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An in-demand sideman, Viner has performed internationally with ensembles led by John Hollenbeck, Steve Lehman, Tim Berne, Tyshawn Sorey, Anna Webber, Kate Gentile, and Rafiq Bhatia, among others. He has appeared at major venues and festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Big Ears, Moers Festival, Winter Jazz Festival, Jazzfest Berlin, and the London Jazz Festival, among many others.
Viner has been a member of John Hollenbeck’s ensembles since 2009, performing with the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble — featured on the Grammy-nominated albums All Can Work and Eternal Interlude — and Claudia Quintet. Early in his career, he was involved in a number of formative free improvisation projects, including Tyshawn Sorey’s unrecorded group Soto Vélez, whose exploration of open-form improvisation, experimental textures, and collaborative interplay helped shape his later ensemble work.
He is currently developing new material for his quartet with Camila Nebbia, Liz Kosack, and Lukas Akintaya, expanding his recent focus on hybrid acoustic–electronic textures and collective improvisation.
Jeremy Viner is a Vandoren Artist.
JEREMY VINER (b. 1986, Ellsworth, ME) is a Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, and educator whose work spans a wide array of musical idioms. After nearly two decades in New York City, he relocated to Berlin in 2023, maintaining an active presence in both the New York and European experimental music scenes.
Viner is a founding member of the collaborative trio SIFTERS, with Kate Gentile and Marc Ducret — a group exploring complex polyrhythmic frameworks, counterpoint, and the integration of composed and spontaneous form. He is also a long-standing member of the tenor saxophone quartet Battle Trance and the chamber minimalist ensemble Bing & Ruth, both central outlets for his interest in ensemble sound and extended musical form.
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flail maneuvers
sifters sifters
jeremy viner tenor saxophone, marc ducret guitar, kate gentile drums, composition
r.a.t.b.o.t.b
kate gentile find letter x
kate gentile drums, composition, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, kim cass bass, matt mitchell piano
the pressure of this water
bing and ruth species
david moore farfisa, composition, jeremy viner clarinet, jeff ratner bass
alchemy melt [with tilt]
kate gentile mannequins
kate gentile drums, composition, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, adam hopkins bass, matt mitchell piano
the how of it sped
bing and ruth no home of the mind
david moore piano, composition, jeremy viner clarinet, mike effenberger tape delay, greg chudzik bass, jeff ratner bass
starwood choker
bing and ruth no home of the mind
david moore piano, composition, jeremy viner clarinet, mike effenberger tape delay, greg chudzik bass, jeff ratner bass
blade of love
battle trance blade of love
travis laplante tenor saxophone, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, patrick breiner tenor saxophone, matt nelson tenor saxophone
the towns we love is our town
bing and ruth tomorrow was the golden age
david moore piano, composition, jeremy viner clarinet, patrick breiner clarinet, mike effenberger tape delay, leigh stuart cello, greg chudzik bass, jeff ratner bass
palace of wind
battle trance palace of wind
travis laplante tenor saxophone, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, patrick breiner tenor saxophone, matt nelson tenor saxophone
sunshower
rafiq bhatia strata ep | live @ glasslands
rafiq bhatia guitar, composition, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, jack hill bass, alex ritz drums
physical memory
curtis macdonald twice through the wall
curtis macdonald alto saxophone, composition, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, david virelles piano, chris tordini bass, adam jackson drums
alloy / no neighborhood rough enough
steve lehman octet live @ moers festival | may 2010
steve lehman alto saxophone, composition, jeremy viner tenor saxophone, jonathan finlayson trumpet, tim albright trombone, jose davila tuba, chris dingman vibraphone, drew gress bass, tyshawn sorey drums
discography
Sifters Sifters (Jeremy Viner, Marc Ducret, Kate Gentile) | Obliquity Records, 2025
The In Between Adeolu | Powerhouse Records, 2025
Causerie Préliminaire Quentin Cholet Trio| Boomslang Records, 2025
Not Your Grandfather’s Jazz Smirk | Birch Grove Media, 2025
Bring a Friend Phil Donkin | S-R, 2025
Klarinettensalat Julius Gawlick | S-R, 2024
Friday the 13th Chris van Voorst van Beest | S-R, 2024
Find Letter X Kate Gentile | Pi Recordings, 2023
Green of Winter Battle Trance | New Amsterdam, 2022
Moon Tree Florian Herzog | Klaeng Records, 2022
ILYSM Wild Pink | Losers Club, 2022
Hues Lukas Akintaya | Skirl, 2021
Species Bing and Ruth | 4AD, 2020
Ascent Pablo Held | Edition, 2020
Clockwise Anna Webber Septet | Pi Recordings, 2019
All Can Work John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble | New Amsterdam, 2018
Breaking English Rafiq Bhatia | Anti- Records, 2018
Dorsal Bing and Ruth | 4AD, 2017
Mannequins Kate Gentile | Skirl, 2017
No Home of the Mind Bing and Ruth | 4AD, 2017
Blade of Love Battle Trance | New Amsterdam/NNA, 2017
City Lake Bing and Ruth | RVNG, 2015
Tomorrow Was The Golden Age Bing and Ruth | RVNG, 2014
Palace of Wind Battle Trance | New Amsterdam/NNA, 2014
Recrystallize NOOK | Pretty Polymorphous Records, 2014
Twice Through The Wall Curtis Macdonald, 2013
Yes It Will Rafiq Bhatia | Rest Assured, 2012
Strata EP Rafiq Bhatia | Rest Assured, 2012
The Way We Move Langhorne Slim | Ramseur Records, 2012
Rotational Templates Travis Reuter | New Focus Recordings, 2012
Love Songs - A Time You May Embrace Krystle Warren & The Faculty | Parlour Door Music, 2012
Community Immunity Curtis Macdonald | Greenleaf Records, 2011
Solar Emission Marc Edwards / Weasel Walter Group | ugEXPLODE, 2011
Half Seas Over Half Seas Over | Brownswood, 2010
The Winding Shell Jesse Elder | Off Records, 2009
The After Suite Elan Mehler | Brownswood, 2009
Eternal Interlude John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble | Sunnyside Records, 2009
Kentile Floors Bing and Ruth, 2007
When You’re There Frank Locrasto | MAXJAZZ, 2006
