Monks Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Brazilian Jazz Night | Malone & Friends!

Michael Malone – Saxophone

Sander Pinheiro – Guitar & Vocals

Sofia Kriger – Vocals

Isma Ciriaco – Bass

Sidnei Amaro – Drums

Michael Malone, a Cleveland, Ohio native, is a world-renowned saxophonist and composer. Michael's resume includes a five-year stint touring with legendary jazz organist Jimmy Smith, as well as dates with Cindy Blackmon, guitarist Mark Whitfield, and steel drummer Othello Molineaux. In addition to touring Europe and Asia with his own group Just Released, Michael was also a member and composer in the award-winning Austin-based group Blaze. A Resident of Austin, Texas, he leads The Michael Malone Quintet, works extensively with jazz organist extraordinaire Red Young, and plays frequently with Austin vocalist Pamela Hart.

Please Note: MONKS JAZZ IS NOW A FULL SERVICE BAR. In accordance with Texas law, outside alcoholic beverages are no longer permitted. 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.

First Show: Doors at 7:15pm, Show at 7:30pm.

Second Show: Doors at 9:15pm, Show at 9:30pm.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Horne/Clemons!

Jonathan Horne – Guitar

Cat Clemons – Guitar

Sam Pankey – Bass

Jeffrey Olson – Drums

About Jonathan Horne:

Jonathan Farrell Horne (b. 1983 in Knoxville, TN) is a self taught guitarist currently on tour for the last 2 years, traveling between the US, Norway, the EU, and South America. Jonathan has spent the last 20 years based in Austin, TX collaborating within the realms of many styles and disciplines of music.

Jonathan Horne currently plays guitar with the Young Mothers, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten’s (Exit) Knarr, Water Damage, Thor and Friends, Heavy Meddo, his Norway based rock band Horne (w/ Olaf Olsen, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, and Jonas Cambien), a trio with Paal Nilssen Love and Jon Rune Strom, a quartet with Andreas Roysum, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, and Andreas Wildhagen, Horne + Holt, Fussy Chickens (duo with Sandy Ewen), and THC Trio (Thomson, Horne, & Lisa Cameron). Horne has also worked with Glenn Branca, Joe McPhee, Burton Greene, Perry Robinson, Kurt Newman, Bob Hoffnar, Rob Mazurek, Chad Taylor, Jaimie Branch, Julien Desprez, Mette Rasmussen, Weasel Walter, Damon Smith, Marshall R. Trammell, Mars Williams, Dave Rempis, Jason Stein, Chris Cogburn, Jeph Jerman, Sarah Hennies, Eugene Chadbourne, Tetuzi Akiyama, Tom Carter, Nate Cross, Misha Marks, Hans Hulbækmo, Alex Coke, Omar Tamez, White Denim, and many others.

About Cat Clemons:

Cat Clemons III is a guitarist, bassist, composer, and educator based in Austin, Texas.

Cat has been a central figure in Austin’s vibrant music scene for the past 15 years, performing and recording with many of the city’s top groups including Wild Child, White Denim, Sir Woman, and Hot Texas Swing Band, as well as leading his own genre-defying project, The Cat Clemons Corporation.

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 7:15 PM, Show at 7:30 PM.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Dayne Reliford Quartet!

Dayne Reliford – Piano

Benjamin Dubois – Guitar

James Suter – Bass

Joshua Berry – Drums

Dayne Reliford is a pianist, arranger, and composer from Houston, Texas. His musical journey started at the age of 4 when his grandparents enrolled him in lessons after watching him gravitate to their upright piano as a toddler. In December of 2020, Dayne graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. Now, he serves as a freelance musician in Austin and has shared the stage with artists such as Brannen Temple, Robin Mckelle, Delfayo Marsalis, Andre Hayward, Michael Malone, Hannibal Lokumbe, and others.

Please Note: 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. Free parking is available in the area.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for AJS Presents: Rachel Spencer Quintet!

Rachel Spencer – Trumpet

Matt Maldonado – Saxophones

Ben Irom – Piano

Liam O’Dell – Bass

Mati Soto – Drums

Austin-based trumpeter Rachel Spencer is known for her expressive tone, stylistic agility, and dynamic presence as both a side musician and bandleader. She has toured internationally, most recently serving as lead trumpet on the North American Broadway tour of The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy.

Described as soulful and honest, her music takes inspiration from her musical heroes such as Kenny Garrett, Blue Mitchell, Roy Hargrove, and Bobby Shew.

Dr. Spencer is looking forward to releasing her debut recording, The Next Right Thing, which is pending release in early 2027.

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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 7:15 PM, Show at 7:30 PM.

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Mario Wellman Trio!

Mario Wellmann — Guitar

Guillermo López — Bass

Daniel Dufour — Drums

Ecos del Sur (“Echoes of the South”) is Mario Wellmann’s debut album as a leader, to be recorded in August 2026 with Grammy-winning engineer Joseph Branciforte. Five original compositions conjure the cities and towns of Chile's central south — one of the most quietly breathtaking corners of the Americas — connected by solo guitar interludes born from the memory of long car rides through forests and rain. The music is rooted in the jazz tradition and shaped by South American rhythms, featuring a distinctly modern harmonic and melodic language.

Mario Wellmann is a Chilean jazz guitarist and composer based in New York City and Austin. He has performed across the Americas and Europe at venues including The Django, Jazz Forum Arts, Soapbox Gallery, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, Sala Master at Radio Universidad de Chile, Thelonious Lugar de Jazz in Santiago, among others. He received two DownBeat Student Music Awards in 2023 and was awarded the Fondo de la Música — Chile’s equivalent of the National Endowment for the Arts — to record Ecos del Sur. He is joined by Guillermo López, a Juilliard-trained bassist who has performed at the Village Vanguard, The Django, and Dizzy’s Club, and by Austin’s own Daniel Dufour on drums.

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 7:15 PM, Show at 7:30 PM.