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HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS
Sundays-Thursdays: 5pm-7pm $6 Wells, $8 House Wines
Mondays: 9pm-Close $7 Cuba Libres, $12 Estrella & Shot of Lunazul Blanco

Come join us at Rudy’s Jazz Room for an Old Fashioned Christmas, featuring the "Siren of the South" Miss Stephanie Adlington! Celebrate the season with some spectacular live jazz including favorite Holiday standards and a collection of old New Orleans Christmas classics. Indulge in one of our seasonal Old Fashioned cocktails while enjoying a delicious New Orleans inspired holiday menu.

Take joy in the most wonderful time of the year with an Old Fashioned Christmas and some classic holiday jazz at Rudy’s Jazz Room!

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A Charlie Brown Christmas with The Alex Murphy Trio

The Charlie Brown Christmas Special is an American cultural icon, and is synonymous with the holiday season. The music, characters, and message have resonated since it’s airing in 1965 and the soundtrack is praised due to the scoring and playing of the fantastic jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. Without Vince’s touch we wouldn’t have this American classic.

Join the Alex Murphy Trio for an evening enjoying the Charlie Brown Christmas Special soundtrack played live.

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New Years Eve "The Get Down" with the Wooten Brothers!

Celebrate New Years Eve at Rudy's Jazz Room with "The Get Down" and the Wooten Brothers! Dancing and live music with The Wooten Brothers, New Orleans themed hors d'oeuvres, champagne for the midnight toast, photo booth, and more! General Admission & Table Seating options available. Get your tickets now before they sellout!

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TONIGHT'S SHOWS
Hot Club Gypsy Jazz Thursdays; Rudy’s French Connection
6:00pm-8:15pm, $12 at the door
Hot Club Gypsy Jazz Thursdays; Rudy’s French Connection

Every Thursday we honor our New Orleans and French roots and Rudy’s comes alive with a variety of small groups in the style of gypsy jazz swing. We bring you music inspired by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with "Hot Club" gypsy jazz swing. Known for fierce tempos and effortless improvisation, our Hot Club Gypsy Thursdays are sure to entertain, inspire, and bring you back to some authentic "jazz manouche" with groups either led or curated by New Orleans LA native Brook Sutton.

There’s no better place to chill, cozy up and relax after work. Imbibe French Quarter inspired cocktails or a glass of Côtes du Rhône, and enjoy some gumbo and beignets, while listening to the rhythm and mood of hot club jazz in Nashville’s most intimate and romantic room.
The MF Art of Listening
9:00pm-11:15pm, $20 at the door
MF Art Of Listening Featuring - Musicians creating a musical conversation on the spot. Getting back to the original love of what draws musicians into music. Trusting the music and musicians to guide and discover what it means to improvise much in the same way we communicate verbally. Drummer extraordinaire Marcus Finnie assembles a unique group of very special artists for this show, comprised of elite session artists or musicians on tour in the Nashville vicinity. Featuring Marcus Finnie on drums, Mabel Flowers on organ, Johnny Duke on guitar and Greg Bryant on bass.

Marcus Finnie
As a Memphis native and Nashville resident, Marcus Finnie has toured the world with Kirk Whalum, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal, Brett Eldredge, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Lady Antebellum, Larry Carlton, Donna Summer, India Arie, Kurt Elling, Billy Preston, Earl Klugh, Beegie Adair, Dave Koz and many others. Marcus has also recorded with Grammy and Stellar Award nominated and winning artists’ Jacob Whitesides, Kent Lattimore, Ledisi, Andy Mineo, Kirk Whalum, Keb Mo & Taj Mahal, India Arie, Joss Stone, Butch Walker, Charlie Peacock, Michael McDonald, and several others.

Mabel Flowers
At the age of 5 the sound of the Hammond filled her ears and soul, she rose from her seat and knew that she would play the Hammond B3. Her father gave her her first piano lesson. Both of her parents were proficient in reading music. Mabel and her mother played together at church for 6 years. Her parents shared the music they loved with her. Mabel’s mother was enthusiastic for classical music, hymns, spirituals, gospel, R&B and jazz; while her Father preferred classical, hymns, anthems and spirituals.

From the age of 11-17 Mabel played for the choirs of her Junior High and High School; also at her Father’s church and other special events. At 15 she started teaching piano lessons, a profession that has endured to the present. Along the way she majored in Music Education at the University of Memphis. As a prominent sacred musician Mabel has played for Baptist, A.M.E., C.M.E., United Methodist, COGIC and Seven Day Adventist, among others. She has played for City, State and Regional Church Congresses and Conventions throughout the state of Tn.

Mabel also has a career in secular music beginning with her first club date at Blues Ally in Memphis where she sang and played “Stormy Monday”. On the concert stage Mabel has performed with Edwin Hawkins in 1992-1993 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN. And accompanied Richard Smallwood for Aids week in 2005 in Nashville TN. Mabel was the 1st Music Director for the Volunteer State Mass Choir, serving them for 5 years, in Nashville TN. Mabel is the owner and CEO of MVP & Company...CONNECTING THE DOTS.

Johnny Duke
As a solo artist and as a go-to guitarist for numerous world-renowned acts, Nashville-based guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer Johnny “Duke” Lippincott draws upon a musical vocabulary that spans the spectrum from the delta blues to Debussy. As a songwriter and performer, he merges masterful technique and remarkable depth of feeling with themes that touch on the essence of the human experience. Johnny’s inimitable balance of ease and intensity on his instrument distinguishes him as both an innate and cultivated musical talent. According to David Bromberg, “If you work hard enough, you can reach a stage where it seems as though the music is coming from somewhere else and is simply going through you. That’s Johnny. He’s there all the time. This is very, very rare.”

In music and in life, Johnny exudes a sense of clarity, presence, and humble wisdom. His deeply introspective 2022 solo release, Sonic Valley, is both dreamy and spirited, with elements of folk, rock, jazz, blues, psychedelia, electronica, and trance that culminate in an astonishing clarity of tone and message. Pollinating songs with a mix of cultural and stylistic influences, he’s described his creative intention as tapping into multiple levels of consciousness and “clothing a mystical experience in music.” On “Galaxy Love,” the opening track, he sings, “Time and space fall away/into sand, into clay/and all the while, I’m lost in love.” An infectious groove topped with cool jazz licks form the essence of “Get Away,” while “New Moon” zooms in on his guitar virtuosity. “Galaxy Love,” “Children of Light,” and “Calling Out for Love,” center the album, blending layers of sound into a lush and poignant unity. In terms of performance, Duke showcases the full breadth of his talent, featuring acoustic, electric, slide, and fingerstyle elements, which he melds with touches of organ, pedal steel, banjo, mandolin, accordion, electronica, percussion, and his own warm, welcoming vocals. An epic mystical and sonic journey, this self-produced album gradually builds into an ecstatic experience of musical and spiritual realization.

Johnny Duke was born in Knoxville and spent the latter part of his childhood going back and forth between his father’s house in rural Mississippi and his mother’s in Wilmington, Delaware. After picking up his first guitar at the age of ten, he was soon sitting in with local blues musicians, including Willie Kind and Terry “Harmonica” Bean, at festivals and small clubs around the Mississippi Delta. At age fourteen, Johnny began sitting in with David Bromberg on a regular basis, a seminal relationship that significantly shaped him musically and personally. In 2006, D'Addario Strings awarded him a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where he formed and toured with the band Johnny Duke and the Aces. Since graduating in 2009, he’s backed a long list of musical legends, including Little Big Town, B.B. King, Keb’ Mo’, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ashley Monroe, Lee Ann Womack, Vince Gill, Jimmy Buffett, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, Don Was, Maren Morris and more. Johnny recorded electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, and pedal steel on two of Little Big Town’s platinum selling albums, Tornado and Painkiller. As a sideman, he’s toured worldwide, appearing at numerous renowned venues, including Madison Square Garden, The Kennedy Center, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Red Rocks in CO, Wolf Trap, and The Ryman Auditorium, as well as on TV shows such as Ellen and Kelly Clarkson. As a songwriter, Johnny co-wrote Jimmy Buffett’s single Slow Lane from his 2020 album Life On The Flip Side.

Greg Bryant
Greg Bryant is a longtime contributor to the music scene in Nashville, as a bassist, a bandleader (Concurrence, The Greg Bryant Expansion) and as a broadcaster. That last role, which goes back to his early teenage years, has now brought him to the greater New York area and WBGO-FM, as the host of Jazz After Hours.

Before leaving Nashville, Greg was named “instrumentalist of the year” by the Nashville Independent Music Awards (NIMA) and his group Concurrence, co-led with pianist Paul Horton, was named “best jazz group” by the Nashville Scene. He also cultivated a local concert series where he brought renowned improvisational musicians to the Nashville area including Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charlie Hunter, John Ellis, Logan Richardson and Peter Bernstein.


UPCOMING SHOWSFULL CALENDAR
Dec 8
Dave Potter & Retro Groove
5:30pm-7:15pm central, $14 at the door
After honing his skills for more than 10 years with Jason Marsalis, Dave Potter has taken to the road as a leader with his own ensemble with a new project featuring Jazz-flavored arrangements of modern classics from Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Living Colour, Peter Gabriel, The Doobie Brothers, etc. A native of North Carolina, Dave began performing with many of his elders in the RDU area at the age of 16. After relocating to Tallahassee to attend Florida State University, Dave quickly sought out Marcus Roberts as a musical mentor, an important relationship that endures today. Dave has performed with Roberts, Ellis Marsalis, Marcus Printup, Russell Gunn, Takana Miyamoto, Greg Tardy, and many others.

Dave Potter- drums
Miguel Alvarado - saxophones
Angelo Versace - piano
Rob Linton - bass
Pat Bergeson Featuring Guitarist Barry Greene
8:00pm-10:15pm central, $20 at the door
Guitarist Pat Bergeson leads a stellar group featuring guitarist Barry Greene with Charles Treadway on Organ and Chris Brown on drums.

Jazz guitarist Barry Greene is a seasoned musician known for his remarkable skills and captivating performances. With a career spanning decades, he has honed his craft and become a respected figure in the world of jazz music. Barry's playing is characterized by a blend of technical excellence and emotional depth, making his music resonate deeply with listeners. A true virtuoso, he has released a collection of acclaimed albums including "Resurgence," "Sojourner," "At Home," "Urban Jazz," "In the Meantime," "Barry Greene Trio," "The Other Side," and "Urban Jazz II," each a testament to his artistry.

Barry Greene's impressive musical journey includes recording and performing alongside a stellar lineup of artists. His collaborations have encompassed a diverse range of talents, showcasing his versatile skills as a jazz guitarist. Some of the notable artists he has worked with include Paul Bollenback, Chad Lefkowitz Brown, Seamus Blake, Danny Gottlieb, Gene Bertoncini, Kenny Drew Jr., Adam Nussbaum, Johnathan Kriesberg, Mark Whitfield, Rodney Jones, Dave Stryker, Reuben Rogers, Ron Affif, Mark Ferber, Peter Mazza, John Davis, Ulysses Owens, Jerome Jennings, and Colin Bailey. This impressive roster speaks to Barry Greene's ability to seamlessly integrate with a wide spectrum of musicians and contribute to exceptional musical experiences.

"his improvisations were creative with impeccable technique..." - 20th Century Guitar Magazine

Guitarist, Harmonica player Pat Bergeson grew up in Batavia Illinois and moved to NYC where he honed his Jazz skills for 10 years. He was brought to Nashville by Chet Atkins in 1993 after hearing him on a demo tape. Pat recorded was featured on two of Chet's recordings "Read My Licks" and "Sneaking Around" with Jerry Reed. He has since worked with Lyle Lovett, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Suzy Bogguss, Tommy Emmanuel, Joey DeFrancesco, Annie Sellick, Alison Krauss ,Bill Frisell, Michael McDonald, Madeleine Peyroux, Benny Golson, etc.
Geoff Pfeifer Quartet
11:00pm-1:00am central, $10 at the door
The Geoff Pfeifer Quartet, gritty, edgy, the real deal NYC style jazz. Saxophonist Geoff Pfeifer brings some of Nashville's top jazz cats out, and you'll be sure to feel the energy. Playing a mix of original material and Wayne Shorter tunes.

Geoff Pfeifer, a Nashville based musician and composer, has been living and performing in Nashville since 2005. Geoff studied saxophone with Ted Nash and Ralph Lalama and composition with Mike Holober and Jim McNeely. He is a saxophonist and arranger with the R&B band Chubby and The Dots and plays the 2nd Tenor Saxophone chair in The Establishment Big Band.
Dec 9
The Ted Ludwig Trio
5:30pm-7:15pm central, $15 at the door
"Ludwig’s jazz is a carefully distilled product, like the finest Gin. He is rhythmically and metrically perfect. He is the definition of swing." - All About Jazz Magazine

"Ludwig has a soulful melodic style with a great harmonic palate and he can flat burn up the fingerboard with mindboggling technique!" - JAZZIZ magazine

"Ted Ludwig is one superb jazz guitarist. His fluid heartfelt melodic style coupled with a strong harmonic sophistication has made him a compelling and impressive jazz musician. As Ludwig’s fingers caress and dance across his 7-string guitar, the New Orleans native delivers a passion and precision that is jazz guitar playing at its most engaging and accessible best" - Offbeat Magazine, 2013

Acclaimed seven-string jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig has been a part of the jazz scene in New Orleans since 1997. Throughout that time period, he has performed for numerous club performances, festivals, and recordings. He has released 4 albums as a leader and many more as a versatile sideman and co leader.

Ted earned his Bachelor and Masters Degrees from the University of New Orleans Jazz Studies Program, under the direction of the legendary pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. He received an ASCAP award, the Louis Armstrong award, and the Overture to the Cultural Season award for his outstanding musicianship and creativity. Inspired by the recordings of Joe Pass, Pat Martino, and Wes Montgomery, Ludwig soon became one of the most sought after guitarists in the New Orleans jazz scene, working professionally as a soloist, and accompanist.

He has performed with notable contemporaries such as; Ellis Marsalis, Peter Bernstein, Bob Dorough, Larry Coryell, Nathan East, Nicholas Payton, Howard Alden, Mundell Lowe, Rick Margitza, Julian Labro, Steve Masakowski, John Ellis, Tony Dagradi, Mike Pellera, Jason Marsalis, Ron Eschete’, Johnny Vidacovich, Herlin Riley, and many more.

In 2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Ludwig created his own eclectic Jazz Trio gaining instant accolades from critics and musicians alike for his astonishing virtuosity and prolific originality.

Since 2007, Ted has maintained a fruitful association with the Infrared Record Label. He has recorded, produced, and released four albums as a leader and has continuously performed on many other recordings as a co-leader and sideman. In 2016, Ludwig had the great opportunity to perform with orchestra an original Jazz Guitar Concerto entitled “Katrina”. The piece was composed by D.J. Sparr and commissioned by The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Ted received rave reviews for his performances of the concerto.
Mr. Groove
8:00pm-10:15pm central, $22 at the door
Mr. Groove is excited to appear at Rudy’s Jazz Room on Saturday, December 9 at 8:00pm. Led by brothers Tim and Roddy Smith, and featuring drummer Keith Carlock, Mr. Groove has been recording and performing for many years. Both seasoned studio musicians, the brothers have also recorded and performed with artists as diverse as Boots Randolph, Charlie McCoy, Bill Evans, Joe Sample, Ronnie Laws, Bill Evans, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and many others.

The latest Mr. Groove project features drummer Keith Carlock, percussionist Lenny Castro, pianists Pat Coil, Jim Beard, Jason Webb and others, as well as saxophonists, Tim Gordon, Ed Calle, Bill Evans, and Mark Douthit. Vocalists featured include Deb Thomas, Latin Grammy winner Roxana Amed, and multiple Grammy winner Bill Champlin. The Rudy’s engagement will feature Carlock, Coil, Thomas, and Gordon, along with the Smith brothers. Come be part of this very special hang in our hometown.
Dave Potter & Retro Groove
11:00pm-1:00am central, $10 at the door
After honing his skills for more than 10 years with Jason Marsalis, Dave Potter has taken to the road as a leader with his own ensemble with a new project featuring Jazz-flavored arrangements of modern classics from Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Living Colour, Peter Gabriel, The Doobie Brothers, etc. A native of North Carolina, Dave began performing with many of his elders in the RDU area at the age of 16. After relocating to Tallahassee to attend Florida State University, Dave quickly sought out Marcus Roberts as a musical mentor, an important relationship that endures today. Dave has performed with Roberts, Ellis Marsalis, Marcus Printup, Russell Gunn, Takana Miyamoto, Greg Tardy, and many others.

Dave Potter- drums
Miguel Alvarado - saxophones
Angelo Versace - piano
Rob Linton - bass
Dec 10
A Charlie Brown Christmas with The Alex Murphy Trio
6:00pm-8:15pm central, $21 in advance, $24 at the door
The Charlie Brown Christmas Special is an American cultural icon, and is synonymous with the holiday season. The music, characters, and message have resonated since its airing in 1965. This soundtrack is praised due to the scoring and playing of the fantastic jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. Without Vince’s touch we wouldn’t have this American classic.

Join the Alex Murphy Trio for an evening enjoying their arrangements of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special soundtrack played live with a few friends joining along the way.

Alex Murphy - Piano
Rob Linton - Double Bass
Ryan Brasley - Drums and Cymbals
Rudy's Jazz Jam
9:00pm-11:15pm central, $10 at the door
Rudy's hosts the official pro jazz jam. Come out and experience some of music city's best as they take the stage with Nashville's next generation of jazz performers! You will hear a variety of young, old, new and undiscovered players showing what they can do on stage. Part of the jazz tradition and what jazz embodies is the unknown and spontaneous exploration of new musical territory with new musicians sitting in live on stage; you never know who or what to expect other than the unexpected!

We welcome all ages to this show and have a $10 food or beverage minimum.
Dec 11
The Marc Payne Quartet
6:00pm-8:15pm central, $12 at the door
One of the most talented young up and coming jazz pianists from Nashville, currently attending the New School of Jazz in NYC, Marc Payne dazzles with beautiful chords, lines, rhythms, and harmonies. Young at heart and old in soul, Marc has soaked up some of the most influential pianists' styles and harmonics and is able to deliver; from Art Tatum to Oscar Peterson, Sony Clark, Thelonious Monk to Hank Jones, James P. Johnson and more.

Born in Virginia and having moved to north Nashville at a very young age, Marc soaked up the sounds of jazz from his father playing jazz records as he grew up. Marc began playing music when he was 11 years old on a light up keyboard and then studied gospel which led him to playing for the Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church when he was 13. In his junior year at Pearl-Cohn high school Marc really started to develop an intense interest and more serious pursuit of jazz piano. From there he ended up going to Nashville School for the Arts where he graduated in 2017 to begin his professional career in music.

Some of Marc’s mentors include Jody Nardone, Imer Santiago, Lady Chapman, Chazen Brown, Nioshi Jackson, and Rob Butts. Marc has shared the stage with many great artists such as Bobby Watson, Regi Wooten, Curtis Lundy, Roy Wooten, Duffy Jackson and more, and has played on two of Shannon Callihan’s releases. Marc has played numerous venues in and around Nashville including the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Jazz on the Cumberland, Historic 15th ave Baptist church, and Rudy’s Jazz Room.

One of the most energetic and diverse young pianists, Marc always keeps the music flowing and lively with varying dynamics and interludes mixed and woven into compositions that keep pieces fresh and lively.
Giovanni Rodriguez & 12 Manos
9:00pm-11:15pm central, $13 at the door
A Nashville favorite on the Salsa and jazz scene and electric night of Salsa dancing! Multi-instrumentalist Giovanni Rodriguez, one of Nashville's leading percussionists, bassists and favorite on the Salsa and jazz scene, plays the sounds of salsa, bachata and percussion-driven rhythms with some of the most seasoned veterans in the Nashville Latin music scene. Melvin Macias (piano/vocals), Jesus Agreda (Timbales), Lorenzo Molina Ruiz (Trumpet), Manuel 'Manotas' Ramierez (multi-Percussion), and Giovanni Rodriguez (bass/vocals).

For this show general admission tickets are available for standing and sitting in the front section of the room near the stage with the dance floor. Tickets for bar seats and tables are available as well. General admission tickets for the front section are not guaranteed to have seats as we will have a large part of the front section seating cleared for the dance floor. General admission tickets will have standing room as well as limited seating. Only our tables and bar seats will have guaranteed seating for this show.
Dec 13
Wendell "Bizz" Bigsby
6:00pm-8:15pm central, $15 at the door
Bizz is an accomplished artist and songwriter who has played on Nashville stages and shows around the country and Canada for more than 20 years. The eldest son of Nashville legend Jimmy Church, Bizz has opened up for The Godfather of Soul James Brown, The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, The King of Rock and Roll, Little Richard and many more.

“I remember when I was 4 or 5 years old my grandmother would let me stay up and watch my dad on ‘Night Train’. I said to myself then “I want to do that, that looks like fun’”. He started his first group at 9 doing Jackson 5 covers while in middle school and winning most of The High School talent shows they entered. He then realized he was actually pretty good at this.

Bizz developed several bands while in high school, and after college, he put a band together called “Bizz and The Crew”. They gained local popularity in local clubs while he was honing his skills and writing songs.

While running lights in his dads’ band, the lead singer got sick, and his dad asked him could he fill in for a show or two. Those two shows turned into 5 years. They traveled the country playing, from Clint Eastwood’s home in Carmel, California, to Diana Ross’s in Greenwich, Connecticut. That year they were also named "The #1 Wedding Band in America" by Vouge magazine. “Those were the best 5 years of my life”, says Bizz. I learned so much about business, showmanship, and the importance of branding”.

About 6 years ago, he started a cover band called "Bizz and Everyday People” that has become one of the premier cover bands in Nashville and the country, but his first love has always been to create and perform program music. His first project, ‘Love Izz” has been critically acclaimed by the music community as well as the general public.

Bizz currently works with multi Grammy award winning producer and writer Tommy Sims on a yet entitled EP. “These songs are special because they are mostly about what we’re going through as a country and our struggles as a nation dealing with its past and looking to is future, and the growing pains associated with all that. They are just my thoughts, my feelings and a few emotions put into song. Sort of a catharsis for me. Of course, there’s a love song in there’. I’ve always believed that if you write from your heart, your truth, it will touch someone’s heart as well. I just wanna…. make a difference. Leave it better than I found it.”
Regi Wooten & Friends
9:00pm-11:15pm central, $15 at the door
Known as “The Teacha”, Regi Wooten is one of the most innovative, talented and dynamic musicians around the scene, and has pushed the boundaries of jazz, funk, soul, R&B, rock, and even bluegrass to some of the most extreme musical limits. From picking, slapping, strumming, thumping, and tapping to some of the most ear bending advanced chords you’ll hear on any instrument, Regi has earned world-wide notoriety and comparisons to other innovators such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Chuck Berry. Perfecting, creating and discovering new techniques and jazz theory while incorporating and layering into strong funk grooves for keen listeners to uncover and pick up on is one of his many notable fortes.

At only nine years old Regi started teaching his younger brother Victor Wooten bass guitar and Joseph Wooten keyboards, and soon the Wooten Brothers Band was formed featuring; Regi on ukelele, Roy on drums, Rudy on Saxophone, Joe on Keys and Victor on bass. Regi was ten years old at the time, Roy was nine, Rudy was eight, Joseph was five and Victor was two. The rest, as they say, is Musical History.

Assembling a cast of Nashville's best, Regi Wooten and Friends dig deep into the roots of funk, jazz, blues, rock, and soul. You never know who might jump on stage! Don't miss a beat!
Dec 14
Hot Club Gypsy Jazz Thursdays; Rudy’s French Connection
6:00pm-8:15pm central, $12 at the door
Hot Club Gypsy Jazz Thursdays; Rudy’s French Connection

Every Thursday we honor our New Orleans and French roots and Rudy’s comes alive with a variety of small groups in the style of gypsy jazz swing. We bring you music inspired by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with "Hot Club" gypsy jazz swing. Known for fierce tempos and effortless improvisation, our Hot Club Gypsy Thursdays are sure to entertain, inspire, and bring you back to some authentic "jazz manouche" with groups either led or curated by New Orleans LA native Brook Sutton.

There’s no better place to chill, cozy up and relax after work. Imbibe French Quarter inspired cocktails or a glass of Côtes du Rhône, and enjoy some gumbo and beignets, while listening to the rhythm and mood of hot club jazz in Nashville’s most intimate and romantic room.
Trio T.B.E.
9:00pm-11:15pm central, $14 at the door
Trio T.B.E. is the amalgam of three established Nashville jazz musicians, Chris Broomhead, Matt Endahl and Jack Aylor, presenting their take on the classic piano trio format. All three musicians bring their own unique musical experiences to bear in a performance that features tunes from the great American songbook, lesser-known standards, as well as originals.

A native of Melbourne and currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee, Chris is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and Monash University and works in a variety of settings and projects as a drummer, composer, producer, leader and teacher. His Australian piano trio project Refraction, released their debut album As We Were in March 2015 and it was nominated for Best Jazz Album in The Age Music Victoria Awards of that year. Their follow-up recordings include Inerrant Space (2016), Reimagined (2017) as well as The Outsider and the mini-EP Three Improvisations (both 2019).

Matt Endahl is a pianist, composer and educator, currently based in Nashville TN. Since moving here in 2013 he has performed in groups led by Jeff Coffin, Chester Thompson, Dara Tucker, Rahsaan Barber, Duffy Jackson, Christina Watson, Marcus Finnie, and many others. He’s shared the stage with legendary figures like Jimmy Heath, Henry Grimes, David Liebman, Jane Ira Bloom, Arthur Blythe, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Marcus Belgrave, Roger Humphries, Dave Douglas, Nicolas Bearde, and Karrin Allyson.

Jack Aylor is a performing bassist in Nashville, Tennessee. During his time in New York, he studied with bassists Ron Carter, Ben Wolfe, Ugonna Okegwo, and James Genus. He has performed with artists including Delfeayo Marsalis, Chester Thompson, Rahsaan Barber, Roland Barber, Oz Noy, Luther Allison, Don Sickler, Dave Kikoski, and Alex Hoffman.