Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Rafael Rosa Quartet! Rafael Rosa - Guitar & FX Renato Diz - Piano & Keyboards Juan Acosta - Bass Gerry Gibs - Drums Rafael Rosa, a distinguished guitarist, composer, and engineer from San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been an influential presence in the New York City music scene since relocating in 2011. A self-taught musician who began playing guitar at 14, Rosa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Popular Music from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. His dynamic performances have graced notable venues such as the Blue Note Jazz Club, ShapeShifter Lab, and Dizzy’s Club, and he’s collaborated with celebrated artists including Luba Mason, Al Jarreau, and the Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project. His acclaimed 2014 debut album Portrait, co-produced with Grammy-winning bassist John Benitez, blended Puerto Rican rhythms with jazz and rock. Rosa’s 2022 follow-up, Axiomatic: Music For The People, further cemented his reputation, earning him a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition. As an educator, Rosa teaches at Long Island University's Roc Nation School of Music, where he covers a broad range of courses from music technology to production. He has also taught at NYU, CUNY, and St. John’s University. Currently, Rosa is working on several ambitious projects, all set for release in 2026. These include R & R, a piano-guitar duo with Portuguese pianist Renato Diz; Thru The Years, a trio album with longtime collaborators Dan Martinez and Leonardo Osuna; the debut of the DRD Modern Organ Trio with Danny DeFeo and Danny Borg; and Profe, a genre-blending, guest-filled exploration of global rhythms and groove-forward soundscapes. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Dan Redner Trio! Dan Redner - Piano James Suter - Double Bass Aaron Parks - Drums Dan Redner, a Grand Rapids, Michigan native, is a versatile pianist with a background in both classical and jazz. A 2007 alumnus of Grand Valley State University, he has received outstanding performance recognition from Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University, Aquinas College, and the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with the Grand Rapids Symphony and the Austin Symphony Orchestra and worked as a clinic musician for renowned jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Dan also performed at the T.S. Eliot Society Conference in St. Louis for the world premiere of Craig Benjamin’s opera, The Wasteland. As a member of the New Music Ensemble, Dan recorded Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians on the Innova Recordings label. The album was named one of the top recordings of 2007 by The New York Times, L.A. Weekly, The Rest Is Noise, and New York Magazine. It topped Apple Music and Amazon’s classical charts and spent 11 weeks on Billboard’s Top 25 Classical Crossover chart. The ensemble performed at the “Bang on a Can” New Music Festival in NYC and was featured on NPR. Dan spent six years performing internationally as a musical director for Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Azamara Cruises, leading Broadway, revue, and cabaret productions. After relocating to Austin, Texas, in 2011, he earned a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies from the Butler School of Music at UT Austin. Currently, Dan performs in various jazz settings, accompanies national Broadway tours at Bass Concert Hall (Wicked, Mean Girls, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), and plays & musical directs for Austin’s Moontower Entertainment. In addition to performing, he teaches a full roster of 60 weekly piano students from his home studio. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Christian Wiggs | Oscar Meets Tony – Part II: Songs From Broadway & Cinema! Christian Wiggs — Voice Hank Hehmsoth — Piano James Suter — Bass Matt Carr — Drums Matthew Collins — Trumpet Joey Colarusso — Tenor Saxophone An emerging polymath in the music industry, Christian Wiggs is a vocalist, bandleader, lyricist, producer, director, artist manager, educator, record label executive, founder and CEO of Bandstand Presents and host of “Jazz Tonight” on PBS. Born to a choreographer, Wiggs’ immersion into theatre and the jazz tradition has led to a remarkable career as an artist, leading and featured with ensembles on prolific stages such as Birdland, Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club and SXSW. Producing chart topping records for the most sought-after names in jazz including Emmet Cohen (JazzWeek #1), Benny Benack and Steven Feifke, Wiggs manages GRAMMY and Tony Award-winner Bryan Carter, Chad LB and serves as the musical/band manager for global icon Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. As an educator, Wiggs is the co-founder and Executive Director of Global Jazz Workshop alongside Artistic Director, Chad LB. 

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Izze Stein Quartet! Izze Stein - Vocals/Piano Elias Haslanger - Saxophone Ryan Hagler - Upright Bass Joshua Alderete - Drums Izze Stein is a singer-songwriter driven by a deep desire to connect the world and help others heal. Born on the stages and jazz clubs of New York City, Izze is an unsigned independent artist who has made frequent appearances at Birdland Jazz Club, the Apollo Theater, and Wallace Lounge while opening for many soul artists, including Adi Oasis at Palm Heights in the Cayman Islands and Morgan James at the Sellersville Theatre. In addition, Izze is part of Hometowne Music Group, a Nashville-based writing & publishing company. A musician, lyricist, pianist, and singer with a limitless vocal range, Izze released her debut solo album, Questions, earlier this year. Rising Australian sensation EMEREE produced the album, as both artists build their momentum in the Jazz & R&B scenes. 

Sammy Epstein – Tenor/Alto Saxophones/Clarinet Aaron Lack – Vibraphone Ben Irom – Piano Alex Bilodeau – Acoustic Bass Danny Sanchez – Drums Sammy Epstein has been playing jazz in Austin since arriving in 2006 from Portland Oregon, where he was an active band leader/performer in the Portland jazz scene. He currently has an active performance schedule, leading several Austin-based groups: - Mirage Jazz Ensemble - (Saxes/Clarinet, Vibraphone, Bass) - Sammy’s Satin Sounds (Swing Dance Sextet) - Rio Novo (Brazilian Quintet) - Sammy Epstein Jazz Duo (Reeds & Piano) - Austin Klezmer Ensemble (Klezmer Quintet) Sammy earned a Ph.D. in physics and a J.D., both from University of Oregon. He taught Acoustics and Math/Physics for Recording Engineers at Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, where he attended music classes. His “day job” is patent attorney at a patent law boutique firm in Austin. 

Paulo Santos - Saxophone & FX Zach Kursman - Drums & FX Wizards of Loneliness is an experimental fusion duo led by Paulo Santos (saxophone) and Zach Kursman (drums). Known for their genre-defying interplay and improvisational instinct, the two musicians blend jazz, electronic textures, and spontaneous composition into a sound that is both visceral and transportive. They debuted their project at Monks Jazz in March 2025 as part of the Monks' Jazz Showcases, and return with an ever-evolving set of original material. Regular fixtures in Austin’s creative music scene, Santos and Kursman have each made their mark as in-demand sidemen—and together, they conjure a sonic landscape all their own. 

Kwinton Gray - Piano/Keyboards Mathew Babineaux - Sax/Flute KJ Gray - Bass Nicholas Rothouse - Percussion Jackie Whitmill Jr - Drums The Kwinton Gray Project is a high-energy jazz fusion group that was assembled in the fall of 2015 by keyboardist Kwinton Gray. The Dallas-based group's first album titled, 'Leap of Faith' released in 2018! This band continues to make waves across the globe, pushing boundaries and genre-bending to their satisfaction. Kwinton has had success as a Composer, Music Director and Keyboardist touring around the world with artist like Lalah Hathaway, Janet Jackson, Camile A. Brown & Dancers, Foley, The Funky Knuckles, MonoNeon, and many more. He continues to shape his story with his own band as They are currently working in their sophomore album Titled “‘BOUNCE’ set to release this summer.