Bio
The Nick Haas Trio is a jazz combo based in the Twin Cities. We play a variety of jazz genres depending on the setting. For more formal affairs (weddings, fundraisers, dedications and openings), we stick close to the traditional fire, opting to play classic jazz repertoire that you would think of as “standards”. This includes ballads, Bossa Novas, and swing. This tends to differ from live concerts, where we select charts we’ve transcribed in addition to original compositions, which could best be described as drawing influence from jazz heritage but with a contemporary attitude towards melody and form.
The trio formed in 2005 as a vehicle for working up original material in a group with stable personnel. Having played together occasionally in the rhythm sections of other large-group formats (sextets, quintets, quartets) we decided that it was time to circle the wagons and defend ourselves against the economics of the live music industry. (There is a reason that you hardly see big bands anymore).
Nick Haas (guitar) holds a degree in performance from Hamline University and teaches at the St. Paul Conservatory of Music. When he is not playing in this trio, he can be found in one of his other groups (Say Lovey, Bankrupt in Panama).
Eron Woods (percussion) holds a degree in performance from the University of Miami. He spent several years as a house percussionist in the cruise ship industry before embarking on a career playing percussion for various circuses. Today he performs and instructs full time, both privately and through Cadenza Music in St. Paul. Other notable projects include The Dean Brewington Quintet, Exquisite Corps, The Overtones Jazz Trio and The Capri Big Band.
Peter Susag (double bass) can be heard throughout the Twin Cities playing genres ranging from classic jazz to salsa and flamenco. Besides his various small combo work (Scott Mateo Davies, Dean Brewington, Wes Ruelle, etc.), he can be heard in the rhythm section of The Capri Big Band (with Eron Woods) and backing any number of vocalists in the area.
- Thu 9/9/2010: Hell's Kitchen
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