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
Bill Bares’s “Golden Age" Trio features jazz professors. The group’s swing- and bebop- infused spontaneity recalls the jazz produced in the 1950s and 1960s, where trios led by Erroll Garner, Ramsey Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Red Garland contributed to what will forever be known as jazz’s “Golden Age."
Dr. Bill Bares, piano
Steve Alford, bass
Alan Hall, drums
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
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 Cacodemon; and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Zack Page: 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, Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department at UNC Asheville.
Brian Felix: Organ
Justin Ray: Trumpet
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone
Evan Martin: Drums
Ghosts of the American Dream is a semi-americana jazz quintet. Playing many traditional folk songs and standards of the great American songbook, they speak to an American past that just might still be present.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Matt Smith: Pedal Steel
Steve Alford: Reeds
Jake Wolf: Bass
Mike Rhodes: 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
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 Cacodemon; and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Zack Page: Bass
Tyler Householder: Percussion
Evan Martin: Drums
Brian Felix returns with the Fly Casual Organ Trio. Featuring Jacob Rodriguez on saxophone and Justin Ray on trumpet.
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 Cacodemon; and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights.
Jay Sanders: Guitar
Steve Alford: Reeds
Zack Page: Bass
Tyler Householder: Percussion
Evan Martin: Drums
Former Asheville resident and New York City jazz drumming luminary Michael W Davis returns to Little Jumbo for an evening of exceptional diapasons, deep diary diatribes, and bourbon... lots of bourbon!
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 Cacodemon; and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights.
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
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 Cacodemon; and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights.
Jay Sanders: Guitar ∴ Steve Alford: Reeds ∴ Zack Page: Bass
Tyler Householder: Percussion ∴ Evan Martin: Drums
Brian Felix (piano), Zack Page (bass), Justin Watt (drums) - Playing piano trio adaptations of wide-ranging repertoire, including Herbie Hancock, The Bad Plus, The Beatles, and Stevie Wonder.
The E.Normus Trio returns reincarnated as a resplendent regiment ready to repatriate, percolate, and contemplate the aggregate.
Wonderfully progressive in style, complete with off-the-wall arrangements, unexpected and startling effects and a completely unrestricted attitude... ~ Bold Life
Steve Alford ∴ Alto Clarniet, Contralto Clarinet, Bass
Jay Sanders ∴ Guitar, N/S Stick, Bass
Evan Martin ∴ Drums
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This Monday: subtract two of the Core's core members who have been called away to play, add in one prolific reeds player, solve for the standard deviation.
Or, just enjoy some quality cocktails and listen to some amazing music. It's much easier that way.
Steve Alford: Saxophone ∴ Bill Bares: Piano ∴ Zack Page: Bass ∴ Evan Martin: Drums
Bill Bares’s “Golden Age" Trio features jazz professors Dr. Bill Bares, piano; Steve Alford, bass; and Alan Hall, drums. The group’s swing- and bebop- infused spontaneity recalls the jazz produced in the 1950s and 1960s, where trios led by Erroll Garner, Ramsey Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Red Garland contributed to what will forever be known as jazz’s “Golden Age."
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 Cacodemon; and elevate the Seagull to resplendent heights.
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
While most widely known as the bass player for western North Carolina’s seminal folk-rock fusion band Acoustic Syndicate, Jay Sanders brings his guitar out on Monday nights to deliver his unique and thoughtful take on jazz and improvisational music. Heavily influenced by a fusion of Bill Frisell and Sonny Sharrock, Sanders’ playing varies widely between fresh takes on song forms, "prairie music", and organic explorations of the avant-garde.
The incomparable and free-flowing spirit that Will Beasley brings to his bass playing is as refreshing as it is virtuosic. Will dances perfectly between the role of being a bass player and beautifully playing the bass with an enlightened level of intuition and grace.
Multi-instrumentalist Evan Martin carries the rhythm with a visceral vision that can only come from someone with a deep and sweeping understanding of music.
Leviathan instrumentalist Steve Alford brings his colossal sound to every instrument that he plays. Most frequently found with a saxophone on Monday night, he is also known as a virtuosic clarinetist and oboist. Equal parts Colin Stetson, Eric Dolphy, and a sound all his own, Steve's intrinsic and innovative genius is as much a joy to behold as it is a beast to apprehend.
Live Jazz ensemble The Core return to Little Jumbo this Monday, March 2! Featuring Asheville's own Justin Ray on trumpet, Jacob Rodriguez on saxophone, William Bares on keys, Zack Page on upright bass, and Evan Martin holding it down on drums, The Core is an all-star cast of Asheville musicians. Come share a drink with friends both old and new and raise a glass in celebration of real, live jazz.
While most widely known as the bass player for western North Carolina’s seminal folk-rock fusion band Acoustic Syndicate, Jay Sanders brings his guitar out on Monday nights to deliver his unique and thoughtful take on jazz and improvisational music. Heavily influenced by a fusion of Bill Frisell and Sonny Sharrock, Sanders’ playing varies widely between fresh takes on song forms, "prairie music", and organic explorations of the avant-garde.
The incomparable and free-flowing spirit that Will Beasley brings to his bass playing is as refreshing as it is virtuosic. Will dances perfectly between the role of being a bass player and beautifully playing the bass with an enlightened level of intuition and grace.
Multi-instrumentalist Evan Martin carries the rhythm with a visceral vision that can only come from someone with a deep and sweeping understanding of music.
Leviathan instrumentalist Steve Alford brings his colossal sound to every instrument that he plays. Most frequently found with a saxophone on Monday night, he is also known as a virtuosic clarinetist and oboist. Equal parts Colin Stetson, Eric Dolphy, and a sound all his own, Steve's intrinsic and innovative genius is as much a joy to behold as it is a beast to apprehend.