#AmsterYardSounds: Julieta Eugenio Trio

Argentinian saxophonist Julieta Eugenio leads her own acclaimed trio, winner of the 2022 DCJazzPrix competition. Her debut album, "JUMP," features original compositions and showcases her soaring fresh and defined talent hints the compass of tangos and the fluidity of a milonga.
Julieta Eugenio is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader from Argentina
based in New York City. She emigrated to the United States in 2013. She earned a master’s
degree from Queens College, studying formally with Antonio Hart, among others. She
studied privately with saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Sam Yahel. Eugenio colaborated with numerous bandleaders including Johnny O’Neal, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bertha Hope and Leon Parker. She leads her own trio with bassist Matt Dwonszyk and drummer Jonathan Barber, and made her leader debut with 'Jump' on Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music Record label in March 2022 with remarkable reviews from Jazz Times, Downbeat Magazine, WBGO, All Music Guide, The Boston Globe and more. The Julieta Eugenio Trio has won the 2022 DCJazzPrix, an International competition presented by the DC Jazz Fest. October 2022 Julieta has been nominated by the Jazz Music Awards for Best new Artist.

International Recorded artist, composer, educator and bandleader Jonathan Barber was
voted the #1 Up-and-Coming Drummer of 2018 in Modern Drummer. Barber has already
recorded and toured worldwide with such artists as Pat Metheny, Terence Blanchard,
Christain McBride, Erykah Badu, Nicholas Payton, Buster Williams, Jimmy Greene, Jeremy
Pelt, Wallace Roney, Terrace Martin, Gretchen Parlato, Jennifer Holiday, Steve Davis, J.D.
Allen, Walter Smith III, The Brooklyn Philharmonic and many more. In addition to his first-call status as a sideman, Barber has stepped forth as a composer and leader with his band Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead. Even with Barber’s history of high-profile gigs and recordings taken into consideration, DownBeat magazine gave his latest album “Legacy Holder” 4.5 stars. Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead is a powerful declaration of intent for a band that’s been making waves on the modern jazz scene. Being an independent artist Jonathan Barber has released 5 albums with Vision Ahead: Vision Ahead (2018), Legacy Holder (2020), Live at Jazz Standard (which is exclusively on Bandcamp, 2020), Poetic (2022) and In Motion (2024).
Matt Dwonszyk is a Connecticut-born, New York-based, bassist, composer, arranger,
bandleader and educator. Dwonszyk has shared the bandstand with trumpeter Eddie Henderson; saxophonist Bennie Wallace; trombonist Steve Davis; pianists George Cables, Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Joey Alexander; and vocalist Jazzmeia Horn, among many others. He can regularly be found with drummer Jonathan Barber’s Vision Ahead, trios by pianist Jon Davis and saxophonist Julieta Eugenio, and saxophonist Sarah Hanahan’s quartet. He also leads his namesake ensemble, the Dwonztet.
The bassist has been described by trombonist Peter McEachern as “deep, sincere,
hard-working, valuable to know and work with” drummer Ben Bilello as “always ready to
embrace a challenge,” and bassist Nat Reeves as “very impressive,” praising his “great
playing.” Bassist Doug Weiss characterizes Dwonszyk as “an old soul,” noting, “his playing
and musical conception transmit a deep feeling of swing and joy.”
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Dwonszyk began playing the electric bass at age eleven. At
the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School, he switched to upright bass, thereby embarking on his journey into the heart of jazz. He then attended the Jackie
McLean-founded Artists Collective after-school program, under the direction of the sax
legend’s son, René.

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