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
December
6
2021
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.
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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
November
29
2021
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, Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department at UNC Asheville.
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Brian Felix: Organ<br />
Justin Ray: Trumpet<br />
Jacob Rodriguez: Saxophone<br />
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
November
22
2021
Ghosts of the American Dream
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.
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Jay Sanders: Guitar<br />
Matt Smith: Pedal Steel<br />
Steve Alford: Reeds<br />
Jake Wolf: Bass<br />
Mike Rhodes: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
November
15
2021
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
November
8
2021
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
November
1
2021
Fly Casual Organ Quartet feat Rodriguez and Ray
Brian Felix returns with the Fly Casual Organ Trio. Featuring Jacob Rodriguez on saxophone and Justin Ray on trumpet.
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
October
25
2021
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
October
18
2021
Michael W. Davis
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!
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
October
11
2021
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 />Jay Sanders: Guitar ∴ Steve Alford: Reeds ∴ Zack Page: Bass<br />Tyler Householder: Percussion ∴ Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
October
4
2021
Monday
September
27
2021
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 />Jay Sanders: Guitar ∴ Steve Alford: Reeds ∴ Zack Page: Bass<br />Tyler Householder: Percussion ∴ Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
September
20
2021
Brian Felix Trio
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.
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
September
13
2021
The E.Normus Trio
The E.Normus Trio returns reincarnated as a resplendent regiment ready to repatriate, percolate, and contemplate the aggregate.
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Wonderfully progressive in style, complete with off-the-wall arrangements, unexpected and startling effects and a completely unrestricted attitude... ~ Bold Life
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Steve Alford ∴ Alto Clarniet, Contralto Clarinet, Bass <br/>
Jay Sanders ∴ Guitar, N/S Stick, Bass <br/>
Evan Martin ∴ Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
September
6
2021
(Core - 2) + 1 [Standard Deviation]
σ = sqrt [ Σ ( Xi - X )2 / N ]
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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.
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Or, just enjoy some quality cocktails and listen to some amazing music. It's much easier that way.
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Steve Alford: Saxophone ∴ Bill Bares: Piano ∴ Zack Page: Bass ∴ Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
August
30
2021
Bill Bares’s “Golden Age" Trio
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."
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
August
23
2021
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.
Jay Sanders: Guitar ∴
Steve Alford: Reeds ∴
Zack Page: Bass ∴
Tyler Householder: Percussion ∴
Evan Martin: Drums
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
August
9
2021
Monday
August
2
2021
Monday
June
29
2020
The Jay Sanders Quartet featuring Will Beasley, Steve Alford, and Evan Martin
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.
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The incomparable and free-flowing spi...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
June
22
2020
The Core
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.
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
June
15
2020
The Jay Sanders Quartet featuring Will Beasley, Steve Alford, and Evan Martin
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.
<br /><br />
The incomparable and free-flowing spi...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
June
8
2020
Fly Casual Organ Trio 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), Ben Colvin (sax), 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-rock group that toured inter...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
June
1
2020
The Jay Sanders Quartet featuring Will Beasley, Steve Alford, and Evan Martin
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.
<br /><br />
The incomparable and free-flowing spi...
Admission:
FREE!
Monday
May
25
2020
The Core
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.
Admission:
FREE!
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