Brian Pardo, Bobby Sparks & Brannen Temple - Live at Monks

Thu, Dec 07

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Brian Pardo Trio ft. Bobby Sparks & Brannen Temple! Brian Pardo - guitar Bobby Sparks - hammond c3 organ Brannen Temple - drums Guitarist and composer, Brian Pardo has performed and recorded with a wide range of jazz and popular artists including Jack McDuff, Stan Getz, John Clayton, Eddie Harris, and more. He holds a doctorate in Jazz Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s degree in Music Composition from Mills College, and a bachelor’s degree in Music Theory and Composition from Haverford College. Brian is a member of the Jazz faculty at Huston-Tillotson University and has previously taught at Texas State University, University of California, Berkeley, California State University East Bay, and the California Jazz Conservatory. Grammy Award Winning Musician and Producer, Bobby Sparks has toured the world with diverse musical giants such as Kirk Franklin, Les McCann, Roy Hargrove, Natalie Cole and Nancy Wilson. He has taken part in numerous music award shows and even played at The White House. As he continues to accomplish his goals through his music, he is now producing artists at his new recording studio in Mesquite, TX. Sparks’ diverse talent includes a wide mix of blues, jazz, and gospel music. His other projects include the release of the feature film, The Gospel, for which he was the soundtrack co-producer. Bobby, the producer of Kirk Franklin’s Why We Sing album, is also featured on CDs by Yolanda Adams and Roy Hargrove. Since 2016, he has been a regular member of the acclaimed jam band Snarky Puppy, appearing on 2016's Grammy-winning Culcha Vulcha, and 2019's Immigrance. Also in 2019, Sparks released his first album as a leader, Schizophrenia: The Yang Project, which featured contributions by Hargrove, Marcus Miller, Snarky Puppy's Michael League, and others. Brannen Temple, hailing from Austin, Texas, is a 3 time Grammy Award winning American drummer, who is best known as a drummer for acts like Eric Burdon, Robben Ford, Lizz Wright, Eric Johnson, Sheena Easton, Patrice Rushen, Ruthie Foster, and Boz Scaggs. Since the early 1990s, Temple has become an accomplished session drummer and played on records by Chris Duarte, Patrice Rushen, Chris Smither, and more. In 1996 he was part of the first G3 Tour, drumming for Eric Johnson and was featured on their 1997 live album G3: Live in Concert. Since 2010, he has toured on and off with Chris Duarte Group, jazz vocalist Lizz Wright, and Ruthie Foster. Temple received several Austin Music Awards over the years for "Best Drummer" or "Best Jazz Band" categories for his bands Hot Buttered Rhythm, Blaze and Black Red Black. Temple is also in there “Hall of Fame” as well as a lifetime musician. And in 2020 as a part of the studio band for guitar / vocalist Gary Clark Jr. he received a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Album" and "Best Rock Song" for the album and song title “This Land”. He continues to reside in Austin, Texas and has several local jazz and funk bands, amongst them Temple Underground and BTXpress. 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! 22 free parking spaces onsite are first-come-first-serve. Doors at 7:45pm, Show at 8pm.