Odin Scherer

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About Odin Scherer

Odin Scherer is a Brooklyn, NY based guitarist, composer, improviser, and educator from Katonah, NY. Since moving to NYC in 2017 to attend The New School on scholarship, he has performed at venues including The Jazz Gallery, Bar Next Door, Smalls Jazz Club, Williamsburg Music Center, ShapeShifter Lab, Green Lung Studio, Tishman Auditorium at The New School, and WBGO radio station in New Jersey. His diverse research interests include Black American music, folkloric music from around the globe, wildlife and ecosystems, fossils, and Impressionist classical music and visual art. Odin graduated with honors from The New School in May of 2021 with a BFA in Jazz Guitar Performance, and was awarded the Alice and John Coltrane award for creative excellence. He studied with Mary Halvorson, Tony Malaby, Miles Okazaki, Patricia Brennan, Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman, Craig Weinrib, David Virelles, and many other legendary NYC musicians. Odin’s debut record with Adam Cordero, “Ashland”, was released on bandcamp on October 2nd, 2020, which features original compositions from both and raised money for the Latino Community Foundation’s California Wildfire Relief Fund. He is also a part of the band Blackwater Irrigation, which had its self-titled debut release in 2022 on all music listening platforms. Odin’s debut quartet EP “Orb Weaver” will be released on September 1st, 2023. In July of 2023, he participated in a residency at Looking Glass Arts with Judette Elliston and Charles Goold recording Judette’s arrangements of Haitian folk songs under the direction of Rashaan Carter and Marika Hughes. Odin plans on releasing a second duo album with Adam Cordero and a quintet album of original music as well as bringing this music to the venues around NYC.