Nutria
Named after the infamous South Louisiana swamp rat, Nutria performs original compositions with an emphasis on collective improvisation. Our music pushes at the boundaries of instrumental music in the 21st century while remaining situated within the lineage of New Orleans musical traditions.
"Showing a clear strategic intelligence and inventiveness and a substantial depth of artistic resourcefulness" (No Depression magazine), Nutria has toured throughout the United States playing art centers, jazz clubs and dive bars. In 2017, they performed on the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In 2016, they were commissioned by the New Orleans-based Marigny Opera Ballet to compose "Wary Heat," a new ballet that was premiered in February 2017 and reprised in January 2018. In 2019, Nutria began a weekly residency at one of New Orleans’ top venues for creative music, Bacchanal Fine Wine.
Nutria was formed in New Orleans in 2014 as a composition workshop for the members, who were active in different corners of the local music scene. Our sound reflects a diversity of influences yet a deep commitment to the jazz idiom.
Nutria has performed throughout the United States at venues such as the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (NOLA), the New Orleans Jazz Museum, BarnArts (Maine), Twins Jazz Club (DC), Chris' Jazz Cafe (Philadelphia), Monk’s Jazz Club (Austin, TX), the Jazz Gallery (Milwaukee), the Chatterbox Jazz Club (Indianapolis), the California Clipper (Chicago), and elsewhere.
With Shawn Myers on drums and Trey Boudreaux on bass.
New album Meeting In Progress out NOW on ears&eyes Records!