Ruby Farmer, a 19-year-old bassist from Brooklyn, started on classical guitar and later learned upright bass, studying under Or Bareket. She has worked with Jim Seeley, Zack O’Farrill, and Arturo O’Farrill, playing with the grammy-winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland, Perelman Performing Arts Center, and Drom. She has also played with Houston Person, Ted Rosenthal, Patience Higgins, and Victor Jones at Dizzy’s Jazz Club and restaurant Il Sole. She was accepted to the renowned Vail Jazz Workshop, and then to Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz, featuring Sean Jones and Dee Dee Bridgewater. They performed at venues across Europe, most notably Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. A year later, she toured with NYO Jazz and Sean Jones again, this time with singer Alicia Olatuja in South Africa. She teaches guitar and bass to children privately. She currently attends Columbia University.
Photo credit: Logan Burr
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
| Hudson River Museum Gala | Ruby Farmer Quintet | Th 5/29/25 6pm | Link |
| Dizzy’s Late Night (Jazz at Lincoln Center) | Ruby Farmer Quintet | Th 5/29/25 11pm | Link |
| Dizzy’s Late Night (Jazz at Lincoln Center) | Ruby Farmer Quintet | Fri 5/30/25 11pm | Link |
| Dizzy’s Late Night (Jazz at Lincoln Center) | Ruby Farmer Quintet | Sat 5/31/25 11pm | Link |
| Shapeshifter Lab | Ruby Farmer Quartet | Sun 6/1/25 8:30pm | Link |
| Fayetteville Amphitheater (Fayetteville, Georgia) | Kandace Springs WCLK JazzFest ’25 | Sat 6/21/25 7pm | Link |
