Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Thomas Wenglinski Orchestra | Something Always Happens! Thomas Wenglinski – Korg SV-2 Joel White – Guitar Ben Triesch – Bass Gavin Moolchan – Drums Kimberly Zielnick – Violin Matthew Collins – Trumpet Paulo Santos – Saxophone ...and more TBA! Come experience the music of the upcoming album, Something Always Happens, with the Thomas Wenglinski Orchestra! Originally hailing from Houston, Texas, Thomas Wenglinski is a pianist, composer, and arranger with a penchant for jazz, R&B, and soul music. He came of age in the Austin music scene while studying jazz composition at UT-Austin with local veterans Jeff Hellmer and John Mills. In 2020, he moved to Florida, where he completed his Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Miami under Dr. Stephen Guerra. In his still-young career, he has performed with and/or written for artists such as Pat Metheny, Will Lee, Randy Brecker, Lisa Fischer, Anat Cohen, Joe Lovano, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Kate Kortum, Benny Benack III, Christian Wiggs, and numerous others. Wenglinski’s upcoming album, entitled Something Always Happens, was largely composed and recorded during his five-year stint in Miami, featuring longtime collaborators from Miami and Austin alike, including Maria Quintanilla, Christian Wiggs, Janelle Finton, and Paulo Santos. Lyrically and thematically, the album focuses on young peoples’ attempts to find love and simple pleasures in the 21st century. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for EARS | Easley/Arrington/Read/Satterwhite! Aaron Easley – Drums Carter Arrington – Guitar Matt Read – Guitar Billy Satterwhite – Bass For over 20 years, Aaron Easley has been one of the most in-demand drummers in Austin, Texas. His regular projects include the Kenny Williams Quartet, Double Vision with John Mills and Hank Hemsoth, the Tony Bray/Toro Flores Quintet, Kevin Flatt and Friends, and the Urban Achievers Brass Band. He’s also performed and recorded with some of Austin’s finest musicians, including Adrian Ruiz, Gabriel Santiago, Andre Hayward, Ephraim Owens, Mitch Watkins, Elias Haslanger, Alex Coke, Rich Harney, Tony Campise, Jeff Hellmer, and John Fremgen. Aaron is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the jazz department at Austin Community College, and has worked with some of the most prestigious High School and Middle School music programs across Central Texas. Drumlines under his instruction have won both the PASIC and Lone Star drumline competitions, and his private students have achieved Texas All-State honors in Jazz Band, Concert Band, and Orchestra. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and New York University, he’s studied with such jazz icons as Ari Hoenig, John Scofield, Chris Potter, Wayne Krantz, Jean-Michael Pilc, and Brannen Temple. Carter Arrington’s lifetime of professional live performance and academic training has made him one of the most sought-after guitarists in Austin. Growing up in Roanoke, Virginia, Carter discovered the guitar at age twelve, and his passion for music solidified during a trip to Berklee’s summer guitar sessions in Boston. Later, in Atlanta, he attended the Atlanta Institute of Music while still in high school and eventually taught classes there. Moving to Austin in 2003 to attend The University of Texas, he immersed himself in the city’s vibrant live music scene, balancing study, instruction, and performance. Driven and dedicated, Carter Arrington continues to make music the center of his life, earning a reputation for excellence in every endeavor. Matt Read is an Austin, TX based guitarist, composer and private instructor. Matt began his professional career at the age of 16 while recording a guest solo on the track “Brave New World” by Dallas based band Blu Shale. Matt would soon be asked to join that band and play shows around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for several years. At the age of 19 he started teaching privately at The Master’s Touch School of Music in Grapevine, TX while also studying jazz guitar at The University of North Texas under guitarists Joe Lee and Fred Hamilton. In 2009 Matt was awarded a scholarship to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Matt studied composition, arranging, and jazz guitar with guitarists Tim Miller, Julian Lage, and other outstanding faculty members. Now residing in Austin, TX for over 10 years, Matt has established himself as an in demand guitarist and teacher known for his outstanding tone, time, taste, and professionalism. Matt is also proud to be a Collings Guitars artist. Billy Satterwhite is regarded as one of the top call double bassists for Jazz and Improvised music in Central Texas. Born and Raised in Houston, he found a love for the Double Bass late in his teenage years, and quickly dove head first into Jazz and Classical music. He studied Jazz and Improvisation at Texas State University and The University of Michigan, where he studied with legendary Detroit bassist Robert Hurst and the late great pianist Geri Allen. He arrived in Austin in 2012, establishing his roots in the local music scene. In addition to performing Billy is passionate about teaching, and as one of the few Suzuki Method trained double bass instructors in Texas he has helped students from ages 5 to 50+ find joy in playing the bass. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Alexa Torres & Mario Wellman Quartet! Alexa Torres – Violin Mario Wellmann – Guitar Guillermo Lopez – Bass Daniel Dufour – Drums About Alexa Torres: Alexa Torres is a Latinx jazz violinist, composer, and ethnographic researcher based in Austin and New York. She has performed across the U.S., Latin America, and Europe, sharing the stage with Grammy-winning artists such as Kurt Elling and Mon Laferte. Her work blends contemplative melody, rich harmonic textures, and atypical forms. Her 2024 debut, In Situ, received airplay on NPR and coverage in Strings Magazine and All About Jazz. Earlier this year she was nominated in the “Best Strings” category for the 2025 Austin Music Awards. About Mario Wellmann: Chilean jazz guitarist and composer based in New York and Austin. A two-time DownBeat Student Music Award recipient, Mario has performed in South America, Europe, and the U.S., sharing the stage with artists including Sinne Eeg and Kurt Elling. His writing and improvisation fuse modern aesthetics with jazz traditions. The Alexa Torres & Mario Wellmann Quartet presents original music that weaves contemporary jazz language with rhythmic ideas from Latin America. This Fall 2025 tour frames the music around reconstruction—building sound worlds from fragments of melody and memory: Chile’s democratic rebuilding after the dictatorship, the post-earthquake/tsunami recovery of communities, the personal reweaving of lives shaped by exile and diaspora, among other themes. Anchoring the group are Guillermo López (MM, Juilliard; appearances at Blue Note, Smalls, and Dizzy’s) and Daniel Dufour (performances with Seamus Blake, Rotem Sivan, and others across the U.S.; faculty at UT Austin). 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Timothy Lea and the Redloc Collective! Timothy Lea – Saxophone, Vocals Raven Moran – Guitar Josh Henderson – Keys D'Shawn Lamkin – Bass Isaiah Sanders – Drums Timothy Lea is a Houston-based jazz and R&B musician, composer, and bandleader of RedLoc Music, a collective dedicated to preserving and evolving the sound of Black American music. Through his weekly performances and growing regional presence, Lea has cultivated a warm, soulful atmosphere that blends improvisation, groove, and storytelling. His concerts are known for their energy and authenticity—celebrating the roots of jazz, soul, and gospel while inviting audiences into something deeply human and new. Whether performing at intimate venues or larger stages, Timothy Lea continues to bridge tradition and innovation, honoring the past while shaping the next chapter of live Black music. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Michael Hale Quintet! Blake O'Neil – Guitar Jon Deas – Keys Jorian Dawson – Saxophone Bass – Michael Stevens Michael Hale – Drums Michael Hale is a long time veteran of the Austin, Texas music scene. He began a long and fruitful career here starting back in 1981 first performing at Waterloo Ice House and Ragtime, with No Compromise, then a host of other venues that have come and gone, with a few like Antone's, The Elephant Room, and Flamingo Cantina still remaining. He has held residencies for the last few years at Half Step, The Continental Club Gallery, and King Bee Lounge. Michael will be bringing the Michael Hale Quintet to Monk's Jazz on Wednesday November 26th at 8pm. Joining him on keys is Jonathan E. Deas, long time member of MHOT, Blake O'Neal, another member of MHOT on guitar, Austin Jazz veteran Michael Stevens on bass, and Mr. Jorion Dawson on saxophone. He continues to share love and music with all who will receive it. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Jazz Purveyor Presents: Helen Sung's Space City Trio! Helen Sung – Piano David Craig – Bass Cory Cox – Drums “Undeniable… piano playing at a quite unbelievably jaw-dropping level." – Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz News “She will be a very important person to hear whenever you get a chance to hear her.” – Ron Carter, quoted in JazzTimes For her debut engagement at Monks, Helen brings together a multi-generational band composed of fellow native Houstonians and HSPVA grads to take listeners on a thrilling musical adventure through time and space. Helen Sung is an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, and Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and alumna of its celebrated High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, she diverged from her classical upbringing after encountering jazz while attending the University of Texas at Austin. Helen went on to join the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute (now the Herbie Hancock Institute) and win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition. She has since forged a substantial presence and career amongst heavyweights of our modern generation. In addition to her band and album projects, Helen has performed and toured with such luminaries as the late Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Regina Carter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and Mingus Big Band. She is currently visiting faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and an Associate Professor at Columbia University in New York City, where she was the inaugural jazz artist-in-residence at its Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute exploring connections between jazz and neuroscience. Other activities of note include her large ensemble project “Oracles” (featured on her next album); a digital streaming series “Re-Orientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud” (made possible by a Chamber Music America Digital Residency grant); and partnerships with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, the Zuckerman Institute’s Public Programs Department, and Arts & Minds to present programs showcasing the neuroscience behind making/hearing music to engage those living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. A Steinway artist, “Sung plays with crisp swing and elegant invention, her rhythms drawing from the music’s deepest blues roots – and setting listeners’ heads bobbing – while she explores her own fresh ideas, often inspired from her classical training.” (New York Times) This performance is facilitated by The Jazz Purveyor, bringing adventurous programming to the Listening Capital of Texas. Look out for upcoming events. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Jazz Purveyor Presents: Helen Sung's H-Town Boogie Quartet! Helen Sung – Piano Shelley Carroll – Saxophone David Craig – Bass Cory Cox – Drums “Undeniable… piano playing at a quite unbelievably jaw-dropping level." – Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz News “She will be a very important person to hear whenever you get a chance to hear her.” – Ron Carter, quoted in JazzTimes For her debut engagement at Monks, Helen brings together a multi-generational band composed of fellow native Houstonians and HSPVA grads to take listeners on a thrilling musical adventure through time and space. Helen Sung is an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, and Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and alumna of its celebrated High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, she diverged from her classical upbringing after encountering jazz while attending the University of Texas at Austin. Helen went on to join the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute (now the Herbie Hancock Institute) and win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition. She has since forged a substantial presence and career amongst heavyweights of our modern generation. In addition to her band and album projects, Helen has performed and toured with such luminaries as the late Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Regina Carter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and Mingus Big Band. She is currently visiting faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and an Associate Professor at Columbia University in New York City, where she was the inaugural jazz artist-in-residence at its Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute exploring connections between jazz and neuroscience. Other activities of note include her large ensemble project “Oracles” (featured on her next album); a digital streaming series “Re-Orientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud” (made possible by a Chamber Music America Digital Residency grant); and partnerships with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, the Zuckerman Institute’s Public Programs Department, and Arts & Minds to present programs showcasing the neuroscience behind making/hearing music to engage those living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. A Steinway artist, “Sung plays with crisp swing and elegant invention, her rhythms drawing from the music’s deepest blues roots – and setting listeners’ heads bobbing – while she explores her own fresh ideas, often inspired from her classical training.” (New York Times) This performance is facilitated by The Jazz Purveyor, bringing adventurous programming to the Listening Capital of Texas. Look out for upcoming events.