• Inside Pocket

    Inside Pocket
    Mason Lounge 416 S. Park Street, Madison, Wi

    Inside Pocket plays an energetic mix of standards, contemporary jazz, and originals. Bob Kerwin – tenor saxophone Mark Ramirez – keyboard Francis Deck – bass Paul Baker – drums Inside Pocket

    Free
  • A ModernArte Show

    Lucille 101 King St, Madison, Wi

    Jazz: love songs for everyone.

    Free
  • ZuZu Jam Session

    ZuZu Jam Session
    Zuzu Cafe 1336 Drake St, Madison, WI

    This jam happens every Thursday, outside on the terrace in nice weather and inside otherwise. A house rhythm section is usually provided. Tunes played can be anything from early jazz to classic/mid-century to modern jazz.  

    Free
  • The Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band

    The Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band
    Cardinal Bar 418 E. Wilson St., Madison, WI

    The Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Band was formed in 1998 and has been named Madison’s Favorite Jazz Band by Isthmus Magazine for over 15 years . The band has opened for some of the world’s top Latin Jazz performers throughout that period including Eddie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez, John Santos and Giovanni Hidalgo to name a […]

    Free
  • Doug White Quartet

    Doug White Quartet
    Cafe Coda 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI

    Happy Hours presents the DOUG WHITE QUARTET for joyful and pensive musical conversations through fresh versions of classic modern jazz, including funk, rock and Latin. This show features liquid and rich flute and sax playing by Tom Gullion, smooth and solid bass by Mark Urness, fascinatingly drum rhythms by Dane Richeson, and sensitive, lively piano […]

    Free
  • Bill Roberts Combo

    Bill Roberts Combo
    Cardinal Bar 418 E. Wilson St., Madison, WI

    Founded in 2014, the Bill Roberts Combo brings a tight, nuanced, and rhythmically powerful  presentation to blues-jazz unlike anything you’ve heard before. The Combo performs both as an instrumental unit, and in a full band with a vocalist and other instrumentation, allowing the Combo to shine in many different kinds of events and venues. Bill […]

  • UW Jazz Composers Group

    UW Nancy Nicholas Hall 1300 Linden Drive, Madison, WI

    Join us for an evening of jazz performances inspired by quilts! In collaboration with the Mead Witter School of Music jazz studies program, the Jazz Composers’ Group, (directed by Aruṇ Lūthrā) will perform original compositions inspired by the quilts on view in Parallel Lines and Find Your Quilt.

  • Charlie Painter duo

    Old Firehouse Lounge 364 E. Main St., Stoughton, WI

    With Jeff Weiss on bass.

    Free
  • Arun Luthra & Todd Hammes

    Cafe Coda 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI

    Aruṇ Lūthrā & Todd Hammes present a dynamic cross-cultural collaboration blending jazz improvisation with the rhythmic language of South Indian classical music. Award-winning saxophonist Aruṇ Lūthrā, leader of the Konnakol Jazz Project, fuses soaring jazz lines with konnakol, the Carnatic art of vocalized rhythm. Joining him is Todd Hammes, a composer, percussionist, and tabla player […]

    $20