($30-$45 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows)

Jenny Scheinman is an acclaimed violinist and composer who spent 13 years on the NYC downtown music scene, leading both her own bands, as well as working alongside artists ranging from Jason Moran to Brian Blade, Lucinda Williams to Lou Reed, among numerous others. The New York Times praised her “distinctive vision of American music, suffused with plainspoken beauty and fortified by country, gospel, and melting-pot folk, along with jazz and the blues.” Upon moving back to the Pacific

Northwest, Scheinman was reawakened to the extraordinary biodiversity of the region known as “The Lost Coast,” where she was raised, a stretch of mud-slide- and earthquake-prone coastline cut off from the main thoroughfares. This would ultimately inspire Scheinman to write All Species Parade, an epic and sprawling double album with an A-list ensemble, featuring guitarists Bill Frisell, Julian Lage and Nels Cline, pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Kenny Wollesen. Though the album does evoke a sense of pastoral wonder, it also strives to capture in Jenny’s words, “a charged relationship to nature, a feeling of being part of something bigger than ourselves, powerful, and fragile, and constantly changing. Something alive. With All Species Parade, I set out to musically reflect that experience of awe.”

Jenny Scheinman (violin) Carmen Staaf (piano) Tony Scherr (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)

JENNY SCHEINMAN

In addition to her extensive work in jazz and improvised music with Jason Moran, Brian Blade, Ron Miles and Allison Miller and many more, Jenny Scheinman has toured and recorded with songwriting legends such as Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Fulks, Rodney Crowell, Lou Reed, Ani DiFranco and Joni Mitchell. She is featured on the original cast recording of Anais Mitchell’s hit musical Hadestown, and has written several feature length movie scores, including the forthcoming Avenue Of The Giants.

In March 2015 she premiered a multimedia performance at Duke University entitled Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, which she continues to present in theaters around the country. On October 11 she will release her eleventh studio album All Species Parade as an epic double-vinyl celebration of wild biodiversity, featuring lifelong cohorts Carmen Staaf, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen and the extraordinary guitarists Bill Frisell, Julian Lage and Nels Cline.

This concert is sponsored in part by Elliot and Lorraine Glicksman.

($20-$30 + DICE fees | 10:30pm Show) Originally from Arizona, saxophonist Alex Weitz was a member of the award-winning Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Band before going on to complete both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. He returns to his hometown for a special concert of original music and arrangements with an all star band!

Alex has performed at esteemed venues and jazz festivals around the world including Dizzy’s Club, Tucson Jazz Festival, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Birdland Jazz Club, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Jazz Standard, South Beach Jazz Festival, Telluride Jazz Festival, and the Jazz Showcase.

In 2019, Alex won second place in the Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition and in 2019 and 2021 he was the recipient of an ASCAP Herb Albert Composer Award. In 2021 Alex won a “Pathways to Jazz” grant from Boulder County Arts which helped fund his third studio recording. The album features special guests Emmet Cohen, Ari Hoenig, Yotam Silberstein, and Marcus Printup. The album was released at the Tucson Jazz Festival in January 2023 and became available globally on “Outside in Music” on April 28 2023.

Alex’s performances are known for his exciting, memorable original compositions, strong group dynamic, and creative reinterpretations of standards.

Since September 2020, he has been producing and broadcasting the video for the popular jazz live stream “Live at Emmet’s Place.”

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($40-$55 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows)

Virtuoso pianist ELEW brings his electrifying Rockjazz style to Sting’s timeless catalog in ELEW Plays Sting. Fusing classical mastery, jazz improvisation, and raw energy, he transforms familiar hits into bold new creations. So compelling was his artistry that Sting invited him to open his My Songs 3.0 Tour.

ELEW (piano) Colin McIlrath (bass) Arthur Vint (drums)

ELEW

Every once in a while, an artist comes along who changes everything. Producing something completely new and meaningful, this person fills a void within the fabric of our culture—a hole we didn’t even know was there. Past generations have laid claim to this type of iconoclast—Liszt, Warhol, and Coltrane are among the artistic beacons of years gone by. Today, another joins their number—an innovator, musical revolutionary and unmatched performer: ELEW, aka Eric Robert Lewis. Fusing traditional jazz with elements of modern rock and pop, ELEW’s masterful originals and blistering re-interpretations have ignited the interest of the country’s tastemakers and those in the cultural know. But more than this, he possesses that ineffable spark that we only associate with true genius. Everything that he creates bears his singular mark—the stamp of something that we have never seen or heard, but have always wanted to feel.

($20-$30 + Dice Fees | 10:30pm Show) After Friday night’s show, join saxophonist Brice Winston along with his band for Late Night! You never know who will show up at the Tucson Jazz Festival Late Night!

($40-$55 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows)

Inspired by Joe Farnsworth’s recent album The Big Room (Smoke Sessions Records, 2025), The Big Room Quartet channels the drummer’s vision of music as a spiritual space where creativity transcends boundaries. Twice Grammy-nominated and celebrated as one of the foremost drummers of his generation, Farnsworth brings both power and nuance to the ensemble. He is joined by rising saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, the inventive pianist Luther Allison, and the deeply lyrical bassist Yasushi Nakamura—each contributing a distinctive voice rooted in the jazz tradition. Together, they create a sound that honors the masters while charting new artistic territory, inviting audiences into “the big room” of sound and spirit.

Sarah Hanahan (saxophone) Luther Allison (piano) Yasushi Nakamura (bass) Joe Farnsworth (drums)

($20-$30 + DICE fees | 10:30pm Show ) Join Viscount Artist and Downbeat Rising Star Organist Rachel Eckroth and her band as they pay tribute to Shirly Scott!!

($25-$35 +Dice fees | 4:30pm & 6:30pm Shows) Welcome the prolific Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer, Roxy Coss for her much anticipated Century Room Return! The Roxy Coss Quintet explores a multitude of textures and modalities in contemporary cross-genre artistry, while maintaining a strong foundation of swing, the blues, and improvisation from the Black American Music tradition and lineage. Bandleader Coss plays saxophones and provides the majority of the compositions and arrangements. This ensemble features musicians who are all rising star bandleaders, composers, instrumentalists, and world class educators.

Roxy Coss (tenor & soprano saxophones) Alex Wintz (guitar) Caili O’Doherty (piano & Rhodes) Dave Baron (bass) Cory Cox (drums)

GRAMMY Award-winning Saxophonist, Composer, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss has been a celebrated figure on the New York scene for the past twenty years. She is the recipient of a Downbeat Critics’ Poll “Rising Star” Award, an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, The AFM Local 802’s four-year “Emerging Artist” grant, Jazziz Magazine’s “Artist to Watch”, and Hothouse Magazine’s “Tenor Saxophone” Award. Coss is a prolific composer and established bandleader, having released seven records to critical acclaim. Her latest, Never Meet Your Heroes, came out in November 2025 (OiM). She has performed extensively around the world, headlining major festivals and venues and performing as a side musician with Clark Terry, Louis Hayes, Rufus Reid, Billy Kaye, Houston Person, Bill Charlap, Claudio Roditi, Helen Sung, Elio Villafranca, Mike Pope, Jeremy Pelt, Geoffrey Keezer, Maurice Hines, Gillian Margot, Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach Nonet, Ulysses Owens Jr., Bryan Carter, The Birdland Big Band, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, the Mingus Big Band, the Diva Jazz Orchestra, and the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra. Coss is currently Director of Jazz Studies at Stony Brook University, President of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO), and Co-Artistic Director of the Brubeck Jazz Summit. She endorses Saxophones and Accessories from Vandoren, P. Mauriat and Keyleaves.

This performance is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

($5-$10 + DICE fees | 8:30pm-10pm) 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 thanks to the Sonora Arts & Music Initiative!

($20-$30 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) Ben Canfield, Simeon Roth, Dave Long (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi, Joseph Rader (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Aidan Schofield (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jibrael Alsooz, Jason Carder (trumpet).

($20-$30 + Dice fees | 6:30pm show) In one of Tucson’s most intimate venues, experience the rawness and authenticity flamenco has to offer on the Century Room Stage!

This time, master guitar player Misael Barraza Diaz celebrates the release of his new album *La Soledad de mi Guitarra.*

He will be joined by Diana Schaible (flute), Angelina Ramirez (baile) & Jason Martinez (cajon)

***Angelina Ramirez is a flamenco movement artist and teaching artist based in Tucson, Arizona. Her work explores queer, Latinx identity in traditional flamenco dance and focuses on arts and healing, particularly for elders and autistic individuals. She promotes accessibility, fights ableism and racism, and curates the Traditional and Ethnic Dance Festival for the Southwest Folklife Alliance.***

***Misael Barraza Diaz is a distinguished Mexican guitarist who graduated with honors from the Master in Guitar Alicante and obtained a second Master’s degree from the University of Arizona. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts and studies under renowned artists such as David Russell, Sergio Assad, and Odair Assad.***