Simón Willson

Sophomore Album Bet coming out February 28, 2025!

First Album Good Company

https://www.newvelle-records.com/pages/simon-willson

Upcoming Performances:

• March 5 @ 9pm - Paul Jones Quartet @ The Belfry (Manhattan, NY)

• March 6 @ 5pm - Nick Pennington Trio @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 6 @ 8:30pm - Matt LaVon Quartet @ Marian’s (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 7 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 8 @ 6:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 12 @ 7:30pm - Emanuele Filippi Trio @ Ornithology Café (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 13 @ 7pm - SW Duo @ Terre (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 17 @ 10pm - Alex Ridout Trio @ Close Up (Manhattan, NY)

• March 20 @ 7pm - Tony Davis Duo @ Terre (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 21 @ 5:30pm - Peter Watrous Quintet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 24 @ 8pm - Neta Raanan Quartet @ Close Up (Manhattan, NY)

• March 26 @ TBA - Alex Ridout Quartet @ Three’s Brewing (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 27 @ 7pm - SW Duo @ Terre (Brooklyn, NY)

• March 28 @ 8pm - Simon Willson Quartet @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• April 1 @ 9:30pm - Hans Luchs Trio @ Little Branch (Manhattan, NY)

• April 2 @ 6pm - Soyoung Park Trio @ Mezzrow Jazz Club (Manhattan, NY)

• April 5 @ 7:30pm - Peter Watrous Quartet @ Ornithology Café (Brooklyn, NY)

• April 9 @ 8pm - Ethan Iverson Trio @ Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

• April 10, 2025 - David Hadju Project (Helen Sung, Dave Douglas, Aubrey Johnson, Chet Doxas, Marika Hughes, Eliza Salem, SW) @ Dizzy's (Manhattan, NY)

• April 12, 2025 - Simon Willson Trio @ Frankfurt JazzKeller (Frankfurt, DE)

• April 13, 2025 - Simon Willson Trio @ Fuge trifft Fuge (Denzlingen, DE)

• April 18 @ 9pm - Paul Janoschka Trio @ Jazzhaus Heidelberg (Heidelberg, DE)

• April 19 @ 7pm - Paul Janoschka Trio in Frankfurt, DE

• April 23 @ TBA - Toomas Keski-Santti @ Typo (Helsinki, FI)

• April 25 @ TBA - Toomas Keski-Santti @ TBA (Helsinki, FI)

• April 26 @ TBA - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Rebabel (El Escorial, ES)

• April 27 @ TBA - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Café Despertar (Madrid, ES)

• April 28 @ TBA - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Sala Villanos (Madrid, ES)

• April 30 @ 8pm - Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio @ Club Matador (Madrid, ES)

• May 2 - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Duc Des Lombards (Paris, FR)

• May 8 - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Jazzhus Montmartre (Copenhagen, DK)

• May 9 & 10 - Julieta Eugenio Trio @ Bird’s Eye (Basel, CH)

• May 13 @ 7:30pm - Ethan Silverman Trio @ Cafe Ornithology (Brooklyn, NY)

• June 5 @ 7:30pm - Simón Willson Quartet @ Close Up (Manhattan, NY)

• October 17 @ TBA - Mark Morris Dance Group in Bethlehem, PA

• January 30-31, 2026 - Mark Morris Dance Group in Portsmouth, NH

Recordings:

• Simón Willson Quartet - Good Company

• Ethan Iverson - Technically Acceptable

• Family Plan (Collective trio w/ Vicente Hansen & Andrew Boudreau)

• Earprint

• Earprint - EASY LISTENING

• Great on Paper

• Vicente Atria’s “Orlando Furioso”

• Dave Douglas / Elan Mehler Sextet

• Frank Carlberg + Roxana Amed - Los Trabajos y Las Noches

• Jason Palmer Quintet - Live at Wally's Vol. 1

• Jason Palmer Quintet - Live at Wally's Vol. 2

• Kevin Sun Quartet - From All This Stillness

• Kevin Sun - The Sustain of Memory

• Neta Raanan Quartet feat. Joel Ross & Kayvon Gordon - Unforeseen Blossom

• Andrew Boudreau Quartet - Neon

• Max Light Trio - Herplusme

• Jacob Shulman Quartet

• Yonghyun Lee Band (featuring Walter Smith III)

• TJ & The Revenge - featuring Bill Frisell

• Kasperi Sarikoski - Trio + 1

• Elan Mehler Quintet - Piano Noir

• Caio Afiune

• Grant Richards - One and Done

• Anthony Coleman - The End of Summer

• Hayoung Lyou - Metamorphosis

• Andrew Pereira Quintet - Lost in Plain Sight

• Richard Garcia Band - Don't Look Back

• Chris McCarthy Band - "Sonder"

• Jan Geijtenbeek - "Boston Waltz"

• Steve Pardo Trio - "Hope"

• Jacob Hiser Quintet - Seconds

• Julian Jimenez Quartet

• Seyun Park Quintet - The Moon at Night

• Shihai Li Quintet

• Takuya Kohashi Band

• Wonmi Jung - Unspoken Words

• Tony Davis - Cloud Nova

• Hans Luchs Quartet feat. Mike King & Adam Arruda

Recordings to be Released:

• Simon WiIlson Quartet - Bet: Live at Ornithology w/ Neta Raanan, Kayvon Gordon & Evan Main (Feb 28, 2025)

• Simon Willson Quartet Studio (Fall 2025)

• Rodrigo Ballesteros Trio (w Andrew Boudreau)

• David Hajdu Project feat. Dave Douglas, Helen Sung, Aubrey Johnson, Chet Doxas, Rudy Royston, Marika Hughes

• Grant Richards Sextet feat. Dayna Stephens, Scott Wendholt, Adam Arruda, Daniele Germani)

• Willber Sunlight

• Toomas Keski-Säntti Quartet

• Daniel Hass Quartet

• Yonatan Guedj Octet

*Photos by Luke Marantz & Anna Yatskevich

Simón Willson is a Chilean born, New York City based bassist, composer and improviser. As an eclectic and in demand sideman, he has toured with a host of different musicians in Europe, the US, Canada, and South America. His wide-ranging interest in different realms of Jazz and improvised music has led him to work regularly with a diverse pool of established artists such as Dave Douglas, Ethan Iverson, Jason Palmer, Jonathan Kreisberg, Frank Carlberg, Roxana Amed, the Mark Morris Dance Group, among many others. In addition to his sideman work, he co-leads the bands Family Plan and Earprint. The latter won the “best debut album” category of the NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll in 2016. In 2023 Orlando Furioso, Vicente Atria’s septet in which Willson plays bass, won the Deutscher Jazz Preis in the “Best International New Artist” category.  He can be heard on over thirty-five records for labels such as Blue Note, Sony Music, Tzadik, Greenleaf, Steeplechase, Newvelle, Endectomorph, in addition to a number of self-releases. His bandleading debut album “Good Company” was released October 13, 2023 on Fresh Sound Records. Willson’s sophomore album, “Bet”, will be released February 28, 2025 on Endectomorph Music/La Reserve.