ABOUT NATE ALLEN

Nate Allen has toured across the United States and Europe, and has recorded with many diverse artists including Bees in the Barn, Stephen Clair, Peter Karp and Sue Foley, Scott Barkan, the Kristijan Krajčan Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, Nicole Hart, Black Gold, Friend Roulette, The Fine Machines, and Illumntr.

Today, Nate plays in a variety of groups and styles including blues, jazz, rock, bluegrass, folk, pop, soul, roots, and fusion. In addition to bass (upright and electric), banjo, and guitar, he also plays the keyboard bass and various percussion instruments.

Nate has played venues throughout New York City and the Hudson Valley including the Highline Ballroom, 55 Bar, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Mercury Lounge, The Falcon, The Town Crier, Yoshi’s Jazz Club (California), and many more.

Nate is also a gifted music teacher. He offers private lessons and group classes on music theory, original composition, and more. At Beacon Music Factory, Nate teaches bass, banjo, and guitar lessons. He teaches private lessons online and in-person in Beacon, NY.

Nate was born in Manchester, New Hampshire in the U.S. At age fifteen, he picked up an electric bass to jam with his cousins and never looked back. He quickly developed an affinity for string instruments. Two years later, at the urging of a teacher, Nate began learning the double bass. With a burning curiosity to learn more about various styles of music, Nate joined every ensemble he could whether it was hip hop, jazz, Latin, classical, rock, pop, or metal. To this day, Nate enjoys learning new styles and instruments.

In 2008, Nate won second place in the International Generations Jazz Competition in San Francisco, California. In Slovenia, with the Kristijan Krajnčan Jazz Ensemble featuring Jimmy Greene and Ambrose Akinmusire, Nate played at the Ljubljana Jazz Festival.

At the music conservatory at SUNY Purchase in New York, he studied under great jazz musicians and educators including Doug Weiss, Kermit Driscoll, Javon Jackson, Ralph Lalama, Jimmy Greene, and Charles Blenzig. After four years of jazz study at SUNY Purchase, Nate moved to New York City to continue his musical journey.