Alan Ferber Nonet

"The nonet format holds a special place in jazz," says bandleader and Grammy nominee Alan Ferber. "The format produces the wide array of voices and colors of a big band, while maintaining the tight, quicksilver unity of a small ensemble. Miles Davis and Gil Evans put the format on the map with their historic 1948-50 Birth of the Cool recordings."

Top-call New York trombonist Alan Ferber reunites with his twin brother Mark, a celebrated Los Angeles-based drummer, to lead an all-star St Louis Nonet.

Alan Ferber / trombone & compositions
Garrett Schmidt / trumpet
Bennett Wood / alto saxophone
Chris Cheek / tenor saxophone
Joel Vanderheyden / baritone saxophone
Matt Sewell / guitar
Adam Maness / piano
Bob DeBoo / bass
Mark Ferber / drums
Special guest: Jody Redhage Ferber / cello performing repertoire from the upcoming album Confluence, featuring Alan Ferber, Mark Ferber, Jody Redhage Ferber, and St. Louis friends.

Multiple GRAMMY-nominated trombonist/composer Alan Ferber has been called “one of the jazz world’s premier composers and arrangers for larger groups” (All About Jazz-NY) and was recognized as 2022’s winner of Down Beat magazine’s International Critics’ Poll for Rising Star trombonist.  He has released nine albums as a bandleader, most recently featuring his celebrated nonet called Alan Ferber Nonet: Up High, Down Low on Sunnyside Records.  For this show, Alan Ferber will perform music from this album with an all-star band sourced not only from the cream of the St Louis scene, but from jazz stalwarts from both coasts.