Kellen Mills

Kellen Tryon Mills is a composer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Seattle, WA, USA. In 2020 TRYON was founded as a solo project involving written orchestrated compositions for large ensemble. Combining elements of pop, avant garde, contemporary classical composition and free jazz/improvisation. Currently his band ranges from improvisors in the ‘Echtezeit’ musik scene, to well known jazz plazyers. TRYON recorded their upcoming debut album with a cast of 16 musicians, entitled “Läuterung”. TRYON has received funding grants from Musikfonds Berlin and DMR. Generally TRYON performs as a large band ensemble (8-9 musicians) , but also performs as a small ensemble version.