New Jazz Underground

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New Jazz Underground, an American trio, have been described as “an innovative and ultra creative collective striving to establish themselves as a defining voice for the genre of Jazz and beyond.” Their music merges traditional Jazz sensibilities such as the blues, swing, and improvisation with the modern influence of hip-hop, pop, and afro-latino music. Listeners were introduced to the trio’s undeniably fresh sound through viral videos of the band performing in their living room, featuring their exuberant chemistry, effortless musicality, and raw ambition in sound.

Abdias Armenteros (Saxophonist/Composer, 25), Sebastian Rios (Bassist/Composer, 27), and TJ Reddick (Drummer, 25) have each been lauded as some of Jazz’s most promising young artists in their own right. After meeting as students at The Juilliard School, the trio began playing in the parks of NYC during lock-down in 2020, and shortly began posting to their YouTube channel, which has since grown to over 100k+ subscribers.

New Jazz Underground is the 2023 DCJazzPrix™ Winner, and Rios is a 2024 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Winner. Armenteros is the youngest member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and Rios is a long-time student of the legendary bassist Ron Carter. Reddick and Rios have played as sidemen for the likes of Jon Batiste, Sullivan Fortner, Emmet Cohen, and ELEW, among many more.

Creating a new standard for Jazz presentation through their online videos, New Jazz Underground have blazed a path for young Jazz musicians in the modern music landscape. When audiences click their seemingly “clickbait” videos, they are met with an authentic musical expression steeped in both modernism and tradition. Dynamic and powerful performers, the trio possess far-reaching talents that are re-energizing the contemporary music world from the inside out, serving as a burgeoning benchmark for the future of Jazz to come.