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This is a group for anyone who loves live jazz music. We will meet up at live jazz shows around town to enjoy the music, and support the musicians and jazz scene here in Austin. Come on out for some great live jazz with awesome fellow jazz lovers!
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See Live or Live Stream The Indestructible Now! Wednesday Jan. 21st 8pm Monks
Monks Jazz Club, 501 Pedernales St Suite 2E, Austin, TX, USCome join Austin Jazz Society as they continue their collaboration with Monks Jazz Club. The series, known as MidWeek at Monks features the Jesse Ebaugh led-group known as The Indestructible Now!
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE NOW!
Joe Roddy – Piano
Damien Valenzuela – Saxophones
Danny Kerner – Guitar
Jesse Ebaugh – Double Bass
Jack Montesinos – Double Bass
Steve Mankenberg – Drums
Nico Léophonte – Drums
About Indestructible Now!
The Indestructible Now! Is born of the marriage of two groups, the Sahara Quartet and the Eternal Now! 5tet. Sahara is a group that came out of the open free jams at the Sahara Lounge on Austin’s east side, curated by Damien Valenzuela. Here Valenzuela, Ebaugh, Kerner and Mankenberg found themselves coalescing as a group, and have been gigging around town for a few years with their own brand of free and composed post-bop. They have a second self produced LP slated for release on December 20th. Eternal Now is the moniker used by Austin instrumental greats The Point when they turn to improvised music.
The two groups met in an East Austin studio, David Boyle’s Church House. In February of 2025 they recorded an amazing group of compositions and improvisations that are slated for a release sometime in the spring of 2026, to be titled Vox Cordis. These musicians are hard workers on the Austin scene… Ebaugh came out of the rock band Heartless Bastards to form his own country rock band the Tender Things, and is a journeyman bass player. Valenzuela is in the rising funk band Cazayoux, and along with Kerner, anchors the band at Sahara’s Africa Night. In addition to their band The Point, Roddy (a relative of Ted Roddy) and Montesinos are gigging country and blues musicians as well, as members of Cactus Lee, The Mellows and Sentimental Family Band. Nico Léophonte owns a renowned studio called Alnico Studios, and is producer of The Point’s first album. Mankenberg is a remarkable drummer with deep ties to the Austin jazz community. The group continues to evolve, and attract serious players, with a mission of creating something of deep spiritual value and essential humanity.
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Midweek @ Monks presents The Indestuctible Now! - Events - Austin Jazz Society2 attendees - $25.00
See Mike Sailors Quintet, Sunday, January 25th, 3-5pm, Chez Zee Gallery
Chez Zee American Bistro, 5406 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX, USCome join Austin Jazz Society as they continue the longest-running Jazz series in Austin. The Chez Zee Gallery continues to provide the venue for the showcasing of the top jazz talent in the Austin area. Joining us on January 25th is the Mike Sailors Quintet.
THE MIKE SAILORS QUINTET
- Mike Sailors - Trumpet
- Elias Haslanger - Saxophone- Ross Margitza - Piano
- Ryan Hagler - Bass
- Daniel Dufour - Drums
About Mike Sailors
Mike Sailors has performed around the world in Japan and Europe, as well as throughout the United States and Canada. He has appeared at venues such as the Blue Note (Tokyo, Sapporo, and New York locations), Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Jazz Standard, Yoshi’s, The Jazz Kitchen, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the Bowery Ballroom, Smalls Jazz Club as well as the Tokyo Blue Note Jazz Festival, the EFG London Jazz Festival, the Detroit Jazz Festival, The Ravinia Music Festival, The Newport Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival.
Sailors has worked as a sideman for bands and artists including the Birdland Big Band, Bobby Sanabria and The Multiverse Orchestra, the Fat Cat Big Band, the Baby Soda Jazz Band, the Hot Sardines, the Captain Black Big Band led by Orrin Evans, The Jason Marshall Big Band, The Steven Feikfe Big Band, The 8-Bit Big Band, The Mingus Jazz Orchestra and Adrian Cunningham and His Old School. His past experience also includes performances with The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Jon Hendricks, McCoy Tyner, Rodney Whitaker, Dick Oatts, Wycliffe Gordon, Peter Bernstein and others. He’s also appeared as a featured soloist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.
Mike was an active Trumpet player in the Broadway scene during his tenure in the Big Apple. Past shows include Beautiful - The Carole King Story, Be More Chill, and The Prom. He also served as Music Director for Sleep No More from 2014-2017.
Along with an active performing career, Sailors has maintained a busy career in composition. His first commission, dating back to 2005, came from the North American Saxophone Alliance (N.A.S.A). The piece featured the late Dewey Redman and was later recorded and featured on Redman’s last commercial recording “Live with Dewey Redman”. Since then, Sailors has been hired by the likes of Mack Avenue Records, Decca Records, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra as well as a host of internationally known musicians including Ryan Kisor, Sean Jones, Rodney Whitaker, Pete Bernstein, Jimmy Cobb, and others. His band, The New Alchemy Jazz Orchestra, recently released an album featuring his compositions. The self-tilted album features originals penned by Sailors and is distributed by Outside In Music.
Sailors also serves as a copyist and editor for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra as well as the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Competition.
Originally from Charleston, South Carolina Mike grew up playing in his local church. He went on to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2001, Michigan State University in 2007, and The University of Texas in 2010.
In 2019, Sailors joined the faculty of The University of Texas Butler School of Music, where he leads the Jazz Trumpet Studio and mentors young artists looking to build careers in music. He currently spends his time presenting his projects and music in several of Austin’s jazz clubs, touring nationally and internationally, and appearing as a guest artist with high school and college jazz programs.
Sunday Afternoon Jazz at Chez Zee presents The Mike Sailors Quintet - Events - Austin Jazz Society2 attendees - Ross Margitza - Piano
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