Alison Shearer

Alison Shearer
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • Composer

Alison Shearer is an American jazz musician and composer.

Early life and education

Shearer's father, John Shearer, was a photojournalist for TIME and Look capturing the upheaval of the 1960s.[1] She attended school in Westchester, NY and later the Manhattan School of Music.[2]

Musical career

Shearer graduated from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Dick Oatts, Steve Wilson, and Vincent Herring. In 2010 she co-founded PitchBlak Brass Band, a brass band fusing New Orleans traditions with hip-hop,[3] which toured internationally. In 2015 she founded the Alison Shearer Quartet. She released her first self-titled debut album View from Above,[4] in 2022 with her quartet[5] and was subsequently described as a force on the rise by JazzTimes.[6] Shearer released her second album with her quartet on Pinch Records in October 2025.[7]

Shearer performed on NPR’s Jazz Night in America in 2022[8] and on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts series in 2024.[9] She has toured internationally with Red Baraat,[10] Wild Wild East,[9][8] Pitchblak Brass Band and her eponymous quartet.[11]

Discography

  • In The Garden Alison Shearer (Pinch Records, 2025)
  • View From Above Alison Shearer (2022)

References

  1. ^ Seelye, Katharine (27 June 2019). "John Shearer, Who Photographed Tumultuous 1960s, Dies at 72". New York Times.
  2. ^ "Alison Shearer". All About Jazz. 1 January 2025.
  3. ^ Odell, Jennifer (February 2014). "Getting Deep and Breaking Rules". Downbeat: 48–49.
  4. ^ Berlatsky, Noah (16 February 2022). "Alison Shearer debuts with a fusion of grief, joy, and jazz". Chicago Reader.
  5. ^ Zivkovic, Ljubinko (18 February 2022). "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: ALISON SHEARER – VIEW FROM ABOVE". Spill Magazine.
  6. ^ Cohan, Brad (11 October 2024). "Alison Shearer: View from Above (Self-released)". Jazztimes.
  7. ^ Grunenberg, Kira (1 October 2025). "Alison Shearer, In The Garden, Pinch". Downbeat.
  8. ^ a b Birch, Nikki (29 December 2022). "Jazz Night In America remembers the artists we've lost". NPR.
  9. ^ a b Contreras, Felix (5 January 2024). "Tiny Desk Concert: Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East". NPR.
  10. ^ Geledi, Sarah (11 October 2024). "Celebrate 2024 with Toast of the Nation". NPR.
  11. ^ Fox, Jane (22 March 2024). "Introducing Alison Shearer, saxophonist with New Canaan Chamber Music". New Canaan Sentinel.
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