Bobby Watson with the Thelonious Monk Institute Performing Arts High Schools Jazz All-Stars

Four shows on 2 nights, August 4-5, 6 & 8:30 pm each night
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The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz presents five of the country’s most gifted high school music students along with internationally acclaimed jazz saxophonist and GRAMMY nominee Bobby Watson, and renowned jazz educator Dr. JB Dyas to our Jazz at the Sequoia Room stage to demonstrate the next generation of Jazz.

The members of the all-star quintet selected nationwide to participate include trumpeter Brett Karner, 17, from Miami; tenor saxophonist Robert Gilliam, 17, from Dallas; pianist Kevin Gullage, 18, from New Orleans; bassist Caleb Ossmann, 17, from Los Angeles; and drummer Christian Burgs, 18, from Houston. “Working on Mr. Watson’s music for the past couple of months has been a good challenge,” said Reifkind, a member of last year’s National GRAMMY High School Jazz Ensemble. “His music is really melodic and it covers everything from bebop to contemporary.”