Monks Livestream's Upcoming Shows
Mon, Nov 09
Mike Sailors – Trumpet
Joel Frahm – Saxophone
Andy Langham – Piano
Ryan Hagler – Bass
Aaron Kimmel – Drums
About Mike Sailors:
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.
About Aaron Kimmel:
Aaron Kimmel is a native of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Kenny Washington and Billy Drummond, and he is now a freelance drummer living in New York City. He frequently appears at Smalls and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, performing as a sideman with the Benny Green trio, Aaron Diehl, and others. He has also played with such jazz luminaries as Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli, Grant Stewart, Terell Stafford, Ryan Kisor, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Brian Lynch, Ann Hampton Callaway, Mary Stallings, and Jon Faddis.
Tue, Nov 10
Parker Powers - Trumpet
Javier Vasquez - Saxophone
Barbra White - Vocals
Ian Clark - Guitar
Joao Camargo - Keys
Seth Jennings - Bass
Nic Aguon - Drums
The Lower 99 Collective is a multi-genre group of instrumentalists that is heavily influenced by a variety of Post-Bop sounds such as the Hard bop era of the 60s with composers such as Cedar Walton and Charles Mingus as well as Neo-Soul and RnB-Jazz fusion pioneered by musicians such as Roy Hargrove and Braxton Cook.
Thu, Nov 12
Mike Sailors – Trumpet
Diego Rivera – Saxophone
Paul Deemer – Trombone
Jacob Wise – Guitar
Ross Margitza – Piano
Miguel Rodriguez Jr. – Bass
Ulysses Owens – Drums & Cymbals
About Ulysses Owens:
Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, bandleader, producer, and educator Ulysses Owens Jr. is one of the leading jazz artists of his generation. He has performed and recorded with Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, Wynton Marsalis, Mulgrew Miller, Renée Fleming, and many others, earning acclaim for his commanding musicianship and deep connection to the jazz tradition.
A graduate of The Juilliard School, Owens is also a dedicated educator and mentor. He leads Generation Y, an ensemble showcasing emerging jazz artists, and serves on the faculties of Juilliard and The New School. He is also the founding artistic director of Don’t Miss a Beat, a nonprofit organization providing arts education and mentorship to young people.
About Diego Rivera:
Saxophonist, composer, and educator Diego Rivera is a dynamic voice in contemporary jazz, known for a powerful sound and a musical vision that draws from the jazz tradition and his Chicano heritage. He has performed and toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia with artists and ensembles including Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, the Gerald Wilson Big Band, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
As a bandleader, Rivera has released numerous acclaimed recordings and received a Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commission for Ofrenda, a suite inspired by the Mexican tradition of honoring loved ones. He is Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, where he directs the Jazz Orchestra and teaches jazz saxophone.
Fri, Nov 13
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.