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Chilean born, New York City based bassist, composer and improviser.

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Spirits are currently jubilant in the Jamile bubble.
I’ve been spending a lot of time with this instrument (pictured) and some fruits are ready to be harvested.
Two new songs will be premiered this Sunday, and maybe a third if I can figure out how to play in 7/4 - the oddness and otherness are within me nonetheless.
If free will takes you there, here are the details:
@mezzrowjazzclub
Sunday, 10/25
Sets at 9 and 10:30 pm
Session at 11:30 pm
Band will feature @mikimikiyummy @iamsimonwillson and @jimmy.macbride as usual and necessary.
Whatever else that needs to be said will be expressed somehow regardless of appropriateness at a time nobody can foresee.
Congrats on still being able to read.

📸: @vinartist

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Some clips from the album launch for ‘Growth in Stasis’ earlier this week..! Was such a joy to play all this music live with this dream team. Thanks to all that came out, and huge thanks as always to @ornithologyjazzclub for having us. Even bigger shout out to everyone who left with a vinyl 🫂🫂

The album is available everywhere, with Vinyls and CDs available through my Bandcamp page.. thanks for all the love so far !

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What’s up we just got a cat (what should we name her??) prepare for lots of cute/algorithmically compelling visuals for my less cute/potentially irrelevant jazz content. Also here are some places to hear me for the rest of the month:

10/16 Duo w/Will Evans @funnybar_nyc

10/20 Trio w/Angus Mason and Mathias Jensen @sugarmonknyc

10/21 Max Bessesen Quartet w/Cameron Campbell, Mathias Jensen and Angus Mason @fivespotjazz

10/26 Max Bessesen Quartet w/Cameron Campbell, Simón Willson and Angus Mason @thedjangonyc

10/27 Trio TBA @sugarmonknyc

10/29 Sam Blakeslee New Blood Album Release @shapeshifterplus

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This is an excerpt from a live performance of my piece “Feast of the Spirit’s Song” in Montpelier, VT. The ensemble is: Anna Webber (@akwebber) on tenor sax and flute, Aurora Nealand (@auroranealand) on soprano sax and vocals, Yuhan Su (@yuhansuyuhan) on vibraphone, Simón Willson (@iamsimonwillson) on bass, and Lesley Mok (@l.esley) on drums. I am offstage, operating audio samples via MAX/MSP. We had two hourlong rehearsals together. I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with these amazing musicians.
I am currently in the process of revising and updating the score for this piece and will be making it available for purchase on my website. Video of the complete performance can be viewed on my YouTube channel. ☕️😎⚡️ #kentopham #composer #vcfamusiccomp

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Hi, Everyone! I will be performing a quartet concert tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 11th at 4 PM at Soapbox Gallery, located at 636 Dean Street in Brooklyn, NY! This is the east coast celebration of my vinyl release of "For the Moment", my 1989 NYC album with pianist Fred Hersch, bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Michael Sarin, which features my original compositions. I am honored to perform at Soapbox with pianist Gary Versace, bassist Simón Willson and drummer Michael Sarin. The concert will also be livestreamed! For tickets and info, visit https://soapboxgallery.org. For those of you in NY, take the 2 or 3 train to Bergen St. Thank you!

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A few moments from the west coast tour + smalls just over a week ago with the band ❤️

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Greetings! Just a reminder that I will be playing a vinyl release show for my "For the Moment" album this Sunday, October 11 at 4:00 pm at Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn, NY! I am honored to be joined by an amazing NYC quartet with pianist Gary Versace, bassist Simón Willson and drummer Michael Sarin. The concert will also be live-streamed! For tickets and more information, visit www.soapboxgallery.org. The Soapbox Gallery is located at 636 Dean St. in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Thank you!

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Tonight 10/2/2026 GYS headquarter @gothamyardbirdsanctuary Ornithology Jazz Club
presents 2 shows:

6:30 to 8:30pm

SIMÓN WILLSON QUARTET

Simón Willson (b) @iamsimonwillson
Alexandra Ridout (tp) @alexandra.ridout
Evan Main (p) @mostlymidcontent
Kayvon Gordon (d) @kayvon.gordon

9 to midnight

RALPH LALAMA TRIO

Ralph Lalama (saxophone)
Roberta Piket (org) @robertapiket
Andy Watson (d) @andywatsondrums

Open jam till 2am

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solo moment earlier this week at @librettojazz with Alexandra Ridout quartet ! catch us tonight at @smallslive 6+7:30

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Much gratitude to David Adler for this detailed overview of my recent work for JazzTimes. As he acknowledges in the piece, there’s a lot of recorded music and different musical topics at hand, and he manages to cover it all while drawing a thematic through line and connecting the dots. Not an easy task, so my sincere thanks to David for this detailed and thoughtful feature:

“Not only is there project after compelling project for varied ensembles, but much of it is on Sun’s own label, Endectomorph Music, which is cranking out work by other emerging artists as well (Dabin Ryu, Hannah Marks, Hayoung Lyou, Simón Willson, many more). It’s legitimately hard to keep up with. (‘Endectomorph’ is Sun’s neologism, fusing endomorph and ectomorph.)

Parse the credits on all these albums and a scene of its own comes into view, centered around venues like Lowlands in Gowanus (Brooklyn) and Close Up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. (Close Up is launching its own label and holding the inaugural Orchard Street Jazz Festival, September 30-October 5.)

Amid this outpouring, Sun has made room for himself as an assertive leader and prodigious tenor saxophone voice. He’s a deep student of the tradition, of Lester Young, of Bird, of much else beyond the saxophone …

…This is the capital-C composition side of Kevin Sun; his writing is thick with rhythmic and harmonic dissonance and a prevailing mood of abstraction, posing formidable challenges throughout.”

Read the full story at JazzTimes.com and hear all the albums mentioned in the story at the Endectomorph Bandcamp page or wherever you stream your music.

ALBUMS REFERENCED (for easy reference):

—THE SUSTAIN OF MEMORY (2019)
—<3 BIRD (2021)
—THE DEPTHS OF MEMORY (2023)
—THE FATE OF THE TENOR (2024)
—QUARTETS (2024)
—LOFI AT LOWLANDS 一二三四五（2025–2026）
—WILLBER SUNLIGHT (2025)
—KEVIN SUN, I & KEVIN SUN, II (2026)

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We will be back at @smallslive this Thursday.
Last gig of the west coast tour tonight then back to nyc, come hang with us at smalls!!

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this is one of my fav @alexandra.ridout tunes ‘social smoker’ last night at @samfirstbar !

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