esthesis Quartet

APPEARING: MANHATTAN MARATHON @ ZINC BAR

FRIDAY, January 13, 2023

Esthesis Quartet was formed in the Spring of 2021 with pianist Dawn Clement, flutist Elsa Nilsson, drummer Tina Raymond, and bassist Emma Dayhuff. What started as a composition support group to keep the creative juices flowing on zoom, became a dedicated writing and recording project. They played their first show together in LA at Sam First in August of 2021 and released their first album, Esthesis Quartet, on May 27th 2022. Their second album, Time Zones, will be out on Ears and Eyes records on March 10th 2023. Esthesis Quartet plays original jazz with a reckless abandon that shakes the preconceptions of traditional instrumentation roles. They treat each other's compositions with understanding, respect and a treacherous amount of freedom, leading to musical explorations that resolve in unexpected directions. Since their inception in 2021 they have played Earshot Jazz Festival (Seattle), Sam First (LA), The 55 Bar (New York), Dazzle (Denver), The Blue Room (Kansas City), Caffe Vivace (Cincinnati), Constellation (Chicago), Caffe Coda (Madison), The Owl Music Parlor (Brooklyn), Indiana University Jacobs School Of Music (Bloomington), Jazz and American Music Department at Metropolitan State University (Denver) and more. They are the recipients of the Chamber Music America Performance Plus grant and have been working with Bill Frisell as an artist/educator since May 2022.