Kevin Sun
Sat 24 Oct · 7:00 PM Takoma Station Tavern
Exciting, up-and-coming New York-based saxophonist brings his band of virtuoso players Doors open: 6:30 pm Show 7 pm All tickets: $25 Parties of 4 or more can reserve a table for an additional $25. Send a request to [email protected] Minors are welcome but must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Free street parking, no food or drink minimum, no charge to stay for second set. Kevin Sun is a saxophonist and composer living in New York City. His music has been called “...intense, harmonically virtuosic and compositionally complex" by DownBeat Magazine, and he has ten releases to date as a leader—most recently Lofi at Lowlands 四 , in April 2026 and Kevin Sun 1 & 2 in August 2026. Sun has also recorded five albums with the ensembles Mute, Earprint, and Great On Paper, and he appears on recordings led by Adam O'Farrill, Jacob Garchik, Dana Saul, Xiongguan Zhang, and Elijah Shiffer. He is the founder of Endectomorph Music , a Brooklyn-based label dedicated to creative improvise music that has released over 30 albums since 2015. In addition to performing in the U.S., Sun has performed extensively in China and was the Artistic Director of the Blue Note China Jazz Orchestra from 2018 to 2020. In 2021, Sun was named a Finalist for the Jerome Hill Foundation Artist Fellowship. He has been in residence at Lowlands Bar in Gowanus, Brooklyn since September 2021 and continues to perform there regularly. Kevin's band includes Max Light on guitar, Walter Stinson on bass and Jon Starks on drums.