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Ben Wendel Quartet | Athenaeum Jazz
Apr
24
7:30 PM19:30
Athenaeum Jazz

Ben Wendel Quartet | Athenaeum Jazz

Thursday, April 24, 2025
7:30 PM

*AT THE ATHENAEUM MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARY*
The series concludes on Thursday, April 24, at the Athenaeum with the Ben Wendel Quartet, featuring Wendel on saxophone with an all-star rhythm section of Gerald Clayton on piano, Luca Alemanno on bass, and Jonathan Pinson on drums. Grammy-nominated saxophonist Ben Wendel was born in Vancouver and raised in Los Angeles. Currently living in Brooklyn, he has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, composer, and producer. Highlights include tours, performances, and/or recordings with artists such as Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tigran Hamasyan, Antonio Sanchez, Eric Harland, Taylor Eigsti, Linda May Han Oh, Moonchild, Louis Cole, Daedelus, Snoop Dogg, and Prince. Wendel is a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Kneebody. His 2023 record, All One, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album category. His latest release, Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard (October 2024), features his longtime colleague, Gerald Clayton.

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Athenaeum Jazz Spring Series
Mar
27
7:30 PM19:30
Athenaeum Jazz Series

Athenaeum Jazz Spring Series

Thursday, March 27, 7:30 PM—Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos (at Scripps Research)
Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 PM—Bill Frisell Trio (at Scripps Research)
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 PM—Ben Wendel Quartet (at the Athenaeum)
7:30 PM

We are pleased to announce the return of the Athenaeum Jazz series to the Scripps Research Auditorium (10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive, north of Genesee Avenue in Torrey Pines Mesa) for two out of three concerts in our annual spring series. Seating is limited for all three evenings, so early reservations are advised. Please join us for these three special performances featuring internationally acclaimed jazz artists Omar Sosa, Bill Frisell, and Ben Wendel.

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Miguel Zenón Quartet
Oct
26
7:30 PM19:30
Jazz at the Athenaeum, Jazz at Scripps Research

Miguel Zenón Quartet

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
7:30 PM

The series concludes on Wednesday, October 26, with the Miguel Zenón Quartet. Brilliant Puerto Rican–born alto saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón returns to San Diego with his stellar longtime quartet featuring pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Luca Alemanno, and Puerto Rican drummer Henry Cole, playing the music from his forthcoming album.

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Castellanos / Clayton / Clayton / McCurdy / Wilson
Oct
4
7:30 PM19:30
Jazz at Scripps Research

Castellanos / Clayton / Clayton / McCurdy / Wilson

Monday, October 4, 2021
7:30 PM

The series opens on Monday, October 4, with a special-edition quintet featuring Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, Gerald Clayton on piano, John Clayton on bass, Roy McCurdy on drums, and Anthony Wilson on guitar. Castellanos has contributed to our city’s jazz scene not only as a first-call trumpeter but also as the curator of a decades-long weekly jam session and of the San Diego Symphony’s jazz series and as director of the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory. He has performed around the world with the acclaimed Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. A four-time Grammy-nominee, Gerald Clayton is widely recognized as one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation. Son of bass legend John Clayton and a member of the family’s Clayton Brothers Quintet, his career includes performances with artists including Charles Lloyd, John Scofield, Diana Krall, and Dianne Reeves. Celebrated educator, band leader, producer, and arranger, John Clayton, is widely acclaimed as one of the leading bassists in jazz, having a Grammy on his shelf and eight additional nominations. Veteran drummer Roy McCurdy’s career has included membership in the bands of the Mangione Brothers, the Art Farmer Jazztet, Sonny Rollins, and the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. Guitarist Anthony Wilson, son of NEA Jazz Master Gerald Wilson and known worldwide for his longtime membership in the Diana Krall Quartet, has received honors including the Thelonious Monk International Composers’ Award and commissions from Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Athenaeum series has featured Wilson’s original projects since the early 2000s.

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Jazz at Scripps Research Fall Series
Oct
4
7:30 PM19:30
Jazz at Scripps Series

Jazz at Scripps Research Fall Series

October 4, 16 & 28, 2021
7:30 PM

Athenaeum Jazz at the Scripps Research Auditorium returns to celebrate the series’ 25th anniversary! The Athenaeum presented the first three public concerts in the auditorium in the fall of 1996 with performances by Jimmy Smith, James Moody, and the TanaReid Quintet. So this fall we mark a milestone of a quarter century of concerts that have featured many of the most eminent artists in jazz. The series showcases the talents of an array of extraordinary artists: a special-edition quintet featuring Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, Gerald Clayton on piano, John Clayton on bass, Roy McCurdy on drums, and Anthony Wilson on guitar; a rare West Coast date by critically acclaimed flutist and composer Jamie Baum; and the return of tenor saxophone giant Mark Turner. Seating is limited and early reservations are advised!

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