Monks Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Butler School of Music Jazz Ensemble Directed by Mike Sailors! Saxophones: Clayton Bristol, Ben Goodman, Kole Aitola, Ripley Swingle and Shaym Thandullu Trumpets Joey Risberg, Solomon Tejada and Devin Merchant Trombones Austin Dalbey, Matthew Puente and Michael Nowell Rhythm Section Ori Moore and Ryan Townsend – Piano Chelsea Deroach and Oscar Bukowitz – Bass Jaylon Alley and Harrison Murphy – Drums NEW ADDRESS | 310 E SAINT ELMO ROAD AUSTIN TX 78745 Please Note: This is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Cold bottles of still and sparkling water will be available for purchase, but this event is BYOB. Ice will be available if needed, wine keys and 9oz cups provided! Doors at 7:45pm, Show at 8pm. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Trinity University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Ryan Hagler. Trinity University is one of the nation's top private universities and located in the culturally rich city of San Antonio. In 2022-2023, Trinity was recognized as one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges (including #1 ranking in Texas) by U.S. News and World Report. With 2,500 students from 47 states and 40 countries, Trinity is known for its stimulating, diverse, and collaborative environment. Students benefit from a flexible curriculum which includes 57 majors, 63 minors, and 6 masters degrees. An endowment of 2 billion dollars greatly enhances the learning environment, including a 8:1 student/faculty ratio, 98% of students awarded financial aid, and over 80% of students receiving funded internships or undergraduate research. The Department of Music is located in the state-of-the-art Ruth Taylor Fine Arts Center and has 11 full-time faculty and 20 part-time artist-teachers, providing music instruction to more than 500 students from across campus. Trinity offers a BA in Music and BM degrees in Music Education, Performance, and Composition. Performing ensembles, open to all students by audition, include the Trinity Choir, Chamber Singers, Voix d’Esprit, Choral Union, Collegium Musicum, Opera Workshop, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Handbell Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Saxophone Ensemble, Flute Choir, Percussion Ensemble, Brass Quintet, and numerous student-led groups. In 2014, Trinity was named an All-Steinway School. Trinity is one of the few Texas schools that offers music scholarships to both music and non-music majors. NEW ADDRESS | 310 E SAINT ELMO ROAD, UNIT B AUSTIN TX 78745 Please Note: This is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Cold bottles of still and sparkling water will be available for purchase, but this event is BYOB. Ice will be available if needed, wine keys and 9oz cups provided! Doors at 7:15pm, Show at 7:30pm. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert celebrating the Birthday Anniversary of Great American Composer Charles Mingus with Eric Mingus! A must-see for jazz lovers, this unforgettable evening features a rare and special gift from Eric to the Music Community of Texas, followed by a late night jam. Eric Mingus – Vocals Diego Rivera - Saxophones Theo Hill – Piano Boris Kozlov – Bass Daniel Dufour – Drums “Making the complicated simple – awesomely simple – that’s creativity” – Charles Mingus Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and poet Eric Mingus has been steeped in the jazz tradition since birth, using that foundation to create musical worlds that sit outside genre while remaining deeply informed by it. Born in New York City to Charles and Judy Mingus, he grew up under and around the piano as his father composed, studied cello and music theory with Charles, drums with Dannie Richmond, and later shifted to double bass while winning awards for his vocal performances in school. After early studies (including a stint at Berklee), he took his education to the road, touring as a vocalist with Carla Bley, Bobby McFerrin, and Karen Mantler, and performing with Percy Heath, Jimmy Heath, George Adams, Don Pullen, Wolfgang Puschnig, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, and others, with appearances at major festivals from Berlin, Montreal, and Saalfelden to Adelaide, Bonnaroo, and NYC’s Summerstage and Celebrate Brooklyn. Eric’s work as a writer and composer includes commissions for the Berlin Jazz Festival (poems marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Berlin speech), Yo-Yo Ma’s Our Common Nature initiative, and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, as well as an in-progress family-history project performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the Mingus Mill burial ground of his enslaved ancestors. His long-running commitment to spoken word and jazz includes a duo with the inimitable Howard Johnson and a celebrated recording of Langston Hughes’ poetry with David Amram; he has also engaged selectively with his father’s repertoire, from Mingus Dynasty’s Blues and Politics to writing lyrics and singing “Work Song (Break the Chains)” on The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions. An active educator, Eric serves as a judge and educator for the annual Charles Mingus High School competition and has led workshops, masterclasses, and lectures at institutions including Berklee, Harvard, UC Irvine, London’s Community Music House, Banlieues Bleues, and In Situ Arts Society; he recently completed a new solo recording for Ouch! Records and continues to perform and develop new work. “Eric Mingus has the kind of voice to die for, truly; so evocative.” — I-94 Bar Unveiling “Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit” An art installation for the Musicians of Austin, inspired by Charles Mingus’ Roth “Lion-head bass” Note from the Artist: Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit is my carved response to the bass that stood beside my father for most of his life: the dragon‑headed instrument that witnessed him in the LA studios with the Jazz All Stars, onstage with Bird and Monk at the Open Door, and through the arc of his career. This piece imagines what that bass absorbed—every night, every sideman, every fight over who gets to hold the story—and turns those memories into a new object for the Mingus line. Note from the Producer: We are pleased to present this singular work to the musicians and listeners of Austin, Texas. May it be a totem for the community – to inspire and remind us the depths at which we are able to reach, the breadth of expressible human experience, and the density of substance available to us in pursuit of a rich and meaningful musical life, as we share our artistry, curiosity, and hearts in connection with each other. Presented by The Jazz Purveyor --------------------------------------- RELATED EVENTS w. ERIC MINGUS Mon Apr 20 – Nightshade Gallery, Lockhart TX – Vocal Salon & Preview Tues Apr 21 – Bramble @ Uncommon Objects, ATX – Solo Performance Questions? Contact The Jazz Purveyor, text +1(929) DIG-JAZZ 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for The Jazz Purveyor Presents: Better Get Mingus in Your Soul with Eric Mingus! Disscusion + Q&A to follow! Eric Mingus – Vocals Diego Rivera - Saxophones Theo Hill – Piano Boris Kozlov – Bass Daniel Dufour – Drums “Making the complicated simple – awesomely simple – that’s creativity” – Charles Mingus Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and poet Eric Mingus has been steeped in the jazz tradition since birth, using that foundation to create musical worlds that sit outside genre while remaining deeply informed by it. Born in New York City to Charles and Judy Mingus, he grew up under and around the piano as his father composed, studied cello and music theory with Charles, drums with Dannie Richmond, and later shifted to double bass while winning awards for his vocal performances in school. After early studies (including a stint at Berklee), he took his education to the road, touring as a vocalist with Carla Bley, Bobby McFerrin, and Karen Mantler, and performing with Percy Heath, Jimmy Heath, George Adams, Don Pullen, Wolfgang Puschnig, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, and others, with appearances at major festivals from Berlin, Montreal, and Saalfelden to Adelaide, Bonnaroo, and NYC’s Summerstage and Celebrate Brooklyn. Eric’s work as a writer and composer includes commissions for the Berlin Jazz Festival (poems marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Berlin speech), Yo-Yo Ma’s Our Common Nature initiative, and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, as well as an in-progress family-history project performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the Mingus Mill burial ground of his enslaved ancestors. His long-running commitment to spoken word and jazz includes a duo with the inimitable Howard Johnson and a celebrated recording of Langston Hughes’ poetry with David Amram; he has also engaged selectively with his father’s repertoire, from Mingus Dynasty’s Blues and Politics to writing lyrics and singing “Work Song (Break the Chains)” on The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions. An active educator, Eric serves as a judge and educator for the annual Charles Mingus High School competition and has led workshops, masterclasses, and lectures at institutions including Berklee, Harvard, UC Irvine, London’s Community Music House, Banlieues Bleues, and In Situ Arts Society; he recently completed a new solo recording for Ouch! Records and continues to perform and develop new work. “Eric Mingus has the kind of voice to die for, truly; so evocative.” — I-94 Bar Unveiling “Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit” An art installation for the Musicians of Austin, inspired by Charles Mingus’ Roth “Lion-head bass” Note from the Artist: Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit is my carved response to the bass that stood beside my father for most of his life: the dragon‑headed instrument that witnessed him in the LA studios with the Jazz All Stars, onstage with Bird and Monk at the Open Door, and through the arc of his career. This piece imagines what that bass absorbed—every night, every sideman, every fight over who gets to hold the story—and turns those memories into a new object for the Mingus line. Note from the Producer: We are pleased to present this singular work to the musicians and listeners of Austin, Texas. May it be a totem for the community – to inspire and remind us the depths at which we are able to reach, the breadth of expressible human experience, and the density of substance available to us in pursuit of a rich and meaningful musical life, as we share our artistry, curiosity, and hearts in connection with each other. Presented by The Jazz Purveyor --------------------------------------- RELATED EVENTS w. ERIC MINGUS Mon Apr 20 – Nightshade Gallery, Lockhart TX – Vocal Salon & Preview Tues Apr 21 – Bramble @ Uncommon Objects, ATX – Solo Performance Questions? Contact The Jazz Purveyor, text +1(929) DIG-JAZZ