The Music City Review

The Analog continues its Analog Soul series, featuring some of the city’s most promising emerging talent who are redefining soul music. All shows feature Will Davenport and select other artists. These shows are 21+.

Arrington’s Live Jazz on the Hillside series returns for live jazz concerts every Saturday and Sunday in April. Saturday concerts are from 3:00-7:00 PM and Sunday concerts are from 1:00-5:00 PM. Food will be available from Simply Living Life andRead More

Every other Sunday, Rudy’s features a Sunday dinner, with one of Music City’s top bassists Jimmy Sullivan leading a swingin’ jazz band featuring rotating special guests, for which a unique dinner special is served just for the show.

The Analog continues its Analog Soul series, featuring some of the city’s most promising emerging talent who are redefining soul music. All shows feature Will Davenport and select other artists. These shows are 21+.

April Highlight! Boston-based guitarist Lyle Brewer writes original solo guitar music, a style I always love to see more of on the scene. When he’s not teaching at Berklee College, he’s traveling the country to perform his solo guitar show.Read More

Vanderbilt's student jazz small groups. Admission is free with reserved tickets required.

I couldn’t make a list of Rudy’s events without including a shout-out for the regular weekly Jazz Jam the club hosts every Sunday night. Whether you are a jazz musician and you want to jam with your fellow artists, orRead More

Saxophonist Constantine is a former member of Grammy-nominated UNT One O’Clock Lab Band, and student of world-renowned saxophonist Brad Leali. Currently an active performer and educator in Nashville, Constantine tends to pay homage to the classic giants of jazz, honoringRead More

One of Nashville’s preeminent guitar talents will perform several times at the Underdog. More blues and country than jazz, Trapp’s intricate and highly technical guitar playing will surely interest those who love the technicality of jazz music. His trio featuresRead More

A favorite on the Nashville Latin and jazz scene, multi-instrumentalist Giovanni Rodriguez presents an electric night of salsa, along with his band consisting of Rodriguez (timbales/vocals), Melvin Macias (piano/vocals), Yosvany Cordero (congo/bongo), Michael S. Morton (flute/vocals), and Isoel Villarrubia (bass).

Viktor Krauss is a bassist that has called Nashville home since 1992, and has over 600 credits to his name as either bassist, composer, or producer.

This band offers modern interpretations of straight-ahead and contemporary electric and pop jazz standards. Led by guitarist Robert Baglione, who has performed extensively with names like Michael Henderson, CeCe Peniston, Billy Dickens, and more, the band also features Anthony BelfiglioRead More

Jack Ruch returns this month with his organ trio, a classic jazz format.

Every Thursday night, Rudy’s honors its New Orleans and French roots by celebrating the vibrant music of Gypsy Jazz. These nights feature a variety of small groups either led or curated by New Orleans native Brook Sutton, all performing musicRead More

Pianist Alex Murphy brings his trio for the first installment of his Exploring the Piano Trio series, focusing on the tradition of this group format specifically.

A longtime presence on the Cincinnati jazz scene, pianist Phil DeGreg leads a trio with Jacob Jezioro on bass and Larry Aberman on drums. DeGreg has toured the world with groups like Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, and performs regularly inRead More

This trio of horn players returns to Rudy’s with their original group. Roy Agee (trombone), Evan Cobb (sax), and Emmanuel Echem (trumpet) worked together as touring and session musicians for many years before forming their own group, presented here. TheRead More

Saxophonist Don Aliquo leads his classic trio.

April Highlight! Prominent Nashville pianist Jon Cowherd will give a masterclass at the Workshop, focusing on what makes jazz so unique: its spontaneity. Cowherd will give students a behind-the-scenes look at his personal creative process, both in composition and improvisation.Read More

Arrington’s Live Jazz on the Hillside series returns for live jazz concerts every Saturday and Sunday in April. Saturday concerts are from 3:00-7:00 PM and Sunday concerts are from 1:00-5:00 PM. Food will be available from Simply Living Life andRead More

Prominent Nashville pianist Jody Nardone brings his trio to Rudy’s for a classic jazz set. With a growing national reputation, Nardone seamlessly shifts from the “whispered beauty of Bill Evans to the percussive flights of McCoy Tyner.” (Michael McCall, NashvilleRead More

All-star Nashville pianist Pat Coil returns with two trio performances, though both of these will feature a special guest guitarist performing with the trio. As you all probably know by now, Coil is a highly in-demand pianist in Nashville andRead More

April Highlight! Blair Music School welcomes this iconic swing and jazz ensemble, who have been touring for over three decades, on a mission to celebrate and revitalize jazz and swing music. Their music has been featured in hundreds of moviesRead More

Playing a mix of Wayne Shorter tunes and originals, Geoff Pfeifer brings gritty, edgy, genuine NYC-style jazz to Rudy’s stage with his Quartet.