Glass Key Trio

The Glass Key Trio

Based in Santa Fe, NM and led by Jeremy Bleich’s eclectic guitar and compositional style,

The Glass Key Trio produces and explores compositions inspired by Americana, Balkan, Arabic

and contemporary classical music and film noir. Each composition is a vehicle for spirited dialogue between the players ushering the listener into a narrative exploration of musical landscapes.

GKT has been nominated for two 2023 New Mexico Music Awards including Best Jazz Album and

Best Instrumental Song.

Formed in 2019, The Glass Key Trio has performed in several cities in the US including:

Austin (Butler School of Music), New Orleans (Carnaval Lounge, Zeitgeist),

Nashville (Random Sample), Knoxville (The Pilot Light), NYC (The Rockwood Music Hall),

Memphis (The Lamplighter Lounge), Rochester (The Bop Shop), Cleveland (Treelawn),

Ithaca (Downstairs), Pittsburgh (Con Alma), Chicago (Constellation), Albuquerque (The Outpost),

and in hometown Santa Fe (San Miguel Chapel).

Band Bios: --------------------------------------->

Jeremy Bleich is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who incorporates a wide palette of sound and culture into the process of creating music. He has toured extensively across Europe and the U.S playing bass and electronics with critically acclaimed trio Birth, award winning Kodama Trio and oud with Zevk Ensemble and Trio Andaluz. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is involved with presenting new music on his Grasshopper Music record label, producing House Concert Chamber Music events, and teaching Orchestra at Los Alamos Public Schools. Jeremy has played and/or recorded with musicians as diverse as Count Vu, Joe Maneri, Chris Jonas, Carmen Castaldi, Jason White, Keven McCarthy, and Rick Elias. Jeremy has composed, conducted, and produced a variety of musical theatre works including "Love and Emma Goldman" A Rock Opera made possible by a generous grant from The California Foundation for Peace and Justice.

Ben Wright from Dixon, New Mexico plays double bass. He cut his teeth in Philadelphia punk rock, and has since been working the bass for 40 odd years, bolstered by intense spats of incidental formal training. A lover of the lowest frequencies, Ben has explored many disparate forms of music through the bass, yet always returns to the wellspring of improvisation. Currently, Ben plays with Glass Key Trio, Santa Fe Avant Jazz Workshop, Irksome Trio, Radio Free Bassanda, Jack Wright, and assorted eclectic partners locally and nationally.

"I play music for the bliss of that instant when I lose consciousness of my surroundings, my instrument, and myself… there is only music. That is the crux where spontaneous creation between performers and audience is conceived."