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Ruby Farmer is a bassist and guitarist from Brooklyn, NY. She has shared the stage with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sean Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Houston Person, and Kandace Springs. Most recently, she led her quintet for Dizzy’s Club Late Night Sessions at Jazz at Lincoln Center. She is currently studying at Columbia University.

Photo credit: Logan Burr

Videos

Ruby Farmer Quintet at Jazz Gallery: Skylar Tang, William Schwartzman, Ben Schwartz, Miriam Goroff-Behel, November 25, 2024.

Ruby Farmer with Houston Person, Ted Rosenthal, & Zach Adleman at Dizzy’s Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center). Songbook Sundays hosted by Deborah Winer.

NYO Jazz at Carnegie Hall, July 20, 2024.

Downbeat Student Awards, Best HS Latin Combo 2022, 2023. Afro Latin Jazz Fat Cats Combo.

Mingus Festival & HS Competition 2023, winner Outstanding Ensemble. Ruby Farmer, William Schwartzman, Spencer Towse playing Folk Form I (by Mingus)

Carnegie Hall NYO Jazz with Dee Dee Bridgewater at Royal Albert Hall (London), BBC Proms.

Shows

UPCOMING SHOWS
Swing 46Kevin Blancq Big BandWed 7/23/25 5:30pm and 7:15pmLink
SilvanaGabriel Newman QuartetSun 7/27/25 8pmLink
PAST SHOWS
Green Room 42Ruby LaksSun 7/6/25 7pmLink
Bitter EndChelsea ChiuTh 7/3/25 8:30pmLink
Fayetteville Amphitheater
(Fayetteville, Georgia)
Kandace Springs
WCLK JazzFest ’25
Sat 6/21/25 7pmLink
SilvanaBenHitsDrumsFri 6/6/25 8pm-9pmLink
Shapeshifter LabRuby Farmer QuartetSun 6/1/25 8:30pmLink
Dizzy’s Late Night
(Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Ruby Farmer QuintetTh 5/29/25 11pm
Fri 5/30/25 11pm
Sat 5/31/25 11pm
Link
Hudson River Museum GalaRuby Farmer QuintetTh 5/29/25 6pmLink

Photos

photo credits: Audrea Chen, Todd Rosenberg and Logan Burr