After performing at The 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January, violinist ZACH BROCK headed to New York City and recorded Almost Never Was for the European jazz label Criss Cross–the label’s first with a violinist as leader. In 2005, The Coffee Achievers, Zach’s first quartet, made their Carnegie Hall debut; six months later they played at the Ouro Preto Jazz Festival in Brazil. Zach moved to New York a few months later to begin the next chapter of his career. Neil Tesser of the Chicago Examiner describes Zach as “the pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation.” Heralded also by the Chicago Tribune as the “great bright hope for jazz violin” and by Downbeat Magazine as a Rising Star pick 2005-2011 in the violin category, Zach is one of the most virtuosic and emotive leaders of contemporary jazz violin. He has forged a unique sound for the violin that incorporates everything from jazz, folk, and classical to rock, punk, world and popular music. Zach’s touring band, The Magic Number, has been traveling this summer as Musical Ambassadors for the U.S. State Department in the South Pacific. Zach’s Trio is completed with MATT ULERY on bass and JON DEITEMYER on drums.
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Watch Zach Brock & The Magic Number perform at Montréal’s Club Lambi in 2011:
*Please note: Video samples do not necessarily represent HPJF lineup.
Website: http://www.zachbrock.com/site/
