Escaper: Jazz Ensemble in New York

About Escaper

Escaper is a jazz group heard in New York City rooms like Iridium, where the band brings a tight, song-forward approach to its live sets. Their current program, *Escaper Plays the Doors*, draws on the repertoire associated with The Doors, a connection rooted in shared stages and a working knowledge of the catalog. The performances favor structure over spectacle, with attention to grooves, vocal phrasing, and the architecture of the songs. In a city built on nightly repetition, they treat the material as living repertoire rather than a museum piece.