($5-$10 | 6:00pm Doors) The UA Jazz Combos perform their End of the Year Concerts at the Century Room!

There are three combos this year:

Experiential Combo – 6:30

Explorations Combo – 7:30

UA Jazz Ambassadors – 8:30

($20-$30 tickets | 6:30pm & 8:30pm shows) The Pete Swan Quartet featuring visiting artist Dmitri Matheny honors Henry Mancini’s 100th birthday with new arrangements of his classic hits Charade, Days of Wine & Roses, Dreamsville, Moment to Moment, Moon River, Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn, Pink Panther, Royal Blue, Slow Hot Wind, Two For The Road, and more!

“Mancini is my hero,” says Matheny, “not just for his award-winning scores and orchestrations, but because of his unparalleled gift for songcraft. There’s nothing like a Mancini melody! Wistful, whimsical, romantic, or sinister, his songs always deliver.”

According to All About Jazz, the Dmitri Matheny Group is “an all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States.”

Flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “one of the most emotionally expressive improvisers of his generation” (International Review of Music). An honors graduate of Berklee College of Music, Dmitri Matheny vaulted onto the jazz scene in the 1990s as the protégé of jazz legend Art Farmer. Since then he has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal international following, releasing twelve CDs and touring extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. The San Francisco Chronicle calls Matheny “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players.”

($0-$10 | 10pm & 11:30pm Sets) After Friday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with the Jon Eldridge II Quartet

Jon Eldridge II (keys) Eric Nakanishi (alto) Pat Morris (bass) Kenji Lancaster (drums)

Guarantee a seat with an advanced ticket! Walk-ins are free.

Enjoy our $10 after 10pm Late Night menu!

($40 / Free for Students 22 & Under | 2:30pm Workshop) The Century Room and the Tucson Jazz Music Foundation present a Jazz Piano Workshop on Saturday, December 14, 2024, 2:30-4:30 pm, led by guest artist Ted Rosenthal, open to all instrumentalists (high school students and up – younger with permission).

Rosenthal will discuss a variety of jazz piano topics including:

Approaches and strategies for ‘comping.
Voicing techniques for solo and group playing.
Creative approaches to arranging standards for trio.

New York pianist Ted Rosenthal actively tours worldwide with his trio, as a soloist, and has performed with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, and James Moody. After several performances at The Century Room over the past two years, the Tucson Jazz Music Foundation in partnership with The Century Room is excited to have him conduct a Jazz Piano Workshop at The Century Room for our community of ‘learners’. Detailed biography.

Rosenthal released 15 CDs as a leader and was artistic director of Jazz at the Riverdale Y and Jazz at Dicapo Theatre — both in NYC. He has also performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Jon Faddis and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. In addition, Rosenthal has been the pianist of choice for many top jazz vocalists including Helen Merrill, Ann Hampton Callaway, Kurt Elling and Barbara Cook. He appeared on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on National Public Radio and performed with David Sanborn on NBC’s Night Music.

SPONSORSHIP

This Century Room Workshop is sponsored by the Tucson Jazz Music Foundation (TJMF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization making jazz music education accessible for Arizona’s youth and the general public. Donations are welcome to help offset the cost of this workshop (Century Room Jazz Education Program).

PAYMENT REQUESTED IN ADVANCE / CASH AT THE DOOR (space is limited, inquire before coming – 520-743-1349)

Payment secures your spot in the workshop. We will not hold your spot without payment.

The workshop is FREE to students ages 22 and under (bring your current valid student ID to the workshop / required for free participation).

All others — participants/observers: $40 payable via PayPal by November 15 (send fee to: treasurer@tjmfdn.org | you can use a debit/credit card).

*******Scholarships are available if the fee is beyond your ability to pay. Email treasurer@tjmfdn.org with your scholarship request.

Complete this Registration Form to secure your seat in the workshop by Friday, November 15, 2024. You will receive a CONFIRMATION NOTICE. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer55EO5bA61Zy02hYSo657MuMU3vxt5_ssXg3JkISEE79ZiA/viewform

You may also mail payment (received no later than November 15, 2024) payable to: Tucson Jazz Music Foundation, PO Box 85736, Tucson AZ 85754.

Participants are invited to attend the closed rehearsal following the workshop (4:30-5:30 pm). The performances will be at 6:30 & 8:30 pm. Tickets to the concert must be purchased through The Century Room. A limited amount of discounted tickets will be available for students and workshop participants.

Questions should be directed to: TucsonJazzMusicFDN@gmail.com or call Scott Black at 520-971-6694.

($20-$30 tickets | 6:30pm & 8:30pm shows) Beloved NYC piano player, composer and educator Ted Rosenthal returns to the Century Room for a very special holiday event as he plays through his album “Wonderland”! Featuring Scott Black (bass) and Arthur Vint (drums).

“For those who like their holiday music sleek, chic and elegant, Wonderland takes you there”. — Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

“This fantastic collection of piano trio renditions of holiday standards Wonderland will appeal to a wide variety of listeners, making it the perfect album to play at a holiday gathering”. — Bobby Reed, Downbeat.com

TED ROSENTHAL

Ted Rosenthal is one of the leading jazz pianist/composers of his generation. He actively tours worldwide with his trio, as a soloist, and has performed with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, and James Moody.

Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Rosenthal has released fifteen CDs as a leader. Rhapsody in Gershwin, which features his arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue for jazz trio, reached #1 in jazz album sales at iTunes and Amazon.

($0-$10 | 10pm & 11:30pm Sets) After Saturday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with Trey Bryant (sax) Daniel Woodruff (piano) Pat Morris (bass) TroyCov (drums)

Guarantee a seat with an advanced ticket! Walk-ins are free.

Enjoy our $10 after 10pm Late Night menu!

($30-$40 | 4:30pm & 6:30pm shows) Grammy-nominated piano player Christian Sands returns to the Century Room playing selections from his album “Christmas Stories”! Featuring Jermaine Paul (bass) & Jonathan Pinson (drums).

CHRISTMAS STORIES

Pianist/composer Christian Sands’ cinematic approach to popular holiday classics takes center stage with Christmas Stories, his first album since his critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated 2020 release Be Water. Having performed in-demand Christmas shows at Jazz at Lincoln Center and around the world, Sands offers such classics as “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Silent Night,” “Jingle Bells,” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” as well as a few surprises.

(No Cover | 8:30pm set) Come jam with multi-instrumentalist Max Goldschmid and the Century Room house band! Jam is open unitl 10:30pm.

General admission is FREE and first come first serve. (Guarantee your seat with a Preferred Seating ticket.)

($20-$30 tickets | 6:30pm & 8:30pm shows) Drummer, producer and educator Pete Swan teams up with the 17-piece Century Room Jazz Orchestra for a swingin’ show of holiday tunes! With arrangements from Jazz at Lincoln Center and re-imagined burning versions of classic holiday repertoire, this show will feature up-tempo grooves, bombastic horn lines and incredible solos from the best players in town! Also joining the band is very special guest vocalist Liz Cracchiolo!

The Century Room Jazz Orchestra

Inspired by the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the 17-piece CRJO performs classic big band repertoire every Monday night at the Century Room starting at 7pm. Expect music from the Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Thad Jones/Mel Louis Jazz Orchestra and much more! Drummers Arthur Vint, Pete Swan, Kenji Lancaster and Fred Hayes share the drum chair, alternating each week. Advanced tickets recommended!

Rotating (drums) Scott Black (bass) Angelo Versace (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Kevin Ravellette & Simeon Roth (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Jonas Heidebrecht (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Aidan Schofield (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet).