Asheville Jazz Collective brings together the performing and composing talents of recent transplants Alan Hall (drums, founder) and Josef Butts (basses) with UNCA professors Steve Alford (woodwinds and bass) and Bill Bares (piano and keyboard). A.J.C. has an open-ended policy regarding the styles of jazz we choose to compose and play. Our musical influences range from Ellington to ECM, "The Bad Plus“ to Bach, Tomasz Stanko to Tito Puente, and Ornette Coleman to Olivier Messiaen. We always aim for a richly felt performance of originals and standards for our audience.
Founder Alan Hall's previous California group “Ratatet”, has released two albums on Ridgeway Records (Arctic and Heroes, Saints and Clowns), and has recieved rave reviews. “Kwirkestra” his most recent group formed at the beginning of Covid, has released three music videos on YouTube and includes an international cast of his musical peers in a virtual musical format.
Alan Hall: Drums
Will Boyd: Reeds
Bill Bares: Piano
Josef Butts: Bass
Devyn Marzuola aka dj blind date has been a longtime staple in the Asheville music scene...For years, she has curated an innumerable amount of strictly vinyl dj sets all around town. From old school dance parties to cool obscurities, blind date has likely provided a stellar soundtrack to one or many of your nights. Catch her beloved radio show, Too Dark for Disney, on the 103.3 AshevilleFM airwaves every Friday evening from 5 to 7 pm.
blind date will be serving up a supersonic stew of retro hip shaking sound---with doses of old soul, funk, no wave, disco, glam, and beyond...
Jay Sanders - Guitar
Josef Butts - Bass
Alan Hall - Drums
Former Ashevillian and local legend Michael Libramento returns to Little Jumbo for a special evening as only Libro can provide.
Help us send Steve Alford off to the land of 10,000 lakes Jumbo style!
Come listen as Sinfonietta dives into leviathan sounds; exploring the textures and dynamics of the deep. For even jazz has the power to Awaken the Cacodaemon, chase the Flyswatter, revel in the MorningTide, and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights. When we are Playin' In The Yard we are all Pioneers.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Zack Page: Bass
Tyler Householder: Percussion
Evan Martin: Drums
Asheville Jazz Collective brings together the performing and composing talents of recent transplants Alan Hall (drums, founder) and Josef Butts (basses) with UNCA professors Steve Alford (woodwinds and bass) and Bill Bares (piano and keyboard). A.J.C. has an open-ended policy regarding the styles of jazz we choose to compose and play. Our musical influences range from Ellington to ECM, "The Bad Plus“ to Bach, Tomasz Stanko to Tito Puente, and Ornette Coleman to Olivier Messiaen. We always aim for a richly felt performance of originals and standards for our audience.
Founder Alan Hall's previous California group “Ratatet”, has released two albums on Ridgeway Records (Arctic and Heroes, Saints and Clowns), and has recieved rave reviews. “Kwirkestra” his most recent group formed at the beginning of Covid, has released three music videos on YouTube and includes an international cast of his musical peers in a virtual musical format.
Alan Hall: Drums
Steve Alford: Reeds
Bill Bares: Piano
Zack Page: Bass
When the originators of the Asheville Original Music series—bassist Mike Holstein and drummer Justin Watt—teamed up with pianist Dr. William Bares (Harvard ethnomusicology Ph.D and professor of music at UNC Asheville) a decade ago to create a working jazz piano trio, the result was a new musical concept that has blurred the lines between art and entertainment, structure and spontaneity. The group has has evolved a sound that combines elements of global music, Americana and jazz in ways that are recognizably artistic and quintessentially Ashevillian.
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone
Mike Baggetta: Guitar
Kevin Kehrberg: Bass
Michael W. Davis: Drums
Mike Baggetta: guitar, live processing
Daniel Kimbro: Bass
Jordan Perlson: Drums
“…vintage twang in service of Americana-meets exploratory Jazz-psych…”
-Rolling Stone
"Guitarist Mike Baggetta bends notes, and his genre, to make music that sounds like life.”
-Ted Drozdowski, Premier Guitar
“Mike Baggetta makes stealthy, mysterious music … he’s trying to do something personal with collective improvisation without ever getting in the way of beauty.”
-Ben Ratliff, New York Times
“…a kind of post-Frisellian sonic explorer … with his wild whammy-bar articulations, ambient looping and rippling arpeggios … full of subversive surprises, hellacious skronking, string-scraping and a general hornets’ nest of fuzz-toned dissonance”
-Bill Milkowski, DownBeat Magazine / Slate Magazine
“Mike Baggetta is a genre-blurring guitar hero...at the forefront of an army of guitar innovators”
-JazzTimes
Twin brothers Andy and Zack Page have been playing music together since.... conception? Their shared life experiences result in a unified sound and unusual affinity whenever they share a bandstand. As the Page Brothers Quartet, the brothers are joined by creative, like-minded sidemen who share the desire to present a diverse program of material that honors the jazz tradition while looking to the future.
Andy Page: Guitars
Zack Page: Basses
Taylor Pierson: keys
Gary Claude: Drums
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
Justin Ray: Trumpet
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone
Bill Bares: Piano
Zack Page: Bass
Evan Martin: Drums
Asheville Jazz Collective brings together the performing and composing talents of recent transplants Alan Hall (drums, founder) and Josef Butts (basses) with UNCA professors Steve Alford (woodwinds and bass) and Bill Bares (piano and keyboard). A.J.C. has an open-ended policy regarding the styles of jazz we choose to compose and play. Our musical influences range from Ellington to ECM, "The Bad Plus“ to Bach, Tomasz Stanko to Tito Puente, and Ornette Coleman to Olivier Messiaen. We always aim for a richly felt performance of originals and standards for our audience.
Founder Alan Hall's previous California group “Ratatet”, has released two albums on Ridgeway Records (Arctic and Heroes, Saints and Clowns), and has recieved rave reviews. “Kwirkestra” his most recent group formed at the beginning of Covid, has released three music videos on YouTube and includes an international cast of his musical peers in a virtual musical format.
Alan Hall: Drums
Steve Alford: Reeds
Bill Bares: Piano
Josef Butts: Bass
Come listen as Sinfonietta dives into leviathan sounds; exploring the textures and dynamics of the deep. For even jazz has the power to Awaken the Cacodaemon, chase the Flyswatter, revel in the MorningTide, and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights. When we are Playin' In The Yard we are all Pioneers.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Josef Butts: Bass
Tyler Householder: Percussion
Evan Martin: Drums
Fly Casual Organ Trio will bring an evening of swinging and soulful organ jazz to Little Jumbo. The group features Brian Felix (organ), Jacob Rodriguez (sax), Justin Ray (trumpet), and Evan Martin (drums).
Brian Felix is Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department at UNC Asheville, where he teaches classes on jazz theory and improvisation, jazz history, keyboard skills, music business, the Beatles and the Grateful Dead. He was co-leader of OM Trio, an acclaimed jazz-rock group that toured internationally between 1999-2004. More info at brianfelix.com.
Brian Felix: organ
Jacob Rodriguez: sax
Justin Ray: trumpet
Evan Martin: drums
Come listen as Sinfonietta dives into leviathan sounds; exploring the textures and dynamics of the deep. For even jazz has the power to Awaken the Cacodaemon, chase the Flyswatter, revel in the MorningTide, and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights. When we are Playin' In The Yard we are all Pioneers.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Josef Butts: Bass
Evan Martin: Drums
** UPDATED **
Justin Ray - Trumpet
Jason Chrisman - Sax
Nick Garrison - Trombone
Bill Bares - Piano
Zack Page - Bass
Evan Martin - Drums
What will happen when the dust settles from the recording?
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Zack Page: Bass
Tyler Householder: Percussion
Evan Martin: Drums
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
Justin Ray: Trumpet
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone
Bill Bares: Piano
Zack Page: Bass
Evan Martin: Drums
Asheville legend Matt Smith returns to Little Jumbo with his spectacular Organ Experience! Featuring Matt Smith on guitar and pedal steel, Taylor Pierson on organ, Evan Martin on drums, and the stylings of Jacob Rodriguez on Saxophone.
Twin brothers Andy and Zack Page have been playing music together since.... conception? Their shared life experiences result in a unified sound and unusual affinity whenever they share a bandstand. As the Page Brothers Quartet, the brothers are joined by creative, like-minded sidemen who share the desire to present a diverse program of material that honors the jazz tradition while looking to the future.
Andy Page: Guitars
Zack Page: Basses
Taylor Pierson: keys
Gary Claude: Drums
Several decades in the making, Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta features mostly original material and a few choice covers by some of the band's premier influences. The Sinfonietta has frequently performed as part of Little Jumbo's Monday night music series since the bar reopened in the spring of 2021.
Buy purchasing these tickets, you agree to be present with the process and are interested in listening to the music. We appreciate you and want everyone in the room to be a part of what we hope is a magical experience.
Purchasing a ticket guarantees you a seat within visible distance of the band and supports the recording effort... ⭐THANK YOU!⭐ We will allow others in after ticket holders are seated provided they agree to be remain present in the moment.
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
Justin Ray: Trumpet
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone
Bill Bares: Piano
Zack Page: Bass
Evan Martin: Drums
Come check out this two-night only show from a talented local multimedia artist.
Come check out this two-night only show from a talented local multimedia artist.