As a performer, Chaz plays classical, jazz, and experimental music written after 1925, primarily on electric guitar. In addition to leading his own jazz project, The Chaz Underriner Quintet, Chaz has collaborated with composers including Chaya Czernowin, Sofia Gubaidulina, Mark Applebaum, Michael Pisaro, Joseph Klein, Kirsten Broberg, Mike Winter, Mark Menzies, Josh Levine, Anastassis Philippakopoulous, Brent Farris, and Travis Weller, both as a soloist and in an ensemble setting. Chaz performed at REDCAT in Los Angeles during the Sofia Gubaidulina festival, in a chamber performance the LA Times critic Mark Swed declared “[was played with] focused abandon,” in the New Zealand in LA concert series, and as a part of Deep Camp Festival and Ostrava New Music Days festival in Czech Republic. Chaz also performed at the Laboratorium 2011 Festival in Antwerp, Beligum, with Austin New Music Co-op, at the wulf in Los Angeles, at the Dallas Contemporary, with the UNT Baroque Orchestra, NOVA Ensemble, and the Keith Karns Big Band.
A foray into ambient, funk, blues, jazz, lo-fi and gospel with new compositions.
releases June 12, 2026
Garrett Wingfield, saxophone
Tim Rosenberg, saxophone
Carlos Martinez, keyboard
Dan Walters, electric bass
Jarobi Watts, double bass
David Weatherspoon, drums
Chaz Underriner, composition, electric guitar, mixing
Jodi-Ann Taylor, Chelz Danielle, Yaffa St. Fleurose, voice
Jessica Speak, clarinet
Tammy Philips, flute
Aaron Witek, trumpet
Dylaney Sabino and Fabian Cardona, audio engineering
Daniel Walter Eaton, mastering
Recorded in Tinsley Hall at Stetson University, June 2024
For clarinet, soprano saxophone, electric guitar, video, and fixed electronics (2025). Written for Jessica Speak and Timothy Rosenberg, with affection and friendship.
I’m proud to be a part of The Waters of Time by Kirsten Soriano Broberg, an album of multiple song cycles performed by Esteli Gomez. I played electric guitar and was a recording engineer and mixing engineer for this album. … Continue reading
A concert of original compositions by Chaz Underriner performed by a quintet of musicians based throughout Florida. The quintet performs structured improvisations inspired by jazz, funk, blues, and folk styles. Recorded on August 13th, 2023 at the Timucua Arts Foundation in Orlando, Florida as a part of their International Guitar Festival.
Chaz Underriner, guitar / Dan Walters, bass / Carlos Martinez, keys / Garrett Wingfield, saxophone / David Weatherspoon, drums
Session no. 1 is the first EP by the Chaz Underriner Quintet, a group founded in 2022 as vehicle for Chaz’s new compositions inspired by jazz, funk, blues, and folk music. The EP consists of 4 tracks, each of which are original jazz compositions for the quintet.
Personnel:
Chaz Underriner, composition and guitar
Garrett Wingfield, saxophones
Carlos Martinez, keyboard
Dan Walters, bass
Colby Savary, drums
Recorded in Tinsley Hall, Stetson University July 9th, 2022
Destin Beaumont, audio engineer
Jodi-Ann Taylor and Connor Bradt, video and audio engineering
Chaz Underriner, mixing engineer and video editor
For clarinet, cello, electric guitar, piano, video and electronics (2022)
I had a lot of fun making a video jazz jam (featuring my dog, Yuki) after classes went online in spring 2020. I recorded using a webcam, a dynamic mic, and Logic Pro X and did all of the audio and video editing inside of Premiere Pro.
I enjoyed playing some pieces for guitar/electronics/video and talking about my work on the streaming series with James Talambas in May.
https://www.facebook.com/JTalambas/videos/10217324459131530/
Lonely Walk: Vacant Lot A chorus of ‘A Night in Tunisia’:
An album of structured improvisations featuring Colton Lytle, Jolene Masone, and Chaz Underriner. Continue reading →
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