Jermyn continues to impress, a rock-solid yet flexible harmonic and rhythmic fulcrum for the others.” - The Irish Times
• Mitten (2006)
Red Rocket release on Brussels based label RAT records
“With this album, this young group proves that they deserve to reach out to large audiences around the world” - Jazzmozaiek, Belguim
• Everything Forgets (2009)
with NYC guitarist Ryan Blotnick for renowned Canadian record label Songlines.
• Chameleon Blues (2008)
Recorded in New York with Irish singer Rebecca Collins
Performance highlights
2010
• Sligo New Music Festival including the premiere of a new work by Frank Lyons, the music of Gavin Bryars, as well a commissioned new work I composed for the festival. Recorded for BBC Radio 3 with Morla and the Smith string quartet.
• Regular performances in New York with a number of notable musicians including Jeff Williams, Bill McHenry, Pete Robbins, Ryan Blotnick and Fay Victor. Several European tours with the Pete Robbins Trans Atlantic Quartet with performances in Denmark, Spain, Germany, Belguim, Ireland, Switzerland and Sweden, including a live recording for swiss Radio.
• Performances at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, the Forlignio Young Jazz Festival, the Luxemburg Blues‘n Jazz Rally, Dublin Electronic Arts Festival, Ergodos Festival, Belfast Festival, Cork Jazz Festival, Bray Jazz Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, 12Points Festival and the Bottlenote Festival.
2009
• Representing Ireland at 12Points Festival in Dublin with group Morla.
“A surprising music whose kaleidoscopic colours, textures and original lines constantly confouned expectation.” The Irish Times
• Headline performance at the Bray Jazz Festival
• Forligno Young Jazz Festival in Italy with Morla opening for Italian trumpet icon Enrico Rava.
• An extensive European tour with NYC based saxophonist Pete Robbins quartet.
• A CD release tour of the UK and Ireland with Trot A Mouse including a performance at renowned London venue The Vortex.
“Given the talent involved, it was no surprise that this quartet lived up to expectations.” The Irish Times
• Performance and recording with acclaimed Norwegian vocalist Sissel Vera Petersen.
2008
• Seven concert performances at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival with musicians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, New York and Spain both as a leader and as a sideman.
• Solo performances for baritone guitar, electronics and field recording at TAG performance space, The Hague, Holland and The Joy Gallery, Dublin.
• Performances at the Bray Jazz Festival and 12Points Festival with pianist Justin Carroll’s group Togetherness
“innovative jazz composition… a very promising group” The Journal of Music in Ireland
• Touring in Holland and Belgium with innovative trio Red Rocket, including a performance at the famous Amsterdam venue Zaal 100.
“stimulating” Downtown Music Gallery, NYC.
“This technically and compositionally strong trio bring music that is really fun to hear: very fresh and open” **** Free Jazz
• Concerts in NYC with new music group Skakk Rocket, saxophonist Pete Robbins and Songlines recording artist Ryan Blotnick.
• Performances in London hosted by the Loop and FIRE collectives with the Ryan Blotnick/Peter Van Huffel quartet featuring drummer Jeff Williams (a former member of both the Stan Getz quartet and Paul Bley trio).
• Nationwide CD release tour with acclaimed singer Rebecca Collins including a performance at Dublin’s Crawdaddy
“Compelling embellishments of her band” Mick Heaney, The Sunday Times Culture.
Profile
Simon Jermyn is an electric bassist / guitarist and composer living in New York. Simon tours worldwide regularly and spent time living in The Hague, Reykjavik and Dublin before moving to New York. He holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Perfromance from The Royal Conservatory of The Hague in The Netherlands.
Simon’s debut album as a leader, Trot A Mouse, was released on the prestigious Fresh Sound New Talent record label in 2009. Since then he has recorded for Songlines and released a solo album on Diatribe Records entitled Hymni.
Some recent performance highlights include premiering new music with Morla and the Smith quartet at the Sligo New Music Festival for BBC Radio 3, as well as two European tours with the Pete Robbins Trans Atlantic-Quartet.
Discography
• Hymni (2010)
Solo album on Diatribe records
“By far, this is the best solo electric bass effort I’ve heard since Hugh Hopper’s classic solo album ‘1984’ from 1973.” - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
• Simon Jermyn’s Trot A Mouse (2009)
Debut album on the prestigious Barcelona based Fresh Sound New Talent record label
Listed on All About Jazz journalist Mark F Turner’s Best of 2009 list.
“...certainly one of the most important (and listenable) releases to come out of Ireland in recent years.” - Downtown Music Gallery, NYC
“...the emergence of a unique voice.” - Sunday Tribune
• Togetherness (2009)
Justin Carroll’s release featuring some of Ireland’s most established jazz musicians
“in the rhythm section Simon Jermyn continues to impress, a rock-solid yet flexible harmonic and rhythmic fulcrum for the others.” - The Irish Times
• Mitten (2006)
Red Rocket release on Brussels based label RAT records
“With this album, this young group proves that they deserve to reach out to large audiences around the world” - Jazzmozaiek, Belguim
• Everything Forgets (2009)
with NYC guitarist Ryan Blotnick for renowned Canadian record label Songlines.
• Chameleon Blues (2008)
Recorded in New York with Irish singer Rebecca Collins
Performance highlights
2010
• Sligo New Music Festival including the premiere of a new work by Frank Lyons, the music of Gavin Bryars, as well a commissioned new work I composed for the festival. Recorded for BBC Radio 3 with Morla and the Smith string quartet.
• Regular performances in New York with a number of notable musicians including Jeff Williams, Bill McHenry, Pete Robbins, Ryan Blotnick and Fay Victor. Several European tours with the Pete Robbins Trans Atlantic Quartet with performances in Denmark, Spain, Germany, Belguim, Ireland, Switzerland and Sweden, including a live recording for swiss Radio.
• Performances at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, the Forlignio Young Jazz Festival, the Luxemburg Blues‘n Jazz Rally, Dublin Electronic Arts Festival, Ergodos Festival, Belfast Festival, Cork Jazz Festival, Bray Jazz Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, 12Points Festival and the Bottlenote Festival.
2009
• Representing Ireland at 12Points Festival in Dublin with group Morla.
“A surprising music whose kaleidoscopic colours, textures and original lines constantly confouned expectation.” The Irish Times
• Headline performance at the Bray Jazz Festival
• Forligno Young Jazz Festival in Italy with Morla opening for Italian trumpet icon Enrico Rava.
• An extensive European tour with NYC based saxophonist Pete Robbins quartet.
• A CD release tour of the UK and Ireland with Trot A Mouse including a performance at renowned London venue The Vortex.
“Given the talent involved, it was no surprise that this quartet lived up to expectations.” The Irish Times
• Performance and recording with acclaimed Norwegian vocalist Sissel Vera Petersen.
2008
• Seven concert performances at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival with musicians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, New York and Spain both as a leader and as a sideman.
• Solo performances for baritone guitar, electronics and field recording at TAG performance space, The Hague, Holland and The Joy Gallery, Dublin.
• Performances at the Bray Jazz Festival and 12Points Festival with pianist Justin Carroll’s group Togetherness
“innovative jazz composition… a very promising group” The Journal of Music in Ireland
• Touring in Holland and Belgium with innovative trio Red Rocket, including a performance at the famous Amsterdam venue Zaal 100.
“stimulating” Downtown Music Gallery, NYC.
“This technically and compositionally strong trio bring music that is really fun to hear: very fresh and open” **** Free Jazz
• Concerts in NYC with new music group Skakk Rocket, saxophonist Pete Robbins and Songlines recording artist Ryan Blotnick.
• Performances in London hosted by the Loop and FIRE collectives with the Ryan Blotnick/Peter Van Huffel quartet featuring drummer Jeff Williams (a former member of both the Stan Getz quartet and Paul Bley trio).
• Nationwide CD release tour with acclaimed singer Rebecca Collins including a performance at Dublin’s Crawdaddy
“Compelling embellishments of her band” Mick Heaney, The Sunday Times Culture.
