Austin Live Jazz Meetup

Come join Austin Jazz Society as they continue the longest-lasting jazz series in Austin. This month pianist Andy Langham leads an excellent quartet to the Chez Zee Gallery.

THE ANDY LANGHAM QUARTET
- Andy Langham - Piano
- Aaron Allen - Bass
- Gerry Gibbs - Drums
- Chase Baird - Saxophone

About Andy Langham
Originally from San Antonio, Andy Langham studied music at The University of North Texas and Texas State University before moving to Los Angeles, where he has been residing for 20 years as a top call jazz pianist and session player. Currently Andy can been seen touring all over the world as a long time member of the Grammy Award winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. He also has toured with Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, Natalie Cole, Christopher Cross, John Heard, Christian McBride, Jane Monheit, New York Voices, Ray Price, Dewey Redman, Steve Tyrell, and Ernie Watts.

Andy has recorded or performed in concert with an extremely diverse group of artists that include John Abercrombie, Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Arthur Blythe, Debby Boone, Randy Brecker, Johnny Bush, Bobby Caldwell, James Carter, Charo, Ravi Coltrane, Larry Coryell, Micky Dolenz, Jon Fedchock, The Four Freshmen, Roberta Gambarini, Terry Gibbs, Gerry Gibbs, Tom Harrell, Jon Hendricks, Bill Holman, Flaco Jimenez, Lainey Kazan, Sally Kellerman, Azar Lawrence, Hubert Laws, Dave Liebman, Don Menza, Roy McCurdy, James Moody, Cory Morrow, Emilio Navaira, Willie Nelson, Wayne Newton, Sam Rivers, Carl Saunders, Christian Scott, Jack Sheldon, Bobby Shew, Marvin Smitty Smith, Lew Soloff, Mike Stern, Take Six, Clark Terry, Steve Turre, and Bill Watrous.
Andy has appeared on over 150 recordings, including 5 Grammy-nominated albums. He currently teaches Jazz Piano at the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach and at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Chez Zee Gallery is the event room for the restaurant, Chez Zee. They offer an excellent brunch and dessert menu.

Come join Austin Jazz Society as they continue their collaboration with Monks Jazz Club. This series, known as MidWeek at Monks, features a different leader since the series' inception over 3 years ago. Glenn Rexach brings an outstanding quartet to this listening room venue.

THE GLENN REXACH QUARTET
Glenn Rexach – Guitar
Ben Irom – Piano
Billy Satterwhite – Bass
Mike Gordon – Drums

About Glenn Rexach
Glenn Rexach, long a fixture on the Austin music scene, has been a first call guitarist for decades. His group, the Glenn Rexach Group, which features Rexach’s intricate compositions. has opened for guitarist Scott Henderson, drum legend Billy Cobham, and has performed at the JazzAlive Jazz Festival, the Wobeon Jazz Fusion Festival, the Jazz on Main Festival, and various venues throughout Texas. He is also the guitarist for the Jacqui Walker Band (blues), Darrell Goldman (country), the Austin Jazz Workshop, Jazz PR (Salsa), countless freelance gigs, and is on the praise and worship team at Bethany Lutheran Church.

His performing credits include: jazz sax great Eddie Harris, Eddie Palmieri, Buddy Emmons, the Creative Opportunity Jazz Orchestra, Malford Milligan, Brannen Temple’s Atomic Soul, Just Released, Helen Sung, Jr. Medlow and the Bad Boys, Eliza Gilkyson, Nestor Torres, Dr. James Polk, Tony Campise, Hank Hehmsoth, violin and oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen, La Tribu, Ta Mere, Orchestra Tropicana, Jazz P.R., the Samba Police, Strings Attached, Gary Clark Jr., Carolyn Wonderland, and many others. He currently has 3 recordings under his own name, RoundTrip (out of print), Living Joe to Joe, and the group’s most recent release, PanaRican (a tribute to his Puerto Rican and Panamanian heritage).

Rexach brings his vast experience to each of the many students he has taught and mentored. “Taste gives PanaRican an accessible lift most fusioneers never accomplish.” Austin Chronicle reviewer Michael Toland.