Past Events
LITTLE JUMBO CREATIVE MUSIC SERIES
Little Jumbo's creative music series functions as a cultural incubator, providing space for the genesis of new musical ideas. Every Monday and Tuesday, we showcase world-class musicians performing original, boundary-pushing work, completely free, no cover charge. This isn't background music; it's music in its purest form: live, unfiltered, and pushing the genre forward in real time. As an incubator, we create space where musicians explore new sonic territories and audiences encounter ideas they've never heard before. Democratizing access to exceptional art is who we are; it's the same philosophy behind everything we do.
Monday
May
9
2022
The CORE
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
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Justin Ray: Trumpet<br />
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone<br />
Bill Bares: Piano<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
May
2
2022
Asheville Jazz Collective
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...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
April
25
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
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.
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Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Josef Butts: Bass<br />
Tyler Householder: Percussion<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
April
18
2022
Fly Casual Organ Quartet featuring Brian Felix
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).
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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-r...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
April
11
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
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.
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Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Josef Butts: Bass<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
April
4
2022
Justin Ray Presents a Tribute to Blue Note Records
** UPDATED **
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Justin Ray - Trumpet<br />
Jason Chrisman - Sax<br />
Nick Garrison - Trombone<br />
Bill Bares - Piano<br />
Zack Page - Bass<br />
Evan Martin - Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
March
28
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
What will happen when the dust settles from the recording?
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Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Tyler Householder: Percussion<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
March
21
2022
The CORE
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
<br />
<br />
Justin Ray: Trumpet<br />
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone<br />
Bill Bares: Piano<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
March
14
2022
The Matty Ice Organ Experience
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.
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
March
7
2022
The Page Brothers Quartet
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.
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Andy Page: Guitars<br />
Zack Page: Basses<br />
Taylor Pierson: keys<br ...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
February
28
2022
Sinfonietta LIVE Recording
<h4>You are warmly invited to join us for a live recording session of Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta on Monday, February 28, 2022 at Little Jumbo in Asheville, NC!</h4>
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.
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Admission:
FREE!
Monday
February
21
2022
The CORE
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
<br />
<br />
Justin Ray: Trumpet<br />
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone<br />
Bill Bares: Piano<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Wednesday
February
16
2022
Gabrielle Loturco Pop-Up Art Show
Come check out this two-night only show from a talented local multimedia artist.
Tuesday
February
15
2022
Gabrielle Loturco Pop-Up Art Show
Come check out this two-night only show from a talented local multimedia artist.
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
February
14
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
Two weeks out—will our cast of characters be blinded by the infinite spectrum of elemental being?
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This is the last official "dress rehearsal". Special guests may show up. :)
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Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Tyler Householder: Percussion<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
February
7
2022
Asheville Art Trio
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 a...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
January
31
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
As the date of the live recording fast approaches, our heroes find themselves faced with the E.Normus task of pulling their music from the folds of the space-time continuum.
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Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Tyler Householder: Percussion<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
January
24
2022
Monday
January
17
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
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.
<br />
<br />
Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Tyler Householder: Percussion<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
January
10
2022
Fly Casual Organ Trio featuring Brian Felix
Fly Casual Organ Trio will bring an evening of swinging and soulful organ jazz to Little Jumbo.
<br/><br />
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 <a href="http://www.brianfelix.com">bria...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
January
3
2022
Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta
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.
<br />
<br />
Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Tyler Householder: Percussion<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Friday
December
31
2021
New Year's Eve at Little Jumbo with PARTY JAZZ!
<h3>Cancelled / Postponed</h3>
<p>We promised a safe new year's party. Unfortunately, due to covid-related staffing issues and out of an abundance of caution we are forced to close this weekend. We're sorry to miss New Year's with you, but we'll be raising a glass at home
<h4>If you purchased tickets, refunds will be issued over the next couple of days.</h4>
<p>If you have any questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, soliloquies, repartee, banter, or toasts... please do not hesitate to...
Monday
December
27
2021
The CORE
The CORE returns to Little Jumbo! Come enjoy piquant cocktails and titillating tunes from Asheville's most prodigious jazz quintet.
<br />
<br />
Justin Ray: Trumpet<br />
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone<br />
Bill Bares: Piano<br />
Zack Page: Bass<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
December
20
2021
Bill Bares' Golden Age Trio
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."
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Dr. Bill Bares, piano<br />
Steve Alford, bass<br />
Alan Hall, drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
December
13
2021
The Page Brothers Quartet
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.
<br /><br />
Andy Page: Guitars<br />
Zack Page: Basses<br />
Taylor Pierson: keys<br ...
Admission:
FREE!
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