CONTACT & BOOKING
Kevin Sun
kevin [at] thekevinsun [dot] com
kevin [at] thekevinsun [dot] com
APPROBATION
""This may be the first you’ve heard of Mr. Sun, a tenor saxophonist, but that will soon change" - 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
ROSTER
Kevin Sun is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist, clarinetist, and improvisor-composer. He recently served as a Teaching Assistant for Vijay Iyer at Harvard University ("Music 173r: Creative Music: Critical Practice Studio," Spring 2016), and has published in Music & Literature online and his blog, "A Horizontal Search." Kevin was the 2013 Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition winner and the 2012 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition winner in the jazz saxophone category. He was previously the editor of Jazz Speaks, the blog of The Jazz Gallery, a nonprofit jazz cultural center in New York City, and provides music-related grant-writing services for the Gallery and individual clients. He graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. in English from Harvard College and also holds an M.M. in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Miguel Zenón, among many others. His co-led 2016 release, Earprint, was named #1 Debut Album in the 2016 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.
Walter Ashford Stinson is a bassist-composer from Ithaca, NY. Beginning the study of upright bass at the age of 10 and growing up with a mother who would sing and play jazz standards at the piano, Walter was exposed to a diverse range of music from a young age. He was also fortunate to study with some unsung heroes of the New York City jazz scene, namely bassist Bernie Upson and drummer George Reed. Continuing his studies, Waltergraduated cum laude from Purchase College with a B.A. in jazz performance. He has also studied privately with Nicholas Walker, John Clayton, Doug Weiss, Kermit Driscoll, Scott Colley, Larry Grenadier, and Todd Coolman and has performed with Hubert Laws, Rufus Reid, Antonio Hart, Chris Potter, and Arturo O'Farrill.
Matt Honor is a jazz drummer based in Brooklyn, New York. Hailing from the frozen tundra of Plattsburgh, NY, Matt began his life in music at age nine by constructing elaborate drum sets out of his parents' cookware. Trained originally as a classical percussionist, Matt eventually shifted his focus to the drum set in a search for greater self expression on the instrument. Matt holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with master drummer John Riley and bassist Jay Anderson. In addition to performing with the Kevin Sun New Trio, he is a member of the critically acclaimed quintet Cowboys and Frenchmen and has been performing with D.C. based composer-songwriter Louis Weeks in 2015. In New York he has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joe’s Pub, Cornelia Street Cafe, and ShapeShifter Lab, as well as the Kennedy Center, D.C. Jazz Festival, and the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
Walter Ashford Stinson is a bassist-composer from Ithaca, NY. Beginning the study of upright bass at the age of 10 and growing up with a mother who would sing and play jazz standards at the piano, Walter was exposed to a diverse range of music from a young age. He was also fortunate to study with some unsung heroes of the New York City jazz scene, namely bassist Bernie Upson and drummer George Reed. Continuing his studies, Waltergraduated cum laude from Purchase College with a B.A. in jazz performance. He has also studied privately with Nicholas Walker, John Clayton, Doug Weiss, Kermit Driscoll, Scott Colley, Larry Grenadier, and Todd Coolman and has performed with Hubert Laws, Rufus Reid, Antonio Hart, Chris Potter, and Arturo O'Farrill.
Matt Honor is a jazz drummer based in Brooklyn, New York. Hailing from the frozen tundra of Plattsburgh, NY, Matt began his life in music at age nine by constructing elaborate drum sets out of his parents' cookware. Trained originally as a classical percussionist, Matt eventually shifted his focus to the drum set in a search for greater self expression on the instrument. Matt holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with master drummer John Riley and bassist Jay Anderson. In addition to performing with the Kevin Sun New Trio, he is a member of the critically acclaimed quintet Cowboys and Frenchmen and has been performing with D.C. based composer-songwriter Louis Weeks in 2015. In New York he has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joe’s Pub, Cornelia Street Cafe, and ShapeShifter Lab, as well as the Kennedy Center, D.C. Jazz Festival, and the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
LIVE
2019
—May 12: Modernista (Beijing)
—May 11: East Shore Jazz Club (Beijing)
—May 11: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing)
—May 10: Bricks Jazz Club (Beijing)
—May 9: Jiang Hu Bar (Beijing)
—May 7: Dusk Dawn Club (Beijing)
—April 16: Nublu Classic (NYC)
—January 20: Scholes Street Studio (Brooklyn)
2018
—September 13: Wonders of Nature (Brooklyn) -- cancelled
—May 5: Lily Pad (Cambridge)* with Dor Herskovits (dr)
—April 21: Resonance Cafe (Montreal)
—April 15: City of Asylum (Pittsburgh)
—March 16: Montgomery High School — Jazz Clinic (NJ)
—February 19: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NYC)
—February 18: Twins Jazz (DC)
—February 17: Rhizome (DC)
—January 31: The Jazz Gallery (NYC)
—January 9: Club Bonafide (NYC)
2017
—November 29: Threes Brewing (NYC)
—August 24: Halyards (NYC)
—August 3: Silvana (NYC)
—May 7: Williamsburg Music Center (NYC)
—April 5: Drexler's (NYC)
—March 16: The Jazz Gallery (NYC)
—March 12: Twins (DC)
—February 13: Silvana (NYC)
—January 30: Shrine (NYC)
—May 12: Modernista (Beijing)
—May 11: East Shore Jazz Club (Beijing)
—May 11: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing)
—May 10: Bricks Jazz Club (Beijing)
—May 9: Jiang Hu Bar (Beijing)
—May 7: Dusk Dawn Club (Beijing)
—April 16: Nublu Classic (NYC)
—January 20: Scholes Street Studio (Brooklyn)
2018
—September 13: Wonders of Nature (Brooklyn) -- cancelled
—May 5: Lily Pad (Cambridge)* with Dor Herskovits (dr)
—April 21: Resonance Cafe (Montreal)
—April 15: City of Asylum (Pittsburgh)
—March 16: Montgomery High School — Jazz Clinic (NJ)
—February 19: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NYC)
—February 18: Twins Jazz (DC)
—February 17: Rhizome (DC)
—January 31: The Jazz Gallery (NYC)
—January 9: Club Bonafide (NYC)
2017
—November 29: Threes Brewing (NYC)
—August 24: Halyards (NYC)
—August 3: Silvana (NYC)
—May 7: Williamsburg Music Center (NYC)
—April 5: Drexler's (NYC)
—March 16: The Jazz Gallery (NYC)
—March 12: Twins (DC)
—February 13: Silvana (NYC)
—January 30: Shrine (NYC)
2016
—December 5: Silvana (NYC)
—December 2: Shrine (NYC)
—October 30: Silvana (NYC)
—October 28: Shrine (NYC)
—December 5: Silvana (NYC)
—December 2: Shrine (NYC)
—October 30: Silvana (NYC)
—October 28: Shrine (NYC)
WATCH
PRESS RESOURCES
HI-RES KEVIN SUN PHOTOS:
By Jessica Carlton-Thomas: 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 Jessica Carlton-Thomas: 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
TRIO PRESS
- 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
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