Simon Moullier
Simon Moullier, vibraphone
Lex Korten, piano
Rick Rosato, bass
Jongkuk Kim, drums
Over the past decade New York has witnessed an unprecedented influx of brilliant young vibraphonists and Simon Moullier stands out as one of the jazz scene’s most incisive and eloquent rising mallet maestros. He will perform with his finely attuned quartet.
Born and raised in Nantes, a cultural center of western France, Moullier came to the US to study at Berklee, where renowned trumpeter and professor Darren Barrett recorded two albums with his Trumpet Vibes band to showcase Moullier. He earned a master's degree from the elite Thelonious Monk Institute in 2018 while studying with jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Billy Childs and made his SFJAZZ debut as a featured soloist in Terri Lyne Carrington’s 2023 multimedia presentation Seem/Unseen.
With five albums as a leader, Moullier has honed a rhythmically assertive and melodically charged approach with a close cadre of collaborators. He’s performing with the same band featured on his new Candid Records album, Elements of Light, with South Korean drummer Jongkuk Kim and pianist Lex Korten, a prized young rhythm section tandem employed by more than a dozen bandleaders in recent years. Prolific Montreal-reared bassist Rick Rosato, who’s anchored Moullier’s quartet for the past two years, rounds out a band that’s at the center of New York’s creative ferment.
Showtime: 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/12 am GMT
In-person seats: $25 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Advance sales end 1 hr before showtime; remaining tickets may be purchased at door.
Streaming Cost is $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through Oct. 2
Donations Welcome
"Moullier’s finesse on vibraphone is fully apparent, instilling the music with elegance" - DownBeat
