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Caleb Wheeler Curtis – stritch, trumpet, sopranino saxophone
Colson Jimenez – bass
Rogerio Boccato – percussion
Mark Whitfield II – drums

Saxophonist, trumpeter, and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Wheeler Curtis presents a new groove-forward improvising quartet called “Undercurrents” with world-renowned drummer Mark Whitfield II, the incredible percussionist Rogerio Boccato, and virtuoso double bassist Colson Jimenez. The quartet creates music with urgency and momentum that is balanced on the precipice of improvisation and risk.

Caleb is an improvising musician, composer, and collaborator known for his "intensely focused and garrulously inventive" style, which draws from a wide range of influences including progressive bop and post-Coltrane/Ornette free improvisation. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and based in Brooklyn, NY for the past 16 years, his work spans a wide range of projects, each offering a distinctive and direct approach to creating and performing music.

As a bandleader, Caleb’s most recent release, The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (2024, Imani Records), showcases the breadth of his musical ideas. Across both discs, Caleb plays stritch (a straight alto saxophone), sopranino saxophone, trumpet, and tenor saxophone. The first disc features Sean Conly on bass and Michael Sarin on drums, while the second disc, Raise Four: Monk the Minimalist, presents interpretations of lesser-known compositions by Thelonious Monk with Eric Revis on bass and Justin Faulkner on drums. The album was described by All About Jazz as “a jubilant and invigorating release that can lay its claim to be considered alongside the best of 2024.”

“One of the more daring musicians in jazz today.” — All About Jazz

“A masterpiece — we cannot find a term that defines it more precisely.” — Musica Jazz (Italy)