($25-$35 + DICE fees | 6:30pm Show) Multiple award-winning jazz star from Denmark, Sinne Eeg, is captivating audiences around the world. Sinne will be performing with American pianist and arranger Josh Nelson (Natalie Cole, Ivan Lins, Kurt Elling), with whom she regularly tours in both Denmark and USA. Concert goers are mesmerized by this swinging Danish songstress’ confident intonation, her strong rhythmic sense and her talent for phrasing and scatting, all with natural, perfect pitch and a dark, Scandinavian smoothness in her voice.

Sinne has a rare ability to empathize and she is not afraid to take chances on the stage. This can be experienced in joyful extravaganza in both her phrasing and her superior scat improvisations. Eeg is a masterful interpreter of the American Songbook as well as a highly skilled composer, evident in her beautiful compositions. Add Sinne´s legendary good mood and the complete concert experience is guaranteed.

Sinne Eeg has released 12 albums under her own name, 5 of which have been awarded a Danish Music Award for Best Vocal Release of the Year. Over the years, Sinne Eeg has received many awards and recognitions, including the Ben Webster Prize, Queen Ingrid’s Honorary Legate, Jazz Special’s “Danish Jazz Release of the Year” and “Palmares” – the French jazz critics’ award for “International Vocal Release of the Year”. In March 2025 Sinne was awarded the French Order of Knighthood “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” which is the French state’s honor for merits in the fields of art, culture and literature.

“Sinne Eeg gave a perfect lesson in the art of jazz singing at Dizzy´s Club in New York. In the modern era, when most jazz singers draw from the pop canon simply as a matter of survival, Eeg makes no such allowances. She possesses exceptional technique power, good taste, enunciation, control, earned wisdom – and knows how to work a song for all it´s worth, sometimes holding out a final climactic note until the very end, wowing audiences with a single sustained word” – DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

“Probably the best female jazz singer I have heard since legends such as Sarah Vaughan and Elle Fitzgerald” -MUSIC REPUBLIQUE MAGAZINE

($20-$30 + Dice fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm shows) Blue Note recording artist Ethan Iverson returns to Tucson to perform at the Century Room! Time Out New York selected Iverson as one of 25 essential New York jazz icons: “Perhaps NYC’s most thoughtful and passionate student of jazz tradition—the most admirable sort of artist-scholar.”

Ethan Iverson (piano) Colin McIlrath (bass) Arthur Vint (drums)

Pianist, composer, and writer Ethan Iverson was a founding member of The Bad Plus, a game-changing collective with Reid Anderson and David King. The New York Times called TBP “Better than anyone at melding the sensibilities of post-60’s jazz and indie rock.” During his 17-year tenure, TBP performed in venues as diverse as the Village Vanguard, Carnegie Hall, and Bonnaroo; collaborated with Joshua Redman and Bill Frisell; and created a faithful arrangement of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and a radical reinvention of Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction.

Since leaving TBP, Iverson has kept busy performing with bands led by Billy Hart and Tom Harrell, collbaertaing with Mark Morris Dance Group on the show “Pepperland”, and has released several of his own albums on ECM, Criss Cross and most recently Blue Note records. Iverson has also published articles about music in the New Yorker, NPR, The Nation, and JazzTimes and his own blog, Do The Math. He will be performing music from his two Blue Note releases, “Every Note is True” and “Technically Acceptable”.

($20-$30 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) Chicago pianist Peter Saxe brings his hard-swinging quintet to the Century Room for a night dedicated to Sonny Clark’s 1958 Blue Note masterpiece Cool Struttin’. Known for its effortless groove, the album features some of the most stylish and blues-infused compositions in the hard bop canon. Saxe, a deeply swinging and harmonically rich player, leads an all-star ensemble through Clark’s iconic tunes like “Blue Minor,” “Sippin’ at Bells,” and, of course, the title track, channeling the spirit of late-’50s New York jazz.

The evening is part of our Classic Album” series and is presented with Wooden Tooth Records, which boasts one of the best jazz collections for sale in Downtown Tucson.

Max Goldschmid (trumpet) Eric Nakanishi (alto) Peter Saxe (piano) Scott Black (bass) & Arthur Vint (drums)

($10-$15 + Dice Fees | 10:30pm Show) After Friday night’s show, join saxophonist Kevin Ravellette along with his band for Late Night!

A graduate of the Tucson Jazz Institute and the University of Arizona jazz programs, Kevin has been a mainstay on the Century Room scene, playing in the Century Jazz Orchestra and backing up out of town artists. Kevin was scouted by saxophone professor Joel Frahm to attend Texas State when Joel performed in Tucson in March.

($20-$30 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows) Chicago pianist Peter Saxe and Tucson guitarist Matt Mitchell join forces for an electrifying tribute to Wynton Kelly and Wes Montgomery’s legendary 1965 album Smokin’ at the Half Note. Captured live at the famed New York club, the original recording stands as one of the greatest examples of telepathic interplay in jazz history. Saxe and Mitchell, both masters of groove and taste, lead a hard-swinging quartet through timeless tunes like “No Blues,” “Four on Six,” and “Unit 7,” channeling the joyful spirit, drive, and deep blues feeling that defined the Wynton–Wes partnership.

The evening is part of our Classic Album” series and is presented with Wooden Tooth Records, which boasts one of the best jazz collections for sale in Downtown Tucson.

Matt Mitchell (guitar) Peter Saxe (piano) Scott Black (bass) & Kenji Lancaster (drums)

($10-$15 + Dice Fees | 10:30pm Show) After Saturday night’s show, join bassist Ed Friedland along with his band for Late Night!

Since 1978, Ed Friedland has managed several fulfilling careers in music, often simultaneously. As a performing bassist, his experience ranges from backing jazz giants to country legends, theater work to studio work, catering halls to Carnegie Hall, playing for 10 people in a dive bar to tens of thousands at the Glastonbury Festival.

($10-$15 + Dice Fees | 4:30pm Show) Join us for a special matinee with NYC drummer Kai Felix in percussion discussion with Tucson drummer Kenji Lancaster. This will be a unique afternoon of improvisations with some special guests expected!

($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-$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).