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Zach Brock

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Violinist/Composer

Violinist Zach Brock is a sought-after soloist, educator, and sideman, as well as a Grammy Award-winning member of the band Snarky Puppy.

Born to a musical family in Lexington, KY, he began studying violin at the age of four and performing publicly by the age of six. Zach’s improvisational skills were honed in the rich Chicago jazz scene while studying classical violin at Northwestern University. He released his debut album, Zach Brock & The Coffee Achievers, in 2003. Two years and two records later he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall by trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas. Zach joined the band of legendary bassist Stanley Clarke in 2007 and that same year he and his wife, filmmaker Erin Harper, relocated to Brooklyn. From 2010 to 2012 Zach led a chord-less trio of violin, bass and drums called The Magic Number and since 2012 he has released three albums on Criss Cross Jazz, as well as two co-led projects with renowned pianist Phil Markowitz. In 2017 Zach formed a new chord-less trio with Matt Ulery and Jon Deitemyer. Their collective 2019 album Wonderment has garnered rave reviews and inclusion in the “Best of 2019” lists by Downbeat and Jazziz Magazines.

Zach is most widely recognized through his twelve years of touring and recording with the genre- bending super group Snarky Puppy. He first recorded with them in 2008 on Bring Us The Bright and has appeared on five subsequent recordings that include the 2017 Grammy Award-winning album Culcha Vulcha and 2019’s Immigrance and Live At The Royal Albert Hall.

A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians through the workshops of Jamey Aebersold and Mike Block, masterclasses at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Carnegie Hall in New York, and as a five-year “Artist In Residence” at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Zach remains a perennial coffee fanatic and skateboard enthusiast, and currently lives with his wife and daughters in the NYC area.

“Mr. Mantauk” – Snarky Puppy

Watch Zach Brock and Snarky Puppy perform their song “Mr. Mantauk”.
Recorded and filmed live (free of overdubs) on December 16, 2011, at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, New York, for GroundUP Music.
Written and arranged by Justin Stanton.
Produced by Michael League.
Engineered by Eric Hartman, Diko Shoturma, and Avi Gunther. Filmed by Andy LaViolette, Brad Holt, Simon C.F. Yu, and Caroline Stucky. Mixed by Eric Hartman. Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk NYC.

Musicians:

Shaun Martin – Moog
Bill Laurance – piano
Cory Henry – organ
Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes
Mark Lettieri – guitar
Bob Lanzetti – guitar
Chris McQueen – guitar
Michael League – bass
Nate Werth – percussion
Keita Ogawa – percussion
Marcelo Woloski – percussion
Robert “Sput” Searight – drums
Andy Hunter – trombone
Jay Jennings – trumpet and flugelhorn
Maz – trumpet
Chris Bullock – sax
Zach Brock – violin (solo)

Check out more Snarky Puppy on iTunes.

Snarky Puppy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Zach and Snarky Puppy perform “Tarova” and “Xavi” for NPR Tiny Desk Concert! Skip ahead to 15:20 to hear Zach’s violin solo. 
 
“Snarky Puppy has been a force for a while now, earning the ears of millions for more than a decade. And their secret sauce? A long-simmered recipe of jazz, funk and gospel. The band started as college friends in the jazz program at the University of North Texas back in 2003. But the formative era came a few years later, after League became a part of the gospel scene in Dallas and eventually brought the jazz students to church, where music plays a different role than it does in the classroom. In the pulpit, it’s a channel for spiritual healing, a communal experience between players and congregation. As an experiment, League pulled his jazz friends and his gospel bandmates into one ensemble, where the two groups bonded together and established ground-zero for building the sonic identity of Snarky Puppy.”

Musicians:

Michael League: Bass
“JT” Thomas: drums
Nate Werth: percussion
Shaun Martin: keys
Bobby Sparks: keys
Justin Stanton: keys, trumpet
Jay Jennings: trumpet
Chris Bullock: saxophone, flute
Chris McQueen: guitar
Zach Brock: violin

NPR Credis:

Producers: Colin Marshall, Morgan Noelle Smith
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Videographers: Bronson Arcuri, Jack Corbett, CJ Riculan,
                         Morgan Noelle Smith
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
Photo: Emily Bogle/NPR

Check out more Snarky Puppy on iTunes.

“Cry Face” – Zach Brock and Triptych

Zack Brock with Triptych performs “Cry Face” for the Elkins Jazz Walk at the Jabberwock Bar and Grill in West Virginia on August 5th, 2016. Zach Brock (violin), Matt Ulery (bass), and Jon Deitemeyer (drums).

Zach Brock & Phil Markowitz Duo

“From the Luce Group. Compelling performance by violinist Zach Brock and pianist Phil Markowitz featuring the ultimate institutional piano – the Fazioli Concert Grand.”
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