Originally from New Zealand, Matt Penman studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music before relocating to New York in 1995. In addition to releasing his own critically acclaimed CDs as a leader, Catch of the Day (2007) and The Unquiet (2002), he has recorded as a sideman on some 70 other discs and has performed with the likes of Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, Nnenna Freelon, Madeleine Peyroux, Brian Blade, John Scofield and Guillermo Klein. His latest project is the supergroup James Farm, which includes founding SFJAZZ Collective tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks and current Collective drummer Eric Harland. Their self-titled Nonesuch debut was released this year.