Chris McCarthy Sextet

Chris McCarthy is a New York City–based jazz pianist whose work moves between straight-ahead swing and freer, open-form playing. He appears regularly at Brooklyn rooms including Bar Bayeux, where he has performed in small-group settings alongside vocalist Aubrey Johnson and instrumentalists Tomoko Omura, Alex LoRe, Matt Aronoff, and Jay Sawyer.

The Chris McCarthy Quartet is a New York City–based jazz group led by pianist Chris McCarthy, heard at downtown rooms including Smalls Jazz Club. McCarthy’s work sits in the continuum of straight-ahead swing while leaving space for open-form improvisation.

Chris McCarthy Sextet is a New York City–based jazz group heard in small-room settings like Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich Village. The ensemble works in the club tradition of two-set evenings, shaping extended tunes around a steady core of rhythm and horns.