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Big Lazy

"Big Lazy, the elegantly gritty instrumental trio led by the extraordinary guitarist Stephen Ulrich, plays stunningly beautiful music that evokes everything from truckers' romps to the haunting film scores of Bernard Herrmann." — The New Yorker

Big Lazy has performed their singular brand of crime jazz and highway twang from New Orleans dive bars to the Whitney Museum of American Art. For over 2 decades the trio has honed its craft in New York City’s downtown music scene. Simultaneously noir and pastoral, gothic and modern, Big Lazy dwells in a landscape of gritty and gracefully crafted American music.

Big Lazy’s sixth release Dear Trouble (Checkered Past Records 2019), conjures images from big sky country to seedy back rooms

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Rob Mazurek, Ches Smith, Steve Lehman, and Joe Fonda

by Jerome Wilson
June 4, 2025

This show features recent recordings by Joe Fonda, Steve Lehman and Ches Smith as well as older ones by Rob Mazurek, Kevin Sun, and Emily Remler. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Jethro Tull “Serenade ...

Video

Avenue X

Featuring the music of Big Lazy
Duration: 4:21
September 8, 2022

NYC's instrumental trio Big Lazy's "Avenue X" from their album Don't Cross Myrtle. Filmed in Brooklyn and Moscow.Big Lazy is: Stephen Ulrich: guitar; Yuval Lion: drums; Andrew Hall: bass with Steven Bernstein: slide trumpet.

News: Festival

CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Announces 19th Edition Lineup

March 18, 2020

Producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced the full lineup with a record number of shows for the 2020 nine-day CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. Now in its 19th year, the festival will be held June 19 to 27 and present 335-plus shows including more than 100 free shows and 1750-plus artists performing in 21 diverse venues in downtown Rochester, New ...

Article: Album Review

Big Lazy: Dear Trouble

by Jerome Wilson
December 5, 2019

The trio Big Lazy plays a frisky type of instrumental music which draws on jazz, surf rock, country and other genres. In the tradition of versatile guitarists like Danny Gatton and Duane Eddy, Stephen Ulrich's lean, twanging sound creates a sonic landscape full of dusty highways and shadowy streets. He billows, trembles and chugs through leisurely ...