Over the last 18 months, Audra Mariel has quickly become one of our favorite singers. She is a tremendously talented vocalist who joined the Shanghai Jazz family last spring and we are thrilled to have her back in Madison. A Real Human Jazz Band features guitarist, Tom Monda, drummer Kevin Grossman, and bassist Cody McCorry behind Audra’s melodic and intoxicating voice!

Karl Latham, Mitch Stein, & Gary Foote perform iconic pop & rock tunes reinterpreted through the jazz lens!

Karl Latham is one of the most in-demand drummers in music today and regularly plays with greats like Don Braden, John Lee and the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Clark Terry, Claudio Roditi and many others.

BEN ALLISON – BASS • TED NASH – TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET • STEVE CARDENAS – GUITAR

This cooperative trio is modeled after Jimmy Giuffre’s drummer-less units of the 1950s and 60s. Ben, Ted and Steve take turns arranging and composing for the ensemble, which has released two albums, Quiet Revolution (2018 Sonic Camera), and Somewhere Else – West Side Story Songs (2019 Plastic Sax).

As Luther Vandross’ long-time musical director, Nat Adderley Jr’s compositions include “Stop to Love”, “Wait for Love”, “Make Me a Believer” and the Grammy-nominated “Give Me the Reason”.