Javier Vercher Cuarteto

Javier Vercher, a saxophonist from Madrid with a career spanning Europe and the United States, performs at CentroCentro leading his quartet in a concert focused on free improvisation and the exploration of subtle sonic nuances.

Madrid-born saxophonist Javier Vercher presents a concert at CentroCentro, in Madrid, leading his quartet as part of the JAZZMADRID programme. The proposal revolves around free improvisation and a constant search for new timbres and nuances.

Vercher began studying classical music as a child at the Joaquín Rodrigo Conservatory in Valencia, guided by his father, and later turned his interest towards jazz through workshops given by Perico Sambeat and Jorge Pardo. In 1997 he moved to Boston on a scholarship from Berklee College of Music, where he studied harmony and composition with George Garzone and Bob Moses. Some years later he settled in New York, where for almost a decade he moved within the jazz scene in Brooklyn and recorded alongside Lionel Loueke, Robert Glasper and Larry Grenadier.

Among his albums are Introducing Javier Vercher, The Wheel of Time and Imaginary Realm, works well received by critics. His work has been honoured with the Revelación prize at the Tete Montoliu Jazz Biennale. At the same time, he teaches at Berklee's Valencia campus. In the quartet he is joined by Íñigo Ruiz de Gordejuela on piano, Deejay Foster on double bass and Marc Miralta on drums.