About

“Absorbing, utterly unique spontaneous creations."
– Cormac Larkin, Irish Times

"Jermyn has played everywhere, with everyone, since arriving in New York from Ireland several years ago.”
– Burning Ambulance

“Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, violist Mat Maneri and drummer Tom Rainey [. . .] represent the vanguard of American improvised music, and with records like [Pictorial Atlas of Mammals], Simon Jermyn is claiming a place among them.”
– Cormac Larkin, Irish Times

"By far, [Hymni] is the best solo electric bass effort I’ve heard since Hugh Hopper’s classic solo album 1984 from 1973.”
– Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

"Along with his affable, generous spirit, Simon has refreshingly broad tastes [. . .] moreover, you can hear this reach in his music.”
– Bradley Bambarger, Sound It Out

A guitarist, electric bassist, composer, and educator, Simon Jermyn is an NYC/Berlin based musician originally from Ireland. Simon is busy with a variety of projects and bands, including Jim Black's Smash and Grab, Wood River, the Marc Hannaford Trio, Roamer, and Sooner, as well as his own band Obsany and solo performances.

As a sideman and collaborator, Simon has worked with Jim Black, Chris Speed, John Zorn, Gerald Cleaver, Mat Maneri, Anna Webber, Tom Rainey, Chris Lightcap, Ingrid Laubrock, Mark Ferber, Michaël Attias, Tony Malaby, Ben Goldberg, Jeff Davis, Allison Miller, Nate Wood, Simon Nabatov, Loren Stillman, Satoshi Takeishi, Caleb Burhans, and many others. He has performed at the Village Vanguard, The Stone, Winter Jazz Fest, Joe's Pub, and many other clubs, festivals and performance spaces around the world.

Simon holds a PhD in Music from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. He has given workshops and masterclasses at renowned institutions around the world, including The Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation Department at The Sydney Conservatorium, Australia; The Brisbane Conservatorium, Australia; University of Ghent, Belgium; Ulster University, Northern Ireland; Dublin City University, Ireland; and the Hochschule der Kunste, Bern, Switzerland.