HONEY EAR TRIO

Honey Ear Trio is a group composed of saxophonist Jeff Lederer, bassist Rene Hart and drummer Allison Miller. Together, these three passionate musicians approach the music with a sense of playfulness and elasticity. Honey Ear Trio creatively fuses the acoustic sound of a traditional saxophone trio with modern electronics. The trio also explores mixing multiple genres (jazz, rock, soul, folk) while bending, stretching, and decompressing the rhythmic and harmonic characteristics of the music. The group is releasing its second CD, Swivel, in 2015. Saxophonist Jeff Lederer joined the Honey Ear Trio in 2013. NPR described his sound as "slaying dragons" and the San Diego Union referred to it as "what would happen if Ben Webster and Albert Ayler went out for drinks together." An exploratory saxophonist and clarinetist, Lederer is the leader of many of his own groups, including Sunwatcher, Shakers and Bakers, and Swing n' Dix. His Latin-inspired interpretation read more...