Eric Rasmussen Quartet at California Jazz Conservatory

The Eric Rasmussen Quartet is touring this summer with dates in Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The quartet was established in New York City in 1998 as a vehicle for Eric’s unique compositional voice. This performance will feature Eric’s compositions as well selections from his Steeplechase releases “School of Tristano volume 1-3.”

Band Members and Instrumentation:

Eric Rasmussen – Saxophone/compositions
Loren Stillman – Saxophone
Dave Ambrosio – Bass
Tim Bulkley – Drums

Group Bio:

Eric Rasmussen is a saxophonist/composer who relocated to the Phoenix area in the summer of 2007 from New York City. Originally from California, he spent the previous ten years playing in New York City where he was a staple of the jazz community, performing regularly on the East Coast as well as multiple tours of Europe. While in New York, Eric performed frequently with some of the most respected names in jazz including Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Donny McCaslin, Billy Hart, and Matt Wilson among many others. In Phoenix, he is in top demand as a sideman and also performs with the collective ensemble Running From Bears and the Eric Rasmussen Quartet, both of which have toured the United States on numerous occasions....

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The Eric Rasmussen Quartet is touring this summer with dates in Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The quartet was established in New York City in 1998 as a vehicle for Eric’s unique compositional voice. This performance will feature Eric’s compositions as well selections from his Steeplechase releases “School of Tristano volume 1-3.”

Band Members and Instrumentation:

Eric Rasmussen – Saxophone/compositions
Loren Stillman – Saxophone
Dave Ambrosio – Bass
Tim Bulkley – Drums

Group Bio:

Eric Rasmussen is a saxophonist/composer who relocated to the Phoenix area in the summer of 2007 from New York City. Originally from California, he spent the previous ten years playing in New York City where he was a staple of the jazz community, performing regularly on the East Coast as well as multiple tours of Europe. While in New York, Eric performed frequently with some of the most respected names in jazz including Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Donny McCaslin, Billy Hart, and Matt Wilson among many others. In Phoenix, he is in top demand as a sideman and also performs with the collective ensemble Running From Bears and the Eric Rasmussen Quartet, both of which have toured the United States on numerous occasions.

With his own groups, he has recorded for internationally acclaimed jazz labels Steeplechase (three records) and Fresh Sound Records, and as a sideman, he has recorded with Paul Bley, Danilo Perez, Billy Hart, Christophe Schweizer and the Jazz Composers Alliance. Eric has been fortunate to perform at some of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world as well as at some of the most celebrated venues in the country including the Kennedy Center, and the JVC Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall.



Proof of vaccination is no longer required for Covid-19. Masking is optional and masks are available upon request. The California Jazz Conservatory kindly requests that anyone feeling unwell refrain from attending in-person events of any kind.

This concert is sponsored by JAMBAR

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