Wes Case/Collin Shook Quartet

Tue, Oct 29

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Wes Case/Collin Shook Quartet! Wes Case - Guitar Collin Shook - Piano James Suter - Double Bass Daniel Dufour - Drums About Wes Case: Texas native and professional guitarist, composer and educator for 13 years, Wes Case has a highly playful and rhythmically driven voice seldom heard on the guitar. Upon graduating from UNT’s jazz program in 2015, he began performed and traveling throughout Latin America, studying Uruguay’s folk music Candombe in Montevideo, Quechua (an Andean language) while in Peru, as well the rich world of rhythm with Filó Machado(of Djavan) in Brazil. He recorded and released his debut album – “E Fado” - during a trip back home in 2018. Now re-established in Texas, he has become among the most in-demand guitarists of his generation. The band, Wes Case and Co. is highly dynamic experience exploring the most intimate and energetic sides of jazz, drawing influence from Keith Jarrett, John Coltrane, classical, modern jazz and folk-afro influences from the south american diaspora. The repertoire includes a mix of jazz standards, originals, contemporary covers, and arrangements of classic American pop tunes in relevant modern improvisational styles (a technique jazz musicians used in the swing and bebop heyday). An active educator, bandleader and sideman for various DFW projects, Wes can be found performing in traditional jazz settings, exploring his playful arrangements of classic pop tunes, and original modern jazz projects. He plays regularly with the Skinny Cooks, and has performed or shared the stage with Bernard Wright, RC Williams and Cleon Edwards(of Erykah Badu), Fred Hamilton, Shelley Carrol(Duke Ellington Orchestra), Bobby Sparks(RH Factor, Snarky Puppy), and Melvin Wells(of Cameo). About Collin Shook: Collin Shook, native to Dallas, Texas, is a jazz pianist, composer, and founder of Monks Jazz. During high school, he studied instruments from all around the bandstand, moved to Austin in 2007, performed and recorded in Tucson from 2009 to 2013, and finally returned to Austin in 2014. In September 2016, Collin collaborated with the art co-op Topology in East Austin to create Monks Jazz Club, a pop-up listening room concept. Having hosted nearly 100 pop-up concerts in over a dozen venues from 2016-2020, Monks transitioned to a live-streaming format in response to the pandemic, and in 2021 landed a permanent brick and mortar space in the heart of East Austin, where Collin has produced over 600 Monks live-taping concerts. His two albums as a leader (Derivatives 2012 & The Desert 2016) can be found at collinshook.bandcamp.com 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.