$10 Cover @ the Door / Start 7:30pm / Doors 7pm / Seated Show
NYC saxophonist and composer Kevin Sun celebrates the release of his new double album, The Sustain of Memory, with his quartet (Dana Saul, piano; Walter Stinson, bass; Matt Honor, drums).
Kevin Sun is a saxophonist living in New York City. His trio, established in 2016 and comprising bassist Walter Stinson and drummer Matt Honor, is documented on one album and performs regularly around the city. Sun plays in a number of co-led ensembles, including Earprint and Mute. His creative work to date has attracted attention from leading critical publications, including The New York Times, the Village Voice, DownBeat, The New York City Jazz Record, Audiophile Audition, PopMatters, and Stereogum, among others. Sun is in-demand as a sideperson on the New York jazz and improvised music scenes, and he has performed with a variety of small ensembles and larger ensembles, most notably the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble and Brian Krock’s Big Heart Machine. He has also performed extensively across China and serves as Artistic Director of the Blue Note China Jazz Orchestra, which performs bimonthly at the Blue Note Beijing.