Jim Snidero Quartet

Show: $25

Showtimes:

6:00 - 7:30 (Doors Open 5:30)

8:15 - 9:45 (Doors Open 7:45)

Jim Snidero - alto sax

Stefan Karlsson - piano

Ugonna Okegwo - bass

Jason Tiemann - drums

Grammy Award-winning alto saxophonist, composer, and author Jim Snidero has been hailed as an “alto sax virtuoso” (DownBeat) with “mind-boggling” improvisation skills (The Guardian). His music has amassed over 20 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music. In 2024, he reached the pinnacle of the jazz world, placing in the top five for alto saxophone in the DownBeat Magazine International Critics Poll.

Originally from Maryland, Snidero moved to New York in 1981 and began sideman stints with Brother Jack McDuff, Frank Sinatra (recording Duets II), the Mingus Big Band, Eddie Palmieri, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Sting, and Brian Lynch. He appeared as a featured soloist on Lynch’s Grammy-winning The Omni-American Book Club.

His 27 albums as a leader include 1989’s Blue Afternoon, later included in The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums; the self-composed and arranged 2003 orchestral album Strings on Milestone Records, hailed as a “masterpiece” by the San Francisco Guardian; the Korean-inspired Project-K; and Live at the Deer Head Inn.

Recent years have brought some of the strongest recognition of Snidero’s career. Live at the Deer Head Inn received a five-star “masterpiece” review in DownBeat’s 2020 year-end coverage, while his 2024 chordless trio album For All We Know earned 4½ stars from AllMusic and further acclaim from DownBeat and Stereophile. Snidero’s quartet regularly tours throughout Europe and the United States.

Jim Snidero’s performance at Ginger Rabbit will feature original music from his new release, House of Trane, inspired by a visit to John Coltrane’s house on Long Island.