Name: Alex Monfort Quartet
Start: 2022-06-11T20:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-06-11T22:30:00-07:00
Location: The Sound Room

Alex Monfort Quartet

The Sound Room is aptly named. The focus is on the sound or the music. Unlike clubs where the performance may be peripheral to the experience, at the Sound Room the performance is the experience.  We are an all-ages listening room. We exist to present great music and promote jazz as an art form.The Sound Room is the home of Bay Area Jazz & Arts, a  501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on promoting the Arts.

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Paris based pianist Alex Monfort is presently rising to fame in the jazz world. His trio has found success in prestigious competitions such as the Rezzo Focal de Vienne, Jazz à St Germain des Près, Jazz à Vannes, Trophée SACEM, and the Blue Note Festival, where they unanimously took first place. Following their success in competition, the trio was enthusiastically received on stage at Sunset-Sunside in Paris for the release of their first album. In his latest Opus &quot;Introspection&quot;, pianist Alex Monfort pays homage to many of his heroes, such as Mulgrew Miller, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, and John Coltrane, blending with the influence of African-American jazz roots. This is modern jazz piano trio that brings the legacy of jazz into the 21st Century.Monfort will be appearing with Owen Clapp, Matthew Buckner and Sam Priven.Owen Clapp is a bass player, composer, and songwriter living in the San Francisco Bay Area. In high school he was a member of the award-winning SFJazz High School All-Star Big Band and the California All-State Jazz Ensemble. He studied music at UCLA where he was mentored by bassist John Clayton. He has worked with jazz artists Kenny Burrell, John Clayton, Ruslan Sirota, Mads Tolling, Evan Price, Ken Fowser, Tony Tixier, Alex Monfort, and Paula West. In 2015 he was among four bassists from around the world who were chosen as finalists for the Thelonious Monk Institute graduate program at UCLA, but instead joined guitarist Bruce Forman&#x27;s Western Swing group Cowbop. In 2019 he was a finalist in the International Society of Bassists jazz bass competition. Matthew Buckner is a drummer, composer and producer hailing from Minneapolis, MN. A graduate of the University of Miami Frost School of Music, Matthew performed as part of the Brian Lynch Artists Ensemble, as well as with a Downbeat Award winning trio with David Leon and Lowell Ringel. He has performed around the US and Canada as part of the Ariel Pocock group, including performances at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Quebec City International Jazz Festival, and the 2014 Jazz Cruise. He recorded an album of original and improvised music, Wabi Sabi, as part of the collaborative trio &quot;Inventions and Dimensions&quot;. Relocated to the Bay Area, he performs with musicians including Aaron Kruziki, Jay Standards, Nora Stanley, Luke Westbrook, Tony Tixier, Luis Salcedo, Dahveed Behroozi, Eric Vogler, Tyler Harlow, and Owen Clapp. Sam Priven, a composer and saxophonist, is a graduate of the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Priven was selected for the exclusive Betty Carter Jazz Ahead workshop through the Kennedy Center, and teaches at Stanford Jazz. He had the honor of receiving an outstanding soloist award at Lincoln Center from Jimmy Heath and Wynton Marsalis, as well as being the recipient of numerous downbeat awards in both small and large ensemble settings.

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