($10-$15 | 6:30pm & 8pm Sets + taxes and fees) Nick Coventry, Matt Mitchell, Evan Dain & Marco Rosano form the swinging Hot Club of Tucson Trio! The group plays jazz manouche in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappeli. The band starts at 6:30pm. Every 2nd Wednesday!

***”Hot Jazz Wednesdays”** take you back to the roots of jazz with music from the 1920s and ’30s. Every 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday, the Mysterious Babies perform music from New Orleans & Chicago. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays are reserved for the Hot Club of Tucson, which performs French Jazz Manouche in the style of Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli.*

($15-$25 tickets + taxes and fees | 6:30pm show) Blues/Jazz harmonica player and bandleader Paul Green returns to the Century Room for a swinging night of jazz!

PAUL GREEN

Paul began playing harmonica in 1968, inspired by both country and urban blues artists. His professional musical career began in New Jersey in 1971 with the Blackberry Booze Band. Moving to Oakland California in 1975, He became a member of the house band at a popular blues spot Eli’s mile high club, performing there weekly and recording two albums on the Red Lightning label out of England with JJ Malone and Troyce Key. From 1975 to 1989 he performed throughout the Bay Area with his own band and other musicians including Sonny Rhodes, Little Frankie Lee, “JJ Bad Boy” Jones, Cool Papa, Percy Mayfield, Lowell Fulson, Pee Wee Crayton, John Little John, and many others.

In 1989 he relocated to Chicago where he continued to perform at such legendary blues clubs as Buddy Guy’s, Rosa’s, The Kingston Mine’s, and Blues Etc., and shared the stage with such notables as Junior Wells and Sugar Blue.

Relocating to Seattle in 1991, Paul won the Washington Blues Society award for the “Best Blues Harmonica” in 1992. Since then he has won that award multiple times and the Blues Society eventually named the annual “Best Blues Harmonica” award after him. He has also won the award for “Best Vocalist” twice. In 2008 he was voted into the Washington Blues Society Hall Of Fame, and in 2017 he received their Life Time Achievement Award.

Richard Katz (piano) Evan Arredondo (bass) Joshua Carruthers (drums)

($10-$15 Tickets + DICE fees | 8:30pm Show) Join The Century Room every Thursday at 8:30pm for our Soul Jazz Lounge! The Thursday night Soul Jazz Sessions offer a classy and relaxing atmosphere spotlighting the Viscount Legend Soul organ with Vortex rotating speaker designed by Joey DeFrancesco, a modern recreation of the legendary Hammond B3 organ/Leslie combo made famous by the great jazz, blues, and gospel organists of yesteryear like Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Larry Young, Brother Jack McDuff & Dr. Lonnie Smith. The Century Room’s Viscount Legend Soul is provided courtesy of the Tucson Jazz Music Foundation.

This week features Travis Motley Sr. & The Powers That Be!

($20-$30 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) Join Prescott, AZ based drummer Ted Bouras and his dynamic band the OrganNauts for an unforgettable night of Soul Jazz as they bring the fiery, funky spirit of three legendary trumpeters—Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, and Roy Hargrove—to life. Known for their deep groove and vintage sound, the OrganNauts channel the golden age of jazz with a fresh, electric energy. From the hard bop grit of “Hocus Pocus” to the slick, modern soul of “Strasbourg/St. Denis,” this concert promises a rich journey through decades of trumpet-led jazz innovation. This concert will capture the essence of groove, grit, and gospel-tinged swing that defined Morgan, Hubbard, and Hargrove’s music.

Featuring Dave Len Scott (trumpet) Chris Counelis (sax) Chris Peña (keys) Adam Gay (bass) & Ted Bouras (drums)

($10-$15 + DICE fees | 10:30pm & 11:30pm Sets) After Friday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with swinging drummer JC Chiriguayo and his band!

Zeke Hirsch (bass) Jaxon Hirsch (sax) Eric Nakanishi (sax) Max Goldschmid (multiple instruments) & JC Chiriguayo (drums)

($20-$30 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) Welcome back alto saxophonists Eric Nakanishi from Portland, Oregon as he debuts a new project, the Peace Warriors, inspired by his late mentor Ralph Peterson Jr. Bringing you everything from original high intensity modal jazz to classic swinging hard bop and senstitive ballads, the Peace Warriors demonstrate the depth and breadth of jazz and the human spirit and utilize music as a weapon for PEACE!

Featuring Eric Nakanishi (alto sax) Denali Kaufman (piano) Ryan Magness (bass) & Kenji Lancaster (drums)

($10-$15 + DICE fees | 10:30pm & 11:30pm sets) After Friday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with bassist Adam Gay and his band!

Eric Nakanishi (sax)

Matt Mitchell (guitar)

Kenji Lancaster (drums)

($5-$10 + DICE fees | 6:30pm-9:30pm) Come sit in with multi-instrumentalist Max Goldschmid and the Century Room house band! Band opens up with a short set followed by an instrumental jam until 9:30pm. Musicians who sit in get in free!

($15-$25 tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8pm sets) Inspired by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the 17-piece Century Jazz Orchestra performs every Monday night at the Century Room starting at 6:30pm. Expect music from the Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Thad Jones/Mel Louis Jazz Orchestra, plus classics from Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and much more! An intergenerational ensemble, the CJO fosters community with students, teachers and professionals performing alongside each other and is supported by the Sonora Arts & Music Initiative 501(c)3. Come relive the magic of the big band era every Monday as the CJO keeps the music alive and thriving in the 21st Century!

Some of the musicians you can expect to see on Mondays:

Arthur Vint, Pete Swan, Kenji Lancaster, Fred Hayes (drums) Colin McIlrath, Scott Black (bass) Angelo Versace, Chris Peña, Peter Saxe (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Tim Buechler (bari sax) Kevin Ravellette, Simeon Roth, Dave Long (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi, Joseph Rader (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Aidan Schofield (trombone) Morani Sanders, Addit Smith, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jibrael Alsooz, Jason Carder (trumpet).