Two nights before Christmas, while most people are panic-wrapping presents and pretending their family dynamics are healthy, the Danny Iannucci Quartet will be at Little Jumbo doing something far more therapeutic: playing jazz. This is your chance to escape the tinsel tyranny, the forced cheerfulness, the annual reminder that your uncle has terrible political opinions, and the slow realization that you bought the wrong size sweater for everyone on your list.
Danny Iannucci anchors on bass with nearly two decades of Asheville groove wisdom. Dylan Hannan brings multiple reed instruments and the kind of harmonic understanding that makes other musicians nervous. Ryan Ptasnik once performed on a stage made from two pickup trucks at the base of Pik Lenin in Kyrgyzstan, so a Tuesday night in December should feel refreshingly low-stakes. Dr. Tim Fischer rounds out the quartet on guitar, proving that doctoral precision and street-level soul aren't mutually exclusive. Come for the bass lines. Stay because you forgot to finish your shopping anyway.
Featuring
Dr. Tim Fischer exists in that rarified space where USC doctoral precision meets street-level groove, where European touring experience fuses with American jazz DNA to create something entirely his own. This guitarist-composer-educator doesn't just play jazz fusion—he reimagines what happens when classical technique meets electronic experimentation, when rock energy collides with bebop sophistication. From Los Angeles studios to St. Louis classrooms to his current faculty position at Coastal...
Ryan Ptasnik honed his drumming skills in Pinedale High School band classes in Wyoming, a foundation that would eventually carry him from garage bands to performing at the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. This jazz-trained drummer has become a versatile force in multiple musical worlds, from his work with the experimental group Moyindau—where he performed Kazakh poetry settings at the base of Pik Lenin in southern Kyrgyzstan on a stage constructed from two pickup trucks—to...
Dylan Hannan transforms reed instruments into musical passports, his saxophone, clarinet, and flute carrying stories from middle school jazz band revelations to concert halls across 18 states and four Canadian provinces. This east coast Florida native discovered his calling in a school jazz ensemble, then spent his University of Central Florida years expanding his musical vocabulary—mastering jazz studies while secretly studying theory and composition on piano, proving that the best wind...
Danny Iannucci embodies the spirit of musical reinvention, carrying his Western Carolina University jazz education and nearly two decades of Asheville immersion into every bass line he lays down. Since earning his bachelor's degree in music with a focus on jazz in 2010, this Piedmont-born bassist has woven himself into the fabric of Asheville's local music scene, bringing his collaborative spirit and improvisational skills to diverse audiences through years of freelance performances with...
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