Monks Livestream's Upcoming Shows

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Sarah Sharp Quintet

Sarah Sharp – Quintet

Mitch Watkins – Guitar

Joao Camargo – Piano

John Fremgen – Bass

Masumi Jones – Drums

Enthusiastic accolades have followed Sarah Sharp through her career including multiple awards for her singing and songwriting. The self-produced album “Phoebe’s Dream,” with then-band Jitterbug Vipers, earned Sharp Top 5 placements in Austin Music Awards categories for Best Female Vocalist, Producer, Songwriter, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Band of the Year, and Best Jazz Band. Sarah also was a (two times, once with Jitterbug Vipers, and once as Sarah) top recipient of the Black Fret Award (now Sonic Guild) from the organization supporting “the creation and performance of extraordinary new music.”“It’s so clear that the music you create is so inspired by your environment,” says NPRs Michael Feinstein. Of her song “Trouble,” Feinstein adds, “That is the kind of song that has such a classic quality to it and it’s a song that could have been written a long time ago, and yet it speaks so much to the world now, and I think it will speak to people whenever it’s heard.”

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Kelly Doyle x Stephen Bidwell!

Kelly Doyle – Guitar

Billy Satterwhite – Bass

Stephen Bidwell – Drums

About Kelly Doyle:

Kelly Doyle is a Houston, TX based guitar virtuoso whose work bridges the gap between experimental ambient explorations and high precision technical forays. Cutting his teeth as a side man for many world-touring musicians, Doyle has meticulously honed his craft on stages across the globe. He is prominently featured on Khruangbin’s Late Night Tales compilation, which has introduced his playing to an even wider audience.

About Stephen Bidwell:

Stephen Bidwell was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in the Virginia suburbs. Since first being handed drumsticks in the late 80s he has studied and lived in West Virginia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and New York but has called Austin, Texas home since 2005. Somewhere in those travels, he earned a Bachelors’s degree in classical percussion (two of them actually) and a Master’s degree in Jazz studies. Since early 2018 he has been the drummer for the Grammy-nominated Black Pumas, a psychedelic soul group known for incendiary live shows. When not on tour with Black Pumas, Stephen plays in several diverse projects (Hard Proof, The Calm Blue Sea, Azmaris, Mood Illusion), works in any genre you can think of as a sideman and teaches lessons at his home studio.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Juan Lara Sextet!

Juan Lara – Alto Saxophone

Isaac Pittenger – Trumpet

Kevin Hrabak – Trombone

João Camargo – Piano

Miguel Rodriguez – Bass

Matías Soto – Drums

Originating from El Paso, TX — Juan Fabricio Lara is a member of an exciting generation of young musicians that have taken the central Texas music scene by storm. Lara is an alto/baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator based in the Austin area. Juan regularly collaborates with both established mentors of his scene as well as other young luminaries of the scene such as Kevin Hrabak and Aidan Berg.

Drawing inspiration from greats such as Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, Pepper Adams, Charles Mingus, and Duke Ellington, Juan values tradition above everything in his playing. Mentored by Andrew Gould and Steven Feifke, Lara has been band leading since he was 15 years old, and has shared the stage with names such as Mike Sailors, Andre Hayward, Elias Haslinger, Kris Kimura, and Abel Mireles.

Every Wednesday, Monks opens the stage up for a late-night jazz jam hosted by Austin's very own Daniel Dufour.

This livestream is free and open for public viewership!

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Beat Divas!

Mady Kaye - Vocals

Beth Ullman - Vocals

Dianne Donovan - Vocals

Andy Langham - Piano

Aidan Berg - Bass

Mike Gordon - Drums

The Beat Divas – Mady Kaye, Beth Ullman and Dianne Donovan – have been singing together for 25 years! All three women are accomplished jazz vocalists and songwriters. Two – Mady and Beth – are also voice teachers. Dianne is an esteemed host at KMFA Classical Radio, as well as a consummate interviewer. With three separate and successful careers, they bring their many skills and years in the music biz to fruition as The Beat Divas. It’s a heady brew.

Over their Divas’ career they have presented cooking classes at Central Market Cooking School (19 years), sung at clubs, concerts and jazz fests. Their repertoire ranges from originals to jazz standards to American pop jazzed up. Their blend is amazing. And their joy in the music and each other shines so brightly. Wear your shades!

“Conventional wisdom tells us that three women, let alone three Divas, will not play well together and that too many cooks spoil a dish. Throw conventional wisdom out the window this time, because the three multi-talented women who make up The Beat Divas have hit on the perfect recipe, their voices blending seamlessly in delicious harmonies. Any performance cooked up by these Divas is bound to be a very tasty treat.”

- Virginia B. Wood, Food Editor, The Austin Chronicle

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Nicholas Payton!

Nicholas Payton – Trumpet, Keys

Eric Wheeler – Bass

Gerry Gibbs – Drums

Nicholas Payton is a trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and cultural theorist from New Orleans, Louisiana. One of the most significant musical voices of his generation, Payton has released more than twenty albums as a leader and has performed and recorded with an extraordinary range of artists across genres and traditions. He is a Grammy Award winner and the originator of the #BAM (Black American Music) philosophy, through which he has spent over a decade challenging the mislabeling and misrepresentation of Black creative music. His work moves across swing, funk, blues, R&B, and electronic music with the conviction that these are all expressions of a single, continuous cultural language. Payton is a lifelong New Orleanian whose practice is inseparable from the city's musical inheritance and its ongoing role as the source of American sound.

Presented by The Jazz Purveyor, with support from the Houston Jazz Collective 501(c)3 and Fred Haas Toyota, for the benefit of music in Texas.