Monks Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Coltrane at 100 | Tito Carrillo Sextet!

Tito Carrillo - Trumpet

Kevin Ravellette - Saxophone

Jacob Martinez - Trombone

Marcelo Boccato - Piano

Mercedes Solis - Bass

Nicolas Aguon - Drums

Tito Carrillo is a trumpeter, composer, and educator whose music blurs the lines between Afro-Caribbean music traditions and modern jazz. Born and raised in Austin to a Puerto Rican father and Mexican-American mother, Carrillo came to prominence in the mid-90’s in Chicago’s rich jazz and Latin music scenes, becoming a top call soloist, bandleader, and freelance trumpet artist.

The Chicago Tribune describes him as having “acquired a reputation as a fluid improviser, doubly blessed with a warm lyric style and technique to burn.”

Carrillo released his debut solo album in 2011, entitled Opening Statement (Origin Records), to rave reviews. His most recent project Urbanessence (Origin Records), was released in October 2022 to much critical acclaim, and was selected as one of the top Latin music albums of 2023 by the North American College and Community (NACC) Radio Chart.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a new Happy Half Hour, featuring $2 off of our Classic and Signature Cocktails, $2 off Glasses of Wine, and $1 off of our Beer Menu between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Join us for a drink, or come at your scheduled seating time! We'll have a wonderful evening planned ahead!

First Show: Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm.

Second Show: Doors at 9:00pm, Show at 9:30pm.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Late Nights at Monks | Miguel Rodriguez Jr Trio feat. Isaac Smelcer Zhang!

Miguel Rodriguez Jr – Bass

Isaac Smelcer Zhang – Guitar

João Camargo – Piano

Spencer Frye – Drums

Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Miguel arrived at Austin in the Fall of 2025 in pursuit of his master’s degree in jazz performance under the direction of Diego Rivera. Since then, he has quickly risen as one of the top call bassists in the Austin area and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with local and national luminaries such as: Gerry Gibbs, Joel Frahm, Scott Robinson, Paul Deemer, Ruby Laks, Elias Haslanger, Andre Hayward, Aubrey Logan and Kate Kortum.

Please join Miguel’s debut show as a bandleader where he’ll share the stage with some of Austin’s best and brightest young artists.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! Monks prides itself as a listening room, but late night sessions are always a time to enjoy yourselves a bit more. Free parking is available in the area.

Doors at 10:45 PM, Show 11:00 PM.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for The Jazz Purveyor Presents Raphael Silverman Quartet!

Raphael Silverman – Guitar

Andy Langham – Piano

James Suter – Bass

Daniel Dufour – Drums

"Superb" – (JazzTimes)

"The depth of Silverman's lyricism is rare in such a young player" – (New York City Jazz Record)

At the age of 25, Raphael Silverman has already become one of the most compelling young voices on the jazz guitar. A protégé of the legendary guitarist Bobby Broom (NYC/Chicago), and graduate of Columbia University, he is a core member of the bands of two former Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, trumpeter Philip Harper and vocalist/pianist Johnny O'Neal. He stays busy backing music greats like Eric Alexander, Dan Nimmer, Peter Washington, and Billy Drummond, as well as cultural figures such as A$AP Rocky and Dave Chappelle.

Leading his own trio across the landscape of New York City, he exercises a modern voice frequenting the Blue Note, Smalls, Mezzrow, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Minton's Playhouse, and other mainstay venues. A winner of awards from DownBeat Magazine and the Jarek Śmietana International Jazz Guitar Competition, his music honors the roots of this music while charting new & swinging directions.

Presented by The Jazz Purveyor.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area. Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a new Happy Half Hour, featuring $2 off of our Classic and Signature Cocktails, $2 off Glasses of Wine, and $1 off of our Beer Menu between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Join us for a drink, or come at your scheduled seating time! We'll have a wonderful evening planned ahead!

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Mike Sailors feat. Aaron Kimmel!

Mike Sailors – Trumpet

Joel Frahm – Saxophone

Andy Langham – Piano

Ryan Hagler – Bass

Aaron Kimmel – Drums

About Mike Sailors:

Mike Sailors has performed around the world in venues such as the Blue Note (New York, Tokyo, and Sapporo locations), Ronnie Scott’s, Porgy and Bess, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Jazz Standard, Smalls Jazz Club, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center; and has appeared at the Montreal, Detroit, EFG London, and Tokyo Blue Note Jazz Festivals. He has also been an active musician in Broadway orchestras, most notably as the Music Director of Sleep No More. In addition to leading the Mike Sailors Nonet, once dubbed "an all-star outfit" by the New York Times, he has performed as a sideman with the Birdland Big Band, the Hot Sardines, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.

An active composer and arranger, Mike has written for such luminaries as Dewey Redman, Dick Oatts, Sean Jones, Jimmy Cobb, and Peter Bernstein. He has composed and recorded music for numerous commercial campaigns, as well as for TV and Film – most recently for the Netflix original series, Cannon Busters. Sailors is also a performing artist/educator with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Let Freedom Swing educational program, is a copyist and editor for the Essentially Ellington jazz program, and currently serves as the Professor of Jazz Trumpet at University of Texas at Austin.

About Aaron Kimmel:

Aaron Kimmel is a native of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Kenny Washington and Billy Drummond, and he is now a freelance drummer living in New York City. He frequently appears at Smalls and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, performing as a sideman with the Benny Green trio, Aaron Diehl, and others. He has also played with such jazz luminaries as Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli, Grant Stewart, Terell Stafford, Ryan Kisor, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Brian Lynch, Ann Hampton Callaway, Mary Stallings, and Jon Faddis.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area. Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a new Happy Half Hour, featuring $2 off of our Classic and Signature Cocktails, $2 off Glasses of Wine, and $1 off of our Beer Menu between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Join us for a drink, or come at your scheduled seating time! We'll have a wonderful evening planned ahead!