Jacob Garchik

Jacob Garchik (trombone), multi-instrumentalist and composer, was born in San Francisco and has lived in New York since 1994. At home in a wide variety of styles and musical roles, he is a vital part of the downtown New York City and Brooklyn music scene, playing trombone in groups ranging from jazz to contemporary classical to Balkan brass bands. He has released six albums as a leader, including The Heavens: the Atheist Gospel Trombone Album. Since 2006, Garchik has contributed more than 120 arrangements and transcriptions for Kronos Quartet of music from all over the world. In 2017, he composed the score for The Green Fog, a found-footage remake of Vertigo, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson and featuring Kronos. As a trombonist, Garchik has worked with many luminaries of jazz and the avant-garde, including Lee Konitz, Henry Threadgill, Steve Swallow, Laurie Anderson, Anthony Braxton, John Hollenbeck, and George Lewis. He has also played in ensembles led by emerging artists Mary Halvorson, Dafnis Prieto, Anna Webber, Ethan Iverson, Darcy James Argue, and Miguel Zenon. In 2018, Garchik won the “Rising Star – Trombone” category in the Downbeat Jazz Critic’s Poll.