($25-$35 + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) The Women’s Jazz Collective presents “The Unseen World of Cutting-Edge Women in Jazz.” Celebrating the diverse musical landscape created by influential women from the early 1900’s to the present, including such jazz giants as Mary Lou Williams, Ingrid Jensen, Roxy Coss, Marianne Trudel, and Renee Rosnes.

Mary Petrich (saxophones) Deborah Weisz (trombone) Liam Connor (trumpet) Claudia Bloom (piano) Vince Theifain (bass) Janet Daniel (drums)

Saxophonist Mary Petrich enjoys a vibrant career as performer and teacher. Her deep love for creativity and improvisation has led her to explore traditional and non-traditional approaches which have developed into a very personalized style of playing and teaching music. Her education focus includes improvisation for all players and saxophone study in both jazz and classical repertoire.

Along with being the director of the Women’t Jazz Initiative at the Nash, she is founder of Nash Jazz DivAZ, a project in collaboration with The Nash, that supports youth education for girls. Mary also teaches jazz improvisation and jazz combos at Phoenix College. As a performer, Mary has been pursuing her own vision in large and small group settings. She performs with The Phoenix Symphony, The Jazz Women All-Stars, The Temptations, AZ Festival Orchestra, The Phoenix Chorale, among others. She leads her own group “OpenHand Quartet”.

($10-$15 + DICE fees | 10:30pm show) After Saturday night’s show, join guitarist Matt Mitchell & his band for Late Night!

($15-$25 + DICE fees | 4:30pm Show ) An eclectic set including original material led by Tucson R&B and jazz vocalist Aria Ratcliff.

Aria is joined by Gary Love (saxophone), Richard Katz (keyboard), Evan Arredondo (bass), and Joshua Carruthers (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 thanks to the Sonora Arts & Music Initiative!

($20-$35 tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8pm sets) Acclaimed guitarist Dave Stryker returns to front the Century Jazz Orchestra! They will be performing selections from his album with the WDR Big Band “Blue Soul”.

Dave Stryker has carved out a distinctive voice in modern jazz, blending deep blues roots, bebop fluency, and soulful swing into a sound that is instantly recognizable. A veteran of the bands of organ legend Jack McDuff and saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, Stryker brings decades of bandstand wisdom to every performance, balancing fiery improvisation with melodic lyricism. With more than 30 albums as a leader—including acclaimed releases on SteepleChase Records and Strikezone Records—he has earned a reputation as both a prolific recording artist and a dynamic live performer. Whether fronting his organ trio or leading larger ensembles, Stryker delivers hard-swinging, groove-driven jazz that connects tradition with a contemporary edge.

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:

Kenji Lancaster (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).

($15-$25 tickets | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) Thistle & Bear featuring Pineross return to the Century Room to bring you St. Paddy’s Day (RE)Imagined!

Join us on a journey through Irish folk music past and present intricately stitched with spoken word, live looping samples, and story. Creating an ambient drone weave that escalates into a climax of traditional jigs and reels.

With special guest Grant Beyschau of Desert Drone Tucson, and featuring spoken word tribute to the late Manchán Magan, as well as music from The Pogues, The Chieftains, The House of Guinness soundtrack, Irish fiddle master Kevin Burke, and more!

Thistle & Bear (Mariah McCammond & Anton Shekerdhiev) Pineross (Kevin Larkins)

($10-$15 + DICE fees | 6:30pm + 8pm Sets) Drummer & percussionist Aaron Szabo (Zona Libre, TLJN, et al) brings us “Los Esquineros”, featuring Matt Mitchell (guitar), Jonathan Eldridge II (piano), and Patrick Morris (bass). Expect a blend of of Brazlian, Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms mixed with jazz melodies. Two sets at 6:30pm & 8pm!

($20-$30 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm Show) Herbie Hancock’s alto saxophonist Devin Daniels and our very own Eric Nakanishi reunite after first crossing paths at Berklee College of Music and performing together in Ralph Peterson Jr.’s Gen-Next Big Band.

Daniels, an Inglewood native and central voice in Los Angeles’ creative scene, has performed with Gerald Clayton, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, John Beasley, Sam Barsh, and Jamael Dean. In 2023, Herbie Hancock invited him to perform at the Hollywood Bowl in tribute to Wayne Shorter, later bringing him on for a month-long U.S. tour. A full-scholarship graduate of Berklee, FocusYear Basel, and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Studies at UCLA, Daniels was named a 2024 Herb Alpert Foundation Make Jazz Fellow and recently released LesGo!, recorded live at Sam First.

Nakanishi, originally from Pleasant Hill, California, began playing at age nine and studied with Marcus Goodlow, Mary Fettig, and Alex Murzyn before attending Berklee. In Boston, he performed lead alto in Peterson’s Gen-Next Big Band, recording I Remember Bu: Alive Vol. 4 and Listen Up!. He later released his debut album Introducing (2020) and Breakout! Nakanishi Quartet Live at Bird & Beckett (2022), and now resides in Tucson, Arizona.

Together Again brings them back to the bandstand, reconnecting two distinct alto voices shaped by the same foundation and years of individual growth.

($10-$15 Tickets + DICE fees | 9pm Show) Space Travelers Union Presents: Beth Goodfellow, Thøger Lund, Matt Mitchell, Ryan Wheless, Devin Daniels

Space Travelers Union is a creative-musician collective formed in the Arizona desert through the meeting of composition, improvisation, and electronic signal. The project has reached international audiences through BBC6, Radio France’s FIP, JazzFM, and Gilles Peterson’s WorldwideFM, with additional recognition from Bandcamp’s “New and Notable” and YouTube Music’s Jazz Hotlist.

This performance features:

Thøger Lund (Bass + FX)

Beth Goodfellow (Drums)

Matt Mitchell (Guitar)

Ryan Wheless (Banjo + FX)

Devin Daniels (Saxophone)

+ Special Guests

This performance is presented as part of the ongoing Space Travelers Union Presents residency at the Century Room.

($25-$35 + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) Pat Metheny’s 11x Grammy-winning bassist & producer of 30 Years performs a two night residency at the Century Room!

Bassist Steve Rodby joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981 and spent the next thirty years at Metheny’s side, touring, recording, and producing. Steve has appeared on over 20 Metheny albums and has earned multiple Grammy awards and nominations, as well as admiration from critics, magazines, and reader polls. He has prepared an amazing retrospective of music from his time with the Pat Metheny Group, featuring guitarist Bob Pelmieri, pianist Peter Saxe and drummer Arthur Vint.