Greg Ruby Trio @ Olympia Eagles

Greg Ruby - Guitar

Jonathan Doyle - reeds
Jen Hodge - Bass
The trio will perform a mélange of compostions by guitarist Django Reinhardt, timeless swing standards and original work by Ruby.
Greg Ruby-

“Greg Ruby lives and breathes jazz guitar” states the Fretboard Journal. From acoustic swing to jazz manouche to surf music, Ruby inhabits many musical forms and brings his compositional voice to each of them.
Born in Toronto, Ruby’s early years were spent near Pittsburgh before moving to the Pacific Northwest in the late 1990’s. On the forefront of the Django Reinhardt renaissance, he co-founded the seminal group Hot Club Sandwich and later joined Seattle’s Pearl Django. With appearances at the burgeoning west coast Django festivals, Ruby accompanied jazz guitar greats including Howard Alden, Patrick Saussois, Frank Vignola, Gonzalo Bergara and John Jorgensen. By 2010, Ruby stepped out on his own and released Look Both Ways, an album of all original compositions which Dan Hicks (of the Hot Licks) declared “is a soundtrack in search of a movie.” The album reached #1 on the Roots Music Review radio chart. In 2015, Ruby’s attention turned to the roots of jazz in Seattle with Syncopated Classic – a project which unearthed, restored and recorded the lost compositions of 1920’s Seattle jazz pioneer Frank D. Waldron. The record was awarded “Northwest Jazz recording of the year” by Earshot Jazz Magazine. His newest record, "Lockdown in Paradise,” is schedule to release later in 2026 and is a surf guitar memoir of his time in Rockaway Beach and Puerto Rico during the Covid-19 pandemic and explores themes of love, loss and hope.
Jon Doyle -

Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger Jonathan Doyle lives in Port Townsend WA in the Pacific Northwest. Jonathan is committed to crafting original music as well studying the American musical traditions
He strives to organize and be a part of bands whose music is rooted, yet distinct. And to play for listeners and dancers anywhere they'll have him! Jonathan has had a career that has allowed him to perform professionally on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, at Preservation Hall, on Austin City Limits TV show, at Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night’s Swing, in the famous Spiegeltent, at Chichen Itza, and major festivals such as Chicago Jazz Fest, Chicago Blues Fest, New Orleans Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival in New Orleans, and many more.
Jen Hodge
Jen Hodge is a Grammy-nominated bass player, currently living in New York City and originally hailing from British Columbia, Canada. A versatile and passionate musician, Jen is in high demand for her rock-solid bass playing, her consummate professionalism, and for the warm, infectious spirit she brings to the bandstand. Jen is a fixture of NYC’s hot jazz community, frequently featuring in the house band for the long-running Mona’s Tuesday Night Hot Jazz jam session hosted by multi-instrumentalist Dennis Lichtman, and frequently appearing both locally and abroad with such artists as Bria Skonberg, Jon-Erik Kellso & The EarRegulars, Danny Jonokuchi & The Revisionists, and Elizabeth Bougerol.
7:00pm - 9:30pm (All ages until 9pm)

Suggested $15-35
no one turned away for lack of funds.
This concert is for Eagles Members and Visitors.
All Visitors welcome - rsvp here or email olyjazzcentral@gmail.com.

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About Olympia Jazz Central
The Olympia Jazz Central mission is to sustain and support South Sound Jazz events such as concerts, education/workshops, artist collaboration and more. OJC also sponsors a youth scholarship program. We've been connecting musicians with audiences, teachers with students and just gettin' in the groove together since 2009. Olympia Jazz Central is a 501C3. We are 100% volunteer operated and we rely on donations to keep the jazz train chuggin' along