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Alex Kautz Quartet
Jan
16
7:30 PM19:30
Athenaeum Jazz

Alex Kautz Quartet

Thursday, January 16, 2025
7:30 PM

The fall series concludes Thursday, January 16, with the Athenaeum debut of the Alex Kautz Quartet, featuring Kautz on drums, Chico Pinheiro on guitar, John Ellis on saxophone, and Hamish Smith on bass. Renowned for his musicality, groove, and knowledge of various genres, Kautz stands out as a distinguished percussionist, educator, and composer. With an unwavering passion for jazz and world music, he has crafted a captivating and distinct musical voice. A Brazilian artist based in New York City, Kautz has been an important part of the city’s music scene for the last decade and has played and/or recorded with some of the top artists in the industry today, including Tim Ries, Magos Herrera, Nilson Matta, Chico Pinheiro, Steve Wilson, Lenny Andrade, Fabio Gouvea, Helio Alves, Victor Prieto, and Lionel Loueke.

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Athenaeum Jazz Fall 2024 Series
Nov
2
7:30 PM19:30
Athenaeum Jazz Series

Athenaeum Jazz Fall 2024 Series

Saturday, November 2, 7:30 PM—Ben Williams Quartet
Sunday, December 1, 7:30 PM—Billy Childs Quartet
Thursday, January 16, 7:30 PM—Alex Kautz Quartet
7:30 PM

Our annual fall series of Athenaeum Jazz will take place in the library’s Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room. Seating is limited, so early reservations are advised. Please join us for these three special evenings featuring internationally acclaimed jazz artists Ben Williams, Billy Childs, and Alex Kautz.

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Mark Turner Quartet
Oct
28
7:30 PM19:30
Jazz at Scripps Research

Mark Turner Quartet

Thursday, October 28, 2021
7:30 PM

The series concludes on Thursday, October 28, with the Mark Turner Quartet, featuring Turner on tenor saxophone, Joe Martin on bass, Jason Palmer on trumpet, and Jonathan Pinson on drums. Turner returns to the series having performed on the first set of concerts in 1996 with the TanaReid Quintet, then on subsequent dates with the collective trio Fly (with Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard), with Ethan Iverson, and with Gerald Clayton. In a career that spans more than two decades, Turner has emerged as a towering presence in the jazz community and is one of the most highly-regarded tenor saxophonists in jazz. The New York Times praised him simply as “Possibly jazz’s premier player… his stature in the jazz world keeps growing... a great jazz musician.” With a distinctive tone, singular improvisational skills and an innovative compositional approach, Turner has earned a far-reaching reputation as one of jazz’s most original musical forces. As fellow saxophonist Ravi Coltrane put it, “Mark Turner is one of the most important players that has come along in the last 20 years, easily the most influential.” For this Athenaeum appearance, Turner reunites the musicians from his forthcoming release on ECM Records, a follow-up to his acclaimed 2014 album, “Lathe of Heaven.” All Music wrote, “This is deeply meditative music that defies categorization while at the same time bringing to mind such disparate touchstones as '70s Kenny Wheeler, '60s Ornette Coleman, and the lyrical '50s West Coast cool of the Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan pianoless quartet… Turner strips back layers of jazz style and language to reveal a sound that is both familiar and utterly new.”

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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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