An Evening With Mindi Abair at Middle C Jazz Club

Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 
For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.


MINDI ABAIRLISTENWEBSITEOne of the most recognized and sought-after saxophonists, two-time GRAMMY nominee Mindi Abair has been electrifying audiences with her dynamic live performances and sax prowess since her debut album in 1999. No one since Junior Walker has brought saxophone and vocals in one package to the forefront of modern music. In 2014, Mindi received her first GRAMMY nomination in the Best Pop instrumental album category, followed by a 2015 GRAMMY nomination for the best contemporary instrumental album for her solo lP Wild Heart featuring the late Gregg Allman, Joe Perry, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo’, and Max Weinberg.  ...

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Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 
For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.


MINDI ABAIRLISTENWEBSITEOne of the most recognized and sought-after saxophonists, two-time GRAMMY nominee Mindi Abair has been electrifying audiences with her dynamic live performances and sax prowess since her debut album in 1999. No one since Junior Walker has brought saxophone and vocals in one package to the forefront of modern music. In 2014, Mindi received her first GRAMMY nomination in the Best Pop instrumental album category, followed by a 2015 GRAMMY nomination for the best contemporary instrumental album for her solo lP Wild Heart featuring the late Gregg Allman, Joe Perry, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo’, and Max Weinberg.  
You might know her as the featured saxophonist on American Idol, sitting in with Paul Shaffer on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Roots on The tonight show starry Jimmy Fallon, or as the first solo saxophonist touring with Aerosmith since 1973. She has garnered twelve #1 radio hits in the jazz and blues world, two #1 spot on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album Chart, and two #3 spots on the Billboard blues album chart. In 2018, Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers won 8 independent blues awards including artist of the year, and the best blues song fan award for the Independent Music Awards for “pretty good for a girl” featuring Joe Bonamassa. They won the 2019 LA critics Award for Best Holiday Album for all I got for charismas is the blues. And in 2019, 2020, and 2021 she was nominated by the Blues Music Awards as the best instrumentalist: Horn. 

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