Michael Dease Quintet

MICHAEL DEASE IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S EMINENT TROMBONISTS, LENDING HIS VERSATILE SOUND AND SIGNATURE IMPROVISATIONS TO OVER 200 RECORDINGS AND GROUPS AS DIVERSE AS GRAMMY WINNING ARTISTS DAVID SANBORN, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, MICHEL CAMILO, AND ALICIA KEYS. BORN IN AUGUSTA, GA, HE PLAYED THE SAXOPHONE AND TRUMPET BEFORE CHOOSING THE TROMBONE AT AGE 17. IN 2001, DEASE MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY TO BECOME PART OF THE HISTORIC FIRST CLASS OF JAZZ STUDENTS AT THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL, EARNING BOTH BACHELORS AND MASTERS DEGREES, AND QUICKLY ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AS A BRILLIANT SOLOIST, SIDEPERSON, AND BANDLEADER.

Best Next Thing (Posi-Tone, 2022), Dease’s newest release, his ninth on Posi-Tone, gathers together an assemblage of exceptional musicians to help him interactively explore the essence of the blues and reframe the abstract truths of jazz as the “Best Next Thing “for today’s audience of listeners.

Dease, the winner of the 69th Annual DownBeat Magazine Poll for Trombonist of the Year and multi-Grammy award winner, is also a sought-after lead, section and bass trombonist with today’s leading jazz orchestras. His experiences include bands led by Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Charles Tolliver, Rufus Reid, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. However, it is on the frontline of quintets and sextets led by master musicians like The Heath Brothers, Winard Harper, Renee Rosnes, Bill Charlap, Claudio Roditi, and Lewis Nash, where Dease has revitalized the trombone’s image. Not content to simply improvise, Dease arranges and composes for many different bands, constantly adjusting his tone and timbre to add just the right flavor to the music.