Andrew Renfroe Trio with Aidan Carrol & John Davis

Andrew Renfroe (guitar), Aidan Carrol (bass), John Davis (drums)

Renfroe's distinctive sound can be heard across his wide range of work alongside Billy Childs, Keyon Harrold, Carmen Lundy, Rachel Eckroth and Ben Williams. For this show, Renfroe and his trio perform his original compositions as well as unique arrangements of classic jazz standards.

A native of Jupiter, Florida, now based in Los Angeles by way of New York City, he is a bandleader of growing stature whose 2020 EP Dark Grey and 2021 full-length debut Run in the Storm have brought his interpretive and compositional gifts and complex yet highly melodic playing into stark relief.

His guitar influences are decidedly rootsier and more blues-based, less liquid and ethereal, than what is common in today’s young jazz guitar field—qualities reflected on Small Vacation, his intimate quasi-acoustic duo set with bassist Luke Sellick, released in November 2020. Renfroe has also made vital…