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Jonathan grew up in rural Vermont. At an early age he found inspiration in his father’s record collection and soon was playing his dad’s saxophones. Getting his start as a professional saxophonist in the mid-1990s, Jonathan made the move to NYC where he performed at Radio City, CBGB's, Bitter End, Blue Note and Smalls. A session - One Night in Brooklyn (2003) - features a quartet with Gabe Jarrett, Noah Jarrett, and Johannes Wallmann. In 2004 Jon toured Costa Rica where he performed at the Teatro Eugene O'Neil, Ullacit University and the San Jose Jazz Cafe. His recording Coming Home (2006) includes sessions with Noah Jarrett, Greg Loughman, Tim Gilmore, and Joe Deleault and was called “great music by great players” by Albany jazz critic J. Hunter. In 2008 Jon completed a PhD in music performance from NYU and began transcribing and arranging for Jazzlines Publications. Jon’s most recent recording Borderlands (2010) includes his trio of John Menegon and David Calarco, with Teri Roiger and Suzanne Kantorski. The album is Lorentz’s first on the Metier Jazz label, a stateside division of the Divine Arts Recording Group based in the United Kingdom. A resident of Round Lake, NY, he continues to perform regularly throughout the Northeast with his jazz trio and with the alt-jazz band Crystal60. |
