City of Four

City of Four brings an original brand of modern groove-based jazz, funk, and fusion to music venues across Boston and New England. A composers collective primarily featuring original compositions, the band's current lineup since 2019 is Mike Caudill, Cat Tremblay, Blain Crawford, and Steve Wilkinson. After the self-produced independent release of its first EP with current personnel (Not Lost, 2021), City of Four is set to release a full length album with Mint 400 records on March 25, 2022.

City of Four formed in 2011 in Amherst, MA where its founding members were studying music together at UMass. While based in Western MA, the group received an "Outstanding Performance" recognition from DownBeat Magazine's student music awards as a Blues/Pop/Rock group, and some of the original music in its early catalog was recognized by ASCAP and MIX Magazine. Through the years, the look and sound of City of Four has changed as different band members have brought in their unique backgrounds and writing styles to the collective, but its core principles have remained in tact. With a range of performances over the band's history from intimate jazz club dates to funk cruises on Boston Harbor, City of Four has always presented new music grounded in improvisation and group interplay.

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