Colson Jimenez

Colson Jimenez is a bassist and composer based in Brooklyn, active across the New York free jazz and creative music scene. Originally from Anaheim, California, he came to jazz after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he built his foundation gigging around Oakland and San Francisco. While still in high school he was selected for Berklee's Global Jazz Institute workshop at the Newport Jazz Festival. In New York he became a fixture of the improvised music community, working with players such as Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Allen Lowe. In 2026 he anchored the low end of the William Parker Orchestra at Winter Jazzfest, with Parker conducting.