Monks Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

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!

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for The Lower 99 Collective!

Parker Powers - Trumpet

Javier Vasquez - Saxophone

Barbra White - Vocals

Ian Clark - Guitar

Joao Camargo - Keys

Seth Jennings - Bass

Nic Aguon - Drums

The Lower 99 Collective is a multi-genre group of instrumentalists that is heavily influenced by a variety of Post-Bop sounds such as the Hard bop era of the 60s with composers such as Cedar Walton and Charles Mingus as well as Neo-Soul and RnB-Jazz fusion pioneered by musicians such as Roy Hargrove and Braxton Cook.

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 the Jim Snidero Quartet "House of Trane" Record Release!

Jim Snidero - Alto Saxophone

Stefan Karlsson - Piano

Ugonna Okegwo - Bass

Jason Tiemman - Drums

Grammy award-winning alto saxophonist, composer and author Jim Snidero has been hailed as an “alto sax virtuoso” (Downbeat) with “mind-boggling” improvisation skills (The Guardian), amassing over 20 million streams on Spotify and Apple. In 2024 he reached the pinnacle of the jazz world, placing top 5 alto saxophone in the preeminent Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll.

Originally from Maryland, Snidero moved to New York in 1981 after studying at the U of North Texas, touring and recording with legendary B3 organist Brother Jack McDuff. Other sideman stints included Frank Sinatra (recording Duets 2), the Mingus Big Band, Eddie Palmieri, Frank Wess, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Sting and Brian Lynch, appearing as a featured soloist on Lynch’s Grammy-winning The Omni-American Book Club. His 27 leader albums include 1989’s Blue Afternoon, later included in The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums; the self-composed and arranged orchestral Strings on Milestone Records, hailed as a “masterpiece” by the San Francisco Guardian; the Korean-inspired Project-K; and Live at the Deer Head Inn.

Recent years have brought some of the strongest recognition of Snidero’s career. Live at the Deer Head Inn received a 5-star “Best-of-2021 Masterpiece” rating from DownBeat, while 2024’s chordless trio album For All We Know earned 4½ stars from AllMusic and further acclaim from DownBeat and Stereophile. Snidero’s quartet is a regular on tour circuits throughout Europe and the US.

Press Quotes-

“Alto Saxophone Virtuoso” – Downbeat Magazine

“Snidero has let his influences reveal something special” – The Times

“An alto saxophone sound that is one of the richest and purest on the planet” – Stereophile Magazine

"Mind-boggling, and, at the same time hugely enjoyable (improvisation)” – The Guardian

“Genuinely significant figure in jazz composition” – Penguin Guide to Jazz

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 7:00 PM, Show at 7:30 PM.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a 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!

Every Wednesday, Monks opens the stage up for a late-night jazz jam hosted weekly by Austin's very own Daniel Dufour.

9 PM to Midnight · Every Wednesday

No Cover 21 & Up · One Drink Minimum

$10 cover Under 21

Come sit in, bring your instrument, or just settle in with a drink and listen.

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, we will be live-streaming during the event, and jams will be live-streamed to the public via our Youtube Channel!

Free parking is available in the area. Minors must be accompanied by Parents or Guardian. Doors at 9pm.