CONTACT & BOOKING
Kevin Sun
kevin [at] thekevinsun [dot] com
kevin [at] thekevinsun [dot] com
Booking/press samples available upon request.
"The saxophonist Kevin Sun has been making his mark on the New York scene of late by way of studiousness and subtlety ... Sun has something original going on, too: his own feeling of loose coil and terse freedom, and a personal approach to disrupting time" - The New York Times
"...a player who sees the big picture and his evolving place within it" - The New York City Jazz Record
"...advances the [trio] concept in his excellent debut" - Village Voice
ABOUT
Kevin Sun is a saxophonist and composer living in New York City. His music has been called “...intense, harmonically virtuosic and compositionally complex" by DownBeat Magazine, and he has released four albums to date—most recently <3 BIrd in August 2021. Sun has recorded four albums with the ensembles Mute, Earprint, and Great On Paper, and he appears on recordings led by Jacob Garchik, Dana Saul, and Xiongguan Zhang. In addition to performing in the U.S., Sun has performed extensively in China and is the Artistic Director of the Blue Note China Jazz Orchestra. Most recently, Sun was named a Finalist for the 2021 Jerome Hill Foundation Artist Fellowship.
GALLERY
PRESS RESOURCES
HI-RES KEVIN SUN PHOTOS:
By Alice Plati (2022): Color Portrait – Color Portrait 2 – B&W 1 – B&W 2
By Jessica Carlton (2016): Seated -- Standing -- Portrait -- Seated (in nature)
HI-RES TRIO PHOTOS:
By Edward Gavitt: Kevin & Walter
By Sam Neufeld: Group Photo
By Alex Ritz: On The Bandstand
LINKS
By Alice Plati (2022): Color Portrait – Color Portrait 2 – B&W 1 – B&W 2
By Jessica Carlton (2016): Seated -- Standing -- Portrait -- Seated (in nature)
HI-RES TRIO PHOTOS:
By Edward Gavitt: Kevin & Walter
By Sam Neufeld: Group Photo
By Alex Ritz: On The Bandstand
LINKS
COLLECTED PRESS
PRESS FOR <3 BIRD (2021)
PRESS FOR (UN)SEAWORTHY (2020)
PRESS FOR THE SUSTAIN OF MEMORY (2019)
PRESS FOR TRIO (2018)
- Morning Star - Review (March 2022)
- Monarch Magazine - Winter 2022 Issue
- Missing Duke - 50 Buenos Discos de 2021 (January 2022)
- Part-Time Audiophile - Best Jazz of 2021 (December 2021)
- PostGenre - Best of the Year "Honorable Mention" (December 2021)
- Boston Globe - Best of the Year (December 2021)
- Jazz Vinyl Audiophile - Video Review (December 2021)
- NYC Jazz Record - Review (December 2021)
- DownBeat - Review (December 2021)
- Musical Memoirs - Review (November 2021)
- All About Jazz - Review (November 2021)
- Musica Jazz - Review (November 2021)
- Jazz Para Ti - Podcast (November 2021)
- Animajazz - Podcast (November 2021)
- Jazz Weekly - Review (October 2021)
- Adult Music - Podcast (October 2021)
- Vinyl Mine - Review, Greek (October 2021)
- Jazziz - Review (October 2021) - full text here
- Music Street Journal - Review (October 2021)
- Avenue C - Interview (September 2021)
- Jazz'N'More - Review (September 2021)
- Nettavisen - Review (September 2021)
- Let's Call This - Review (September 2021)
- CD Hotlist - Review (September 2021)
- Neon Jazz - Interview (September 2021)
- Jazz Trail - Review (August 2021)
- The Rehearsal Studio - Review (August 2021)
- Criss Cross - Radio (August 2021)
- Ivan Rod - Review (August 2021)
- Marlbank - Review (August 2021)
- London Jazz News - Live Review (August 2021)
- Jazz Speaks - Interview (August 2021)
- Salt Peanuts - Review (August 2021)
- Art Music Lounge - Review (August 2021)
- Jay Harvey Upstage - Review (August 2021)
- Plastic Sax - Review (August 2021)
- Midwest Record - Review (August 2021)
- Hot House - Review (August 2021)
- Bebop Spoken Here - Review (July 2021)
- One Man's Jazz - Podcast (July 2021)
- Jazziz - Preview (July 2021)
- The Jazz Session: Track of the Week - Podcast (July 2021)
PRESS FOR (UN)SEAWORTHY (2020)
- DownBeat (March 2021)
- All About Jazz (February 2021)
- Step Tempest (February 2021)
- Jazz Weekly (January 2021)
- Jazz, Ese Ruido (January 2021)
- One Man's Jazz (December 2020)
- Marlbank (December 2020)
- All About Jazz (November 2020)
- Tom Hull (November 2020)
- Midwest Record (November 2020)
PRESS FOR THE SUSTAIN OF MEMORY (2019)
- All About Jazz (February 2021, Italian)
- Via Jazz (January 2021)
- Scaruffi.com (December 2020)
- WGTE: Jazz Spectrum (December 2020)
- Jazz-Zeit (November 2020)
- O's Place (April 2020)
- All About Jazz (April 2020)
- All About Jazz (March 2020)
- Distortioni (March 2020)
- Accent on Tampa Bay Magazine (February/March 2020)
- AudioReview (February 2020)
- Winnipeg Free Press (February 2020)
- BAE (Buenos Aires Económico) Negocios (January 2020)
- DownBeat (January 2020) **** 1/2
- Monarch Magazine (Winter 2019)
- Jazz, Ese Ruido (December 2019)
- Jazz Weekly (December 2019)
- Step Tempest (November 2019)
- Radio stART (November 2019)
- Ivan Rod (November 2019)
- Tom Hull (November 2019)
- L'Appeal Du Disque (November 2019)
- JazzTrail (November 2019)
- WBGO (November 2019)
- Vinyl Mine (October 2019)
- Musical Memoirs (October 2019)
- Midwest Record (October 2019)
PRESS FOR TRIO (2018)
- Jazziz (Summer 2018)
- Bird Is The Worm (June 2018)
- Audiophile Audition (June 2018)
- Monarch Magazine (April 2018)
- Jazz Weekly (April 2018)
- All About Jazz (April 2018)
- Musical Memoirs (March 2018)
- Step Tempest (February 2018)
- Village Voice (February 2018)
- Stereogum (February 2018)
- Culture Jazz (February 2018)
- Vento Azul (February 2018)
- JazzFlits (February 2018)
- Vinyl Mine (February 2018)
- The Vinyl District (February 2018)
- The New York Times (January 2018)
- Midwest Record (January 2018)
- Jazz Trail (January 2018)
- The New York City Jazz Record (January 2018)
"This may be the first you’ve heard of Mr. Sun, a tenor saxophonist, but that will soon change ... Mr. Sun’s playing develops an identity of its own, equal parts direct and discursive" — Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times
"[Sun is] a high flyer whose presence is voluminous and a gifted saxophonist who feels comfortable in a variety of musical contexts" — Jazz Trail
"Sun has a sound on the tenor that, no matter how intense or dark the music, remains bright and airy" — Donald Elfman, The New York City Jazz Record
"[Sun is] a high flyer whose presence is voluminous and a gifted saxophonist who feels comfortable in a variety of musical contexts" — Jazz Trail
"Sun has a sound on the tenor that, no matter how intense or dark the music, remains bright and airy" — Donald Elfman, The New York City Jazz Record