Zach Brock
Zach Brock (born August 2, 1974 in Lexington , Kentucky ) is an American jazz violinist , composer and band leader.
Zach Brock began performing publicly at the age of six and began playing jazz while in high school. In Chicago he studied music; he dealt intensively with the work of Zbigniew Seifert . In the early 2000s he founded the quartet The Coffee Achievers , which debuted at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2005 at the invitation of Dave Douglas . Since then he has toured internationally and put on a number of albums on the Secret Fort label . His album The Magic Number was realized with micro-funding . He also worked with Stanley Clarke , Grażyna Auguścik and Frank Vignola .
Between 2005 and 2010 he was listed as a rising star among the jazz violinists in the Down Beat readers' poll .
Discographic notes
- Zach Brock & The Coffee Achievers (2003)
- Chemistry (Secret Fort, 2005)
- Zach Brock Trio (EP)
- Live at the Jazz Factory (2005)
- The Magic Number (2010) with Matt Wigton and Fred Kennedy
- Almost Never Was ( Criss Cross Jazz 2012), with Aaron Goldberg , Matt Penman , Eric Harland
- Purple Sounds (Criss Cross, 2014), with Lage Lund , Matt Penman , Obed Calvaire
- Zach Brock / Matt Ulery / Jon Deitemyer : Wonderment (Woolgathering, 2019)
Web links
- Web presence
- Zach Brock at Allmusic (English)
- Portrait at All About Jazz
- Howard Reich: Jazz fiddler Zach Brock plays it smart and subtle in the Chicago Tribune
- Interview (2013) with George Colligan
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brock, Zach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz violinist, composer and band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lexington, Kentucky |