Monks Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Collin Shook Trio!

Collin Shook – Piano

James Suter – Bass

Aaron Easley – Drums

Collin Shook, native to Dallas, Texas, is a jazz pianist, composer, and founder of Monks Jazz. During high school, he studied instruments from all around the bandstand, moved to Austin in 2007, performed and recorded in Tucson from 2009 to 2013, and finally returned to Austin in 2014. In September 2016, Collin collaborated with the art co-op Topology in East Austin to create Monks Jazz Club, a pop-up listening room concept.

Having hosted nearly 100 pop-up concerts in over a dozen venues from 2016-2020, Monks transitioned to a live-streaming format in response to the pandemic, and in 2021 landed a permanent brick and mortar space in the heart of East Austin, where Collin has produced over 600 Monks live-taping concerts. His two albums as a leader (Derivatives 2012 & The Desert 2016) can be found at collinshook.bandcamp.com

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a new Happy Half Hour, featuring $2 off of our Classic and Signature Cocktails, $2 off Glasses of Wine, and $1 off of our Beer Menu between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Join us for a drink, or come at your scheduled seating time! We'll have a wonderful evening planned ahead!

First Show: Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm.

Second Show: Doors at 9:00pm, Show at 9:30pm.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Late Nights at Monks | Aidan Berg Trio!

Jakob Hartz – Piano

Aidan Berg – Bass

Matti Soto – Drums

A recent graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Aidan Berg holds a B.M. in Jazz Bass Performance with a minor in Arts Administration, having studied under the tutelage of John Fremgen and Diego Rivera. During his time at UT Austin, Aidan performed with the UT Jazz Orchestra, was selected for the inaugural Jazz Aspen Snowmass Afro-Caribbean Big Band, and received prestigious accolades including the Stribling Award, Butler Excellence Award, and Fine Arts Scholarship Award.

An active leader in both performance and curation, Aidan received the 2025 Rainwater Innovation Grant to bring renowned trumpeter Etienne Charles to UT Austin for a guest residency. In 2026, he competed in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s National Collegiate Jazz Competition and was later awarded a UT COFA Artistic Citizenship Grant to fund a cross-disciplinary performance featuring improvised dance and jazz quartet.

As an in-demand freelancer, Berg regularly performs alongside national and local legends such as Diego Rivera, Mike Sailors, Daniel Dufour, Ross Margitza, Quincy Davis, Xavier Davis, and Andre Hayward. As a bandleader, he frequently presents his piano trio across Central Texas at renowned venues like Monks Jazz Club, JazzTX, and Parker Jazz Club. Within the Austin arts community at large, Aidan serves as the logistics coordinator for ATX Chamber Music & Jazz. On and off the bandstand, Aidan Seeks to uplift and honor the rich tradition of jazz music.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! Monks prides itself as a listening room, but late night sessions are always a time to enjoy yourselves a bit more. Free parking is available in the area.

Doors at 10:45 PM, Show at 11:00 PM

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for ACME & Monks Jazz Present: Mark Scott III feat. Aubrey Johnson!

Aubrey Johnson – Voice

Mark Scott III – Guitar

Andy Langham – Piano

James Suter – Bass

Daniel Dufour – Drums

About Mark Scott III:

Austin-based guitarist, composer, and educator Mark Scott III has emerged as a distinct voice in the modern jazz landscape, blending technical precision with a deeply personal, narrative approach to the instrument. His debut album, Soft Light, reached #60 on the Roots Music Report Top 100 Jazz Albums chart, marking a significant entry into the guitar trio tradition. Drawing from the lineage of Barney Kessel and Kenny Burrell, Scott’s playing is defined by what critic Brice Boorman calls a "quiet confidence," a style that rejects bravura in favor of control, patience, and the "power of less is more." Performing widely across the state, Scott has become a fixture of the Texas music scene. Originally from Dallas, Scott moved to Austin in 2021 and has called it home ever since. He has performed alongside jazz luminaries such as Branford Marsalis, Helen Sung, Rodney Whitaker, John Fedchock and others, and has collaborated internationally through tours with Finnish guitarist Niklas Winter. Whether leading his trio or contributing as a sideman, Scott’s emotive touch remains a constant, celebrated for its dynamic sensitivity and harmonic flow. Currently serving on the faculty at Tarleton State University, he mentors the next generation of musicians through applied guitar and the study of popular American music. A former Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin and a judge for the TMEA All-State jazz guitar competition, Scott bridges the gap between the classroom and the bandstand.

About Aubrey Johnson:

Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based jazz vocalist, composer, and educator. She’s contributed to more than 50 albums, including Bobby McFerrin’s Grammy-nominated VOCAbuLaries, Arturo O'Farrill's Grammy-winning Four Questions, and Lyle Mays’ Grammy-winning Eberhard. Her Steve Robby (Pat Metheny Group)-produced debut album Unraveled, released on Outside In Music in 2020, features her original music and arrangements. She teamed with pianist Randy Ingram for the 2022 Sunnyside Records duo project focusing on standards, Brazilian music, and pop song, Play Favorites. The latest album featuring Aubrey’s compositions and arrangements, The Lively Air, was released in March, 2026 on Greenleaf Music. In demand as both a bandleader and side person, Aubrey has performed and/recorded with Jacob Collier, Janis Siegel, Michael Mayo, Billy Childs, Alex Sipiagin, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, and many others. Most recently, she was awarded the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant to record a new album of original music. Aubrey is presently on faculty at The New School and Montclair State University, and previously held positions at Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory, her alma mater.

This project is supported in part by an Austin Live Music Fund Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area. Doors at 7:00 PM, Show at 7:30 PM.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a new Happy Half Hour, featuring $2 off of our Classic and Signature Cocktails, $2 off Glasses of Wine, and $1 off of our Beer Menu between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Join us for a drink, or come at your scheduled seating time! We'll have a wonderful evening planned ahead!

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Scott Robinson with the Monks Jazz Orchestra | The Jazz Purveyor Presents!

Guest Artist: Scott Robinson

Woodwinds:

Seth Carper

Matt Chavez

Diego Rivera

Ripley Swingle

Eric Hargett

Trumpets:

Matt Collins

Mike Sailors - Musical Director

Isaac Pittenger

Brett Cole

Low Brass:

Paul Deemer

Judah Guerra

Jacob Martinez

Demetreis Thornton

Rhythm Section:

Ross Margitza

Miguel Rodriguez

Daniel Dufour

“Jazz Futurist, Mad Scientist… There’s no one else doing anything close to what Mr. Robinson is doing.” – Wall Street Journal

"...It's creating the kind of world I want to live in. It's like a religious feeling -- that I can create these kinds of worlds that I love, and they'll be there for me someday." -- Scott, on his work, Reach for Tomorrow

One of today's most wide-ranging instrumentalists, Scott Robinson has been heard on tenor with Chet Baker, trumpet with Lionel Hampton, alto clarinet with Paquito D'Rivera, and on bass sax with the NYC Opera. On these and other instruments including theremin and ophicleide, he has been heard with jazz's greats representing nearly every imaginable style of the music.

Primarily a tenor saxophonist, Scott’s discography exceeds 275 recordings, including collaborations with Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, Bob Brookmeyer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, even They Might Be Giants. He’s performed with Maria Schneider Orchestra for three decades, appearing on David Bowie’s final recording.

His releases as a leader have garnered five-star reviews from Leonard Feather, DownBeat Magazine, Wall Street Journal and respected sources worldwide. Scott’s recent album Tenormore, won Best Album of the Year in the JazzTimes readers poll, and rated “Indispensable” by France’s Jazz Hot magazine.

Scott has performed in some 60 nations, in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Village Vanguard, the Library of Congress, and the Vienna Opera House. His appearances for dignitaries include a U.S. Presidential Inauguration, and a command performance honoring the birthday of the king of Thailand. As a performer, leader, sideman, or Artist-in-Residence, he has been invited to more jazz festivals globally than we could possibly begin to name here.

Scott has participated in numerous Grammy-winning and nominated recordings, and received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been profiled in the Encyclopedia of Jazz and Grove's Dictionary of Jazz, along with books by Nat Hentoff and others, and once was featured on CNN.

At his home near New York City, Scott has constructed a studio/laboratory for sonic research, containing an astonishing assortment of instruments and devices including the bass marimba that Sun Ra recorded with in the 1960s. Many adventurous recordings from this facility have appeared on his own ScienSonic Laboratories imprint. Scott's collaborators on these projects include Frank Kimbrough, Julian Thayer, Henry Grimes, Roscoe Mitchell, Milford Graves and Marshall Allen. ScienSonic's recordings have been certified by the Space Foundation as Certified Space Imagination Products.

Scott is an endorsing artist for Vandoren Reeds, and is signed to Denis Wick of London for brass. As a composer his works cover a wide range, from jazz tunes to large scale combined orchestras.

He recently debuted at Hunter College, NYC, Movement One of his one-man improvised symphonic recording, Reach for Tomorrow. After nearly four (more?) years of daily work, approximately 9½ minutes of fully-mixed music for 140 instruments has been realized. This project will take an estimated 12-15 years to complete.

A respected performer in all areas of jazz, Scott Robinson has arrived at his own unique musical voice which, as once described in a North Sea Jazz Festival program, "combines solid foundations with great daring".

Presented by The Jazz Purveyor. Thank you for support from the Live Music Society.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. As part of this transition, Monks Jazz is no longer a BYOB venue. We invite you to enjoy our thoughtfully curated beverage menu and roll with us through the changes! As always, this is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Free parking is available in the area. Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm.

Monks is open 6:30 PM for a new Happy Half Hour, featuring $2 off of our Classic and Signature Cocktails, $2 off Glasses of Wine, and $1 off of our Beer Menu between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Join us for a drink, or come at your scheduled seating time! We'll have a wonderful evening planned ahead!