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June 2019
Rippingtons
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
“When I started The Rippingtons, I never imagined it would last more than the release of one album, let alone thirty years,” says Russ Freeman, leader and founder of the GRAMMY nominated group, The Rippingtons. The band celebrated their 30th anniversary with the release of True Stories, their 22nd recording (June 2016). Freeman’s approach to composition has been compared to that of a mixed-medium painter. His ability to engage all the senses and employ disparate techniques has helped keep the…
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Elan Trotman
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Sax man Elan Trotman has quickly become one of the fastest rising stars in jazz with over 10 Billboard topping radio singles in his young career. His latest release pays tribute to the late Motown Legend, Martin Gaye. Trotman brings a blend of smooth and tropical grooves to major festivals and cruises worldwide. In addition to a successful solo career, the Berklee College of Music graduate has also worked as a side-man with some of the biggest names in the…
Details »Dave Koz and Friends Summer Horns Featuring Gerald Albright, Rick Braun, Kenny Lattimore, Aubrey Logan
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
In a career that spans more than three decades, saxophonist Dave Koz has racked up an astoundingly impressive array of honors and achievements: nine GRAMMY nominations, nine number one albums on Billboard’s Current Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, numerous world tours, playing for multiple presidents, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and more. A platinum selling artist, Koz is also known as a humanitarian, entrepreneur, radio host and instrumental music advocate. Now, he has released one of the most…
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Queer Riot Festival
Show Time : 5:00 PM
Queer Riot Fest is raising awareness and working to reach Equality for the LGBTQI community empowerment through the power of music & art! A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to local non-profits that provide services to our queer and trans communities. In 2019 our supported organization will be Girls Rock Austin. GRA strongly believes in the transformative and revolutionary power of using creative expression as a means of social change. https://www.girlsrockaustin.org/ It will be an all afternoon/night event…
Details »R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman
Show Time : 7:00 PM
R. Carlos Nakai is the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute. He released his first album, Changes, in 1983, and has gone on release thirty-six critically-acclaimed albums since. In addition to his educational workshops and residencies, Nakai has appeared as a soloist throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, and sold over four million albums worldwide. He founded the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet to explore the intersection of ethnic and jazz idioms and brought the Native American flute…
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Kyle Turner & Friends with Michael Ward, Pamela Hart & more
Show Time : 7:00 PM
This combination of saxophone from Kyle Turner, Michael Ward on the violin, the soulful voice of Latrese Bush and jazzy vocals of Pamela Hart is the perfect mix for a dynamic evening of traditional jazz, smooth jazz, blues and a little old school R&B. The Kyle Turner and Friends concert is back by popular demand. Get ready to shout for more! Kyle Turner is a creative and innovative artist that has warmed the hearts of many with the sultry musical…
Details »Brian Simpson Band
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Celebrated keyboardist, composer and studio musician, Brian Simpson has been the ‘go-to’ man for everyone from Janet Jackson, Sheena Easton and Teena Marie to George Duke, Kirk Whalum and Stanley Clarke. He has had the distinction of being musical director the legendary Dave Koz for the past 15 years. Simpson has also been the musical director of the highly popular Smooth Jazz Cruise featuring Marcus Miller and David Sanborn for the last 8 years. This chart-topping musical chameleon wrote the…
Details »Gino Vannelli
Show Time : 8:00 PM
Since his debut release of Crazy Life in 1973, Gino Vannelli has remained one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music. With a voice as memorable as his hair, he has been dubbed, “The Canadian singer/songwriter with a lion's mane.” But Vannelli’s evolving music has kept his fan base growing for over 40 years. From rock, to jazz, to soul, and even classical, this Triple Threat (Vannelli is a prolific producer as well) has left no musical stone unturned.…
Details »Gino Vannelli
Show Time : 8:00 PM
Since his debut release of Crazy Life in 1973, Gino Vannelli has remained one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music. With a voice as memorable as his hair, he has been dubbed, “The Canadian singer/songwriter with a lion's mane.” But Vannelli’s evolving music has kept his fan base growing for over 40 years. From rock, to jazz, to soul, and even classical, this Triple Threat (Vannelli is a prolific producer as well) has left no musical stone unturned.…
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Eddie Palmieri
Show Time : 8:00 PM
Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Eddie Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger, and composer of salsa and Latin jazz. His playing skillfully fuses the rhythm of his Puerto Rican heritage with the complexity of his jazz influences: Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner as well as his older brother, Charlie Palmieri. Palmieri perfected his arranging skills in the 1970’s releasing several impressive recordings that reflected his unorthodox approach to music. His unconventional style would…
Details »Acoustic Alchemy
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Acoustic Alchemy have spent thirty years making music and, in that time, they have not only received critical acclaim for their albums (including three GRAMMY nominations) but have built a reputation for being one of the most exciting live bands in the business. For the last decade, the band lineup has featured Greg Carmichael on nylon guitar, Miles Gilderdale on steel string acoustic and electric guitar, Fred White on keyboards, the powerhouse rhythm section of Greg Grainger on drums and…
Details »Keiko Matsui
Early Show : 6:00 PM
Late Show : 8:30 PM
Japanese born pianist, composer and producer Keiko Matsui is a citizen of the world, touring the world relentlessly bringing her music to virtually every corner of the globe. Her music transcends boundaries with a unique melting pot of musical influences that has earned her a devout international following. Matsui is freely at home in many musical genres, seamlessly borrowing from such diverse idioms as jazz, classical, rock, blues, traditional, world, and beyond. Her 1996 album, Dream Walk remained on the…
Details »JD Souther
Show Time : 8:00 PM
GRAMMY nominated JD Souther has penned countless hits for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, James Taylor, Don Henley, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn, and found success as a solo artist. This led him to being inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2013 and become one of the most celebrated songwriters of his generation. On Souther’s latest studio album, Tenderness, this masterful singer/songwriter creates a perfect balance of understated jazz with the ineffable pop narratives that…
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Peter White Xmas w/ Euge Groove, Lindsey Webster, & Vincent Ingala
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Make your list and check it twice! This holiday concert is more than just nice!! A Peter White Christmas with Euge Groove, Lindsey Webster, and Vincent Ingala is coming to town. Contemporary jazz lovers eagerly await this annual fun filled concert, which has packed fans into halls coast to coast year after year.
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Albright Family Christmas
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Saxophonist Gerald Albright, Born and raised in Los Angeles, Albright was already an accomplished saxophonist by the time he enrolled at the University of Redlands, but he switched to bass after he saw Louis Johnson in concert. Playing both sax and bass, he becoming the consummate session and touring musician in the 80s, working with everyone from Anita Baker, Ray Parker, Jr., Atlantic Starr, The Temptations and Maurice White to Les McCann, Teena Marie, the Winans and Whitney Houston. Now…
Details »The Mike Stern/Jeff Lorber Fusion featuring Jimmy Haslip & Dave Weckl
Early Show : 6:00 PM
Late Show : 8:30 PM
Mike Stern is a six-time GRAMMY nominated American jazz guitarist. To a generation of contemporary jazz guitar aficionados, he is regarded as one of the true guitar greats of his generation. A player of remarkable facility whose searing lines are informed mainly by bebop and the blues while also carrying a rock-tinged intensity, Stern made his mark with Miles Davis in the early ‘80s before launching his solo career in 1985. Since then he has released 17 recordings as a…
Details »Kim Waters
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Saxophone superstar Kim Waters celebrated his 30th year as a recording artist, has released 20 solo album, and has amassed 16 Top 10 and 14 number one singles, four number 1 CDs, and many millions of album unit sales. He offers his world-wide audience digital delights abundant with his distinctive, soul-imbued melodies, seductive grooves and consistently inspired performances. Waters’ primary influences were jazz icons Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Paul Desmond, and Cannonball Adderley. His…
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Stanley Clarke Band
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Four-time GRAMMY Award winner Stanley Clarke is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world. What’s more, he is equally gifted as a recording artist, performer, composer, conductor, arranger, producer and film score composer. A true pioneer in jazz and jazz-fusion, Clarke is particularly known for his ferocious bass dexterity and consummate musicality. Unquestionably, he has attained “living legend” status during his over 40-year career as a bass virtuoso. Clarke’s creativity has been recognized…
Details »Tuck & Patti
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Vocalist Patti Cathcart and guitarist Tuck Andress have been a steady performing duo for so long now, going on three decades, that it’s somewhat surprising that I Remember You zeroes in on the Great American Songbook. Surely they’ve already recorded their take on these enduring standards. But no, it just seems so, seems as if everything they’ve written and recorded is already a standard. In their 11 previous releases, only a handful of tunes would fall under the typical, pre-rock…
Details »March 2020
Hot Sardines
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, The Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world. In the last two years, The Hot Sardines have been featured at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, have sold out NYC venues from Joe’s Pub to Bowery Ballroom and more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London,…
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Strunz & Farah
Show Time : 8:00 PM
Strunz & Farah’s new studio recording, Tales of Two Guitars (2018), is the latest chapter in the continuing story of the two virtuoso guitarists who have created an original and enduring body of guitar music. Rhythmic and colorful, and recorded with 11 guest musicians, Tales is a musical storybook of a fully evolved style of playing and composing which has been highly influential among guitarists everywhere. The new recording has 13 original pieces, full of contrasts both compositionally and instrumentally,…
Details »Victor Wooten
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Victor Wooten is a multi-talented bass guitarist, record producer, educator, and recipient of five GRAMMY Awards. He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other bassists, Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. Not one to be limited by genre, Wooten has also played bass for the metal band, Nitro. He has won every major award given to a bass guitarist including being voted…
Details »Arturo Sandoval
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Six-time Billboard Award winner Arturo Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. He went on to become one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer. Sandoval is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time,…
Details »Jane Monheit
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Blessed with “a voice of phenomenal beauty” (New York Times), Jane Monheit has had plenty of milestone moments in establishing herself as one of today’s best and most important vocalist-musicians. Her 2016 album, The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald Monheit pays joyous tribute to Ella while sharing a definitive portrait of herself. Throughout the recording, Monheit’s gorgeous upward swoop and earthy wordless phrases pure Ella, but this album is a classic example of a singer leading her influences rather than being…
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Brubeck Brothers Celebrate Dave’s Centennial
Show Time : 7:00 PM
Chris and Dan Brubeck have been making music together practically all their lives. Drummer Dan and bassist, trombonist, and composer Chris cut their first record together in 1966. They have subsequently played a variety of styles in several different groups, as well as with their father, jazz giant Dave Brubeck. The dynamic Brubeck Brothers Quartet is made complete by guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb. Together they perform at concert series, colleges, and jazz festivals across North America and…
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Spyro Gyra
Early Show : 7:00 PM
Late Show : 9:30 PM
Spyro Gyra is an unlikely story of a group with humble beginnings in Buffalo, NY who has continued to reach an international audience over forty years, resulting in sales of over 10 million albums and having played over five thousand shows on five continents. They have accomplished this due to a forward approach combined with the work ethic of an underdog, always challenging themselves to do something new while never resting on past success. It has proven to be a…
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