Forager at The Royal Room

The band Forager, much less their live performances, are difficult to describe in a whole sense. Sure, the four members of the band represent the current wave of young artists in jazz making noise post-pandemic. Guitarist Martin Budde is riding the wave of his debut release, Backburner on Origin / OA2 records. Tenor saxophonist Jackson Cotugno has become an in-demand player on the Seattle scene, as has bassist Julian Wiseman. Then there’s drummer Rocky Martin.

One can easily get the impression that what Forager actually is, is an amalgam of all that Martin is digging into at a given point of time– inside and outside of music...

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The band Forager, much less their live performances, are difficult to describe in a whole sense. Sure, the four members of the band represent the current wave of young artists in jazz making noise post-pandemic. Guitarist Martin Budde is riding the wave of his debut release, Backburner on Origin / OA2 records. Tenor saxophonist Jackson Cotugno has become an in-demand player on the Seattle scene, as has bassist Julian Wiseman. Then there’s drummer Rocky Martin.

One can easily get the impression that what Forager actually is, is an amalgam of all that Martin is digging into at a given point of time– inside and outside of music. It is likely that as an audience member, you will experience that which I am alluding to– you will have to show up to have full understanding. Forager is a collective of four contributing composers. Yet Martin’s wide array of interests from botany to poetry to classic universal wonderments will be brought forward in some keen way.

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