New Jazz Underground are a pianoless jazz trio whose modernist, urban jazz gleefully glides between harp bop, post bop and hip hop. Julliard School grads, the trio includes saxophonist/vocalist Abdias Armenteros, bassist / producer Sebastian Rios, and drummer TJ Reddick.
They began playing together in New York City parks during the COVID-19 pandemic, then followed with dozens of You Tube videos that attracted a savvy, sophisticated young audience of more than 100,000 subscribers. They’ve issued a handful of singles and EPs, among them the MF Doom Suite and Dying of Thirst an EP subtitled “the Kendrick Lamar Suite,” and have appeared at the 2025 Newport Jazz Festival. Hoodies, their debut longplayer offers 13 tracks primarily…