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Jam Session: Zach Wiggins

Zach Wiggins-piano/bandleader, Bailey Zick-bass, Andrew Flores-drums Every Sunday the true spirit of jazz plays out on stage at The Nash, as student and pro musicians play together, unrehearsed, in a variety of combinations. There’s always a solid core trio. Student…

Jam Session: Beth Lederman

Beth Lederman-piano/bandleader, Mike King-bass, Emerson Laffey-drums Every Sunday the true spirit of jazz plays out on stage at The Nash, as student and pro musicians play together, unrehearsed, in a variety of combinations. There’s always a solid core trio. Student…

Emerging Artist Series: Benjamin Cortez

Benjamin Cortez-keyboards/vocals/guitar, Patrick Feher-tenor and alto saxophones, Jayson Davis-trumpet, Richard Brennan-trombone, Joe Allie-guitars, Eric Nakamoto-bass, Connor Sample-drums Benjamin Cortez is a multi-dimensional musician who delivers soulful, high-energy performances on vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, and drums. His diverse musical sensibilities…

Vocal Jazz Workshop Concert (Week Two)

This is the culminating performance of The Nash Summer Vocal Jazz Workshop (Week Two), directed by Dennis Rowland. The Vocal Jazz Workshops will focus on the vocalist’s role in a jazz ensemble. Through performance, vocalists and instrumentalists will explore the…

Vocal Jazz Workshop Concert (Week One)

This is the culminating performance of The Nash Summer Vocal Jazz Workshop (Week One), directed by Dennis Rowland. The Vocal Jazz Workshops will focus on the vocalist’s role in a jazz ensemble. Through performance, vocalists and instrumentalists will explore the…

Duos & Trios Workshop Concert

This is the culminating performance of The Nash Summer Duos & Trios Workshop, directed by Eric Rasmussen. This workshop will focus on ways to play in duo and trio settings with various types of instrumentation. Throughout the workshop players will…

Trad Jazz Workshop Concert

This is the culminating performance of The Nash Summer Trad Jazz Workshop, directed by Zach Wiggins. Working in small and large group settings, the Trad Jazz Workshop focuses on music from the New Orleans tradition made popular by artists such…

Latin Jazz Workshop Concert

This is the culminating performance of The Nash Summer Latin Jazz Workshop, directed by Raúl Yañez. Note: Performance time has been moved up to 5:30 pm Focusing on Afro-Cuban Jazz and Mambo literature made popular by artists such as Mario…

Jazz Matinee: Alice Tatum

Alice Tatum-vocals, Nicole Pesce-piano, Bob Lashier-bass, Todd Chuba-drums Alice Tatum is an award winning and critically acclaimed singer who has been a fixture on the Phoenix music scene for more than 30 years.  She is an accomplished jazz vocalist, as…