Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for AJS Presents: Gene Centeno Quintet! Gene Centeno Quintet Gene Centeno - Alto Saxophone Tommy Howard - Guitar Andy Langham - Piano James Suter - Bass Aaron Parks - Drums and Cymbals Originally from San Antonio, Tx, Gene Centeno is a professional saxophonist and music educator based out of Austin, Tx. Gene has performed and recorded with many artists locally and nationally, such as, Grammy Award Winning - Grupo Fantasma, The Latin Players, Andre Hayward, Ed Calle, Greg Boyer, The Temptations, Prince, Maceo Parker, Sheila E, Mike Phillips, Aubrey Logan and many others. As a recent Doctor of Musical Arts graduate from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, Gene takes part in Austin’s rich and diverse musical community and environment as a performer and educator. 

Concerts for Human Harmony’s Improvisational Soundscapes Cosmic Intuition Productions & Monks Jazz Present: Celebrating the Sun: A Tribute to Sun Ra Thursday, August 28 · 8:00 PM In 1954, visionary musician Sun Ra formed the Intergalactic Arkestra, launching a musical legacy that has spanned over seven decades. With more than 200 albums released through his El Saturn Research label and others, Sun Ra reshaped the sound of jazz with celestial compositions, spiritual explorations, and theatrical live shows featuring dancers, percussionists, and cosmic spectacle. On August 28, Cosmic Intuition, led by Sun Ra student and longtime Arkestra member Rashah Amen, invites you on a journey through Sun Ra’s rich catalog. Expect iconic compositions, spontaneous improvisations, chants from the cosmos, and more. Special guests Jeff Lofton (trumpet) and Dan Thomas (saxophone) will join the ensemble for this one-of-a-kind experience. This is a not-for-profit event presented in partnership with Fisterra Austin, with support from the City of Austin’s Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment Division. Celebrate the sound, the sun, and the spirit of Sun Ra. In Gratitude! Fumihito Sugawara - Guitar George Walker - Bass Rashah Amen - Drums Alex Chabraja - Piano/Keys James Fenner - Percussion Amondo Martin - Congas Crystal Fields - Vocals Joseph Woullard - Bari Sax/Flute Sanai Haymon-Jallow -Alto Sax Tate Christian - Trombone/Keys Luiz Coutinho de Souza - Percussion Lee Washington - Drums/Perc Marcos Sustaita - Trumpet Monika Salas - Flute/Vocals Imani Aanu - Dance Special Guest: Jeff Lofton - Trumpet Makale Edwards-Tenor Sax Dan Thomas Tenor Sax/Flute 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Gil Del Bosque Quartet! Gil Del Bosque – Saxophones, Electric Wind Instrument Dan Redner – Piano James Suter – Bass Aaron Parks – Drums Gil Del Bosque is originally from Brownsville, Texas. He picked up the saxophone in beginner band at the age of 12 and after high school, relocated in 1996 to study classical saxophone with Don Lefevre at West Texas A&M . Gil then continued studying at the University of North Texas, where he studied classical and jazz saxophone with Andrew Dahlke, Jim Riggs, Tom Luer and Mario Cruz. After graduating from UNT, he began working for Carnival Cruise ships out of Miami, Long Beach, and Puerto Rico. Also worked Cunard cruise ships out of Southampton, England on the Queen Elizabeth. While working on ships, Gil honed his reading skills on all woodwinds by backing up a different act every night with little to no rehearsal. After being at sea for five years, Gil returned to school and pursued graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, with a Masters in Jazz Performance. While in Austin, he shared the stage with Chris Potter, Herbie Hancock drummer, Mike Clarke, famed country singer, Lyle Lovett, Latin salsa singer, Olga Tanon, Boyz II Men, Debbie Boone, Aaron Neville and Huey Lewis and the News. While in Austin, he also had the opportunity to study with John Mills, Harvey Pittel, Bob Shepard, and Joel Frahm. Gil currently resides in Austin, Texas, and has a full schedule divided between a studio of over forty private lesson students on clarinet and saxophone, and a busy performing schedule. He performs with his own jazz quartet as a featured performer at Austin venues, such as The Elephant Room, Parker’s Jazz Club, and Monk’s Jazz. Additionally, he also performs currently with the Austin Jazz Workshop and is the Youth Jam Director with the AJW. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Mike Sailors Quintet! Lineup TBA Mike Sailors has performed around the world in venues such as the Blue Note (New York, Tokyo, and Sapporo locations), Ronnie Scott’s, Porgy and Bess, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Jazz Standard, Smalls Jazz Club, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center; and has appeared at the Montreal, Detroit, EFG London, and Tokyo Blue Note Jazz Festivals. He has also been an active musician in Broadway orchestras, most notably as the Music Director of Sleep No More. In addition to leading the Mike Sailors Nonet, once dubbed "an all-star outfit" by the New York Times, he has performed as a sideman with the Birdland Big Band, the Hot Sardines, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. An active composer and arranger, Mike has written for such luminaries as Dewey Redman, Dick Oatts, Sean Jones, Jimmy Cobb, and Peter Bernstein. He has composed and recorded music for numerous commercial campaigns, as well as for TV and Film – most recently for the Netflix original series, Cannon Busters. Sailors is also a performing artist/educator with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Let Freedom Swing educational program, is a copyist and editor for the Essentially Ellington jazz program, and currently serves as the Professor of Jazz Trumpet at University of Texas at Austin. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Jerry Espinoza Quartet! Jerry Espinoza – Tenor Saxophone Ross Margitza – Piano Aaron Allen – Bass Gerry Gibbs – Drums Born in Laredo, Texas, Jerry Espinoza received his bachelor's degree in Classical Saxophone Performance at Texas A&M in Kingsville, under the direction of James Warth. Jerry also earned a master's degree in 2015 in Jazz Studies at Texas State University, with emphasis in arranging, under the direction of Russell Haight and Hank Hehmsoth. Currently, he serving as adjunct professor of saxophone at A&M Kingsville and performs as a freelance musician across Central Texas. This concert will feature original compositions and fresh arrangements of jazz standards penned by Jerry & members across the bandstand.