Our Musicians

Zack Page

Acoustic & Electric Bass

On their twelfth Christmas, Pete Page gave one son a guitar and the other a bass. The old man loved Booker T. & t...

Steve Alford

Clarinet & Saxophone

Every Monday night at Little Jumbo, Steve Alford transforms his saxophone into a conduit for jazz history, channeling...

Dylan Hannan

Tenor Saxophone

Dylan Hannan transforms reed instruments into musical passports, his saxophone, clarinet, and flute carrying stories ...

Sara Caswell

Violin

In a world where jazz violin often feels like an afterthought, Sara Caswell rewrote the entire conversation. This Gra...

Will Boyd

Sax, Flute, Clarinet, EWI

The house in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was a frequency spectrum unto itself. The Isley Brothers and the Manhattan T...

Brad Walker

Saxophone, Effects

For three years, Brad Walker didn't play the saxophone. He had a degree in classical performance from LSU and a Teach...

Justin Watt

Drums

Justin Watt embodies the rare breed of drummer who's equally at home anchoring a world-famous big band or exploring i...

Danny Iannucci

Bass

Danny Iannucci embodies the spirit of musical reinvention, carrying his Western Carolina University jazz education an...

Christian Howes

Violin

Christian Howes treats the violin like a conversation starter rather than a statement piece. He's as comfortable teac...

Joe Enright

Drums

Joe Enright transforms every drum kit into a storytelling machine, his sticks weaving rhythmic narratives that bridge...

Evan Martin

Drums

In Asheville's Monday night jazz ecosystem, Evan Martin represents the rare breed of drummer who understands that sen...

Brian Felix

Organ

When Brian Felix sits behind a Hammond B3, gospel church pews start swaying in jazz clubs, and cocktail lounges sudde...

Ryan Ptasnik

Drums

Ryan Ptasnik honed his drumming skills in Pinedale High School band classes in Wyoming, a foundation that would event...

Jesse Lewis

Guitar

Jesse Lewis inhabits the spaces where jazz guitar tradition meets 21st-century sonic exploration, his steel strings s...

Matt Booth

Bass

Matt Booth decided he was a bass player before he owned a bass. He was in middle school in Pittsburgh, and his friend...

Alex Taub

Piano

Alex Taub started playing piano at six years old in Silver Spring, Maryland, which is not unusual. What's unusual is ...

Jacob Rodriguez

Saxophone

From San Antonio street corners to Michael Bublé's Grammy-winning stages, Jacob Rodriguez has woven a musical tapestr...

Peter Dimery

Tenor Sax

It started with his mother's ear. "I'd wanted to play an instrument, but I didn't know which one I was going to pick...

Jeff Sipe

Drums

Jeff Sipe transforms drum sets into portals between musical dimensions, his sticks serving as wands that conjure ever...

Casey Driessen

5-String Fiddle

Driessen has never taken the standard path in his music career. Described by Zac Brown as “a mad scientist with a fiv...

Kenneth Brown

Drums

When you grow up in a household where your father is jazz visionary pianist Donald Brown and your brother Keith is al...

Chris Bullock

Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet

Originally from Asheville, NC, Chris Bullock's musical obsession began as a child with early interests in the Beach B...

Andy Page

Guitar

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Andy Page has become a cornerstone of Boone's vibrant music scene as a senior le...

Steve LaSpina

Bass

Born in the dance band DNA of Wichita Falls, Texas, Steve LaSpina transformed family musical heritage into a New York...

DJ Lil Meow Meow

Turntables

Behind the whimsically feline moniker lies a musical curator who understands that the art of DJing isn't just about p...

Bill Bares

Piano

From Nebraska to Harvard to Little Jumbo, Dr. Bill Bares embodies the scholarly soul of jazz—a NEH Distinguished Prof...

Quinn Sternberg

Bass

Quinn Sternberg doesn't just play bass—he becomes the gravitational center around which musical solar systems orbit, ...

Jack Wilkins

Tenor Sax

Jack Wilkins transforms tenor saxophone into a compass for musical exploration, his horn pointing toward everything f...

Al Sergel

Drums

The first instrument Alfred Sergel IV ever touched was an 18-inch cymbal his father brought home from the band room. ...

Jay Sanders

Guitar and Effects

Jay Sanders grew up in Nashville, which means he grew up understanding that music is labor — that behind every song o...

Justin Stanton

Trumpet, Keyboards

From the small town of Elizabethton, Tennessee to Grammy stages around the world, Justin Stanton has built a career o...

Justin Ray

Trumpet

In a scene filled with talented musicians, Justin Ray has emerged as both a formidable trumpet voice and the kind of ...

Michael W Davis

Drums

Michael W Davis approaches the drum kit like a master sculptor approaches marble—understanding that the most powerful...

Jean Caze

Trumpet

When Jean Caze lifts his trumpet to his lips, three worlds collide: the ancestral rhythms of Haiti flowing through hi...

Tim Fischer

Guitar

Dr. Tim Fischer exists in that rarified space where USC doctoral precision meets street-level groove, where European ...

Alan Hall

Drums

Before Alan Hall played his first drum lesson, he played concerts. He and his sister would turn on the radio and perf...