Your Guide to the Local Jazz Scene
Charlie Painter is a self-studied, self-producing, Madison-based guitarist, teacher, and band leader. With over a decade of weekly Jazz gigs under his belt, Painter’s approach to bop, blues, and big band will keep your mind guessing and feet dancing.
Christo Ruppenthal has been a professional musician and music entrepreneur since 2003. As an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, Christo plays Django Reinhardt and trad-jazz style guitar, Hawaiian style lap steel guitar and ukulele, and Western Swing. With thousands of gigs both across the U.S. and internationally to his credit, he is an avid performer. He has been […]
The Hot Club of Madison is a collective of musicians, led by Gian Compuesto, dedicated to the music of jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt and the Sinti/Manouche communities of France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Expect an exciting range of guitar-driven jazz and swing standards, modern Jazz Manouche, classic Sinti/Manouche songs, and homages to the sounds of […]
Kirsten Grace is a jazz vocalist who divides her time between her Philadelphia and Wisconsin homes. She has a vast repertoire of jazz standards and other music with jazz influence that she mines on all her gigs. She is particularly proud of her tendency toward singing songs not often found in other singers’ repertoires. Joseph […]
