All-Star Concert (supporting The Nash): The Jazz Message, celebrating Art Blakey (2 shows) at The Nash

Times: 6:30 pm & 8:45pm (BYOB policy)
Tickets: $49-$99 Discounts Available! (See detailed info below.)
Contact: John, 602-795-0464

“We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz...no America–no JAZZ. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.”—Art Blakey

The Jazz Messengers was one of the most important and influential ensembles in modern jazz history. Its leader, drummer Art Blakey, is widely credited with ushering the music into the modern era, and pioneering the bebop and hard bop sounds that still dominate today’s scene.Throughout Blakey’s nearly 50 years as leader of the Jazz Messengers, the group served as the proving ground for an uncanny number of future jazz headliners –from Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter to Terence Blanchard, Kenny Garrett, Branford and Wynton Marsalis and many more. Blakey’s knack for hiring the most promising talent from among newcomers to the jazz scene was legendary—and he created legends. Membership in the Jazz Messengers was a badge of honor and arrival, and often a ticket to a long and celebrated career. Blakey was more than just a bandleader. He had one of the most joyful and explosive drum styles in jazz history—filled with dramatic press rolls and distinctive, infectious grooves. ...

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Times: 6:30 pm & 8:45pm (BYOB policy)
Tickets: $49-$99 Discounts Available! (See detailed info below.)
Contact: John, 602-795-0464

“We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz...no America–no JAZZ. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.”—Art Blakey

The Jazz Messengers was one of the most important and influential ensembles in modern jazz history. Its leader, drummer Art Blakey, is widely credited with ushering the music into the modern era, and pioneering the bebop and hard bop sounds that still dominate today’s scene.Throughout Blakey’s nearly 50 years as leader of the Jazz Messengers, the group served as the proving ground for an uncanny number of future jazz headliners –from Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter to Terence Blanchard, Kenny Garrett, Branford and Wynton Marsalis and many more. Blakey’s knack for hiring the most promising talent from among newcomers to the jazz scene was legendary—and he created legends. Membership in the Jazz Messengers was a badge of honor and arrival, and often a ticket to a long and celebrated career. Blakey was more than just a bandleader. He had one of the most joyful and explosive drum styles in jazz history—filled with dramatic press rolls and distinctive, infectious grooves.

As the name of his legendary ensemble suggests, Blakey was also a preacher, bestowing the message of jazz on all who were fortunate to hear the music of the Messengers.The Jazz Message: Celebrating Art Blakey is an all-star tribute group that continues in the same spirit, featuring five former Jazz Messengers, plus master drummer Lewis Nash, performing familiar favorites from the Blakey songbook, including “Blues March”, “Moanin”, “Mosaic”, “Along Came Betty”, “One by One”, “This is for Albert”, “Arabia”, “Caravan”, “Up Jumped Spring” and “Whisper Not”.

(EARLYBIRD discounts) available through Sunday, March 16th only
Sponsorship Opportunities available, including Special Seating for these shows!

Premium Table Seats – $99 ($92) (1st or 2nd Row) Limit: 32 seats per show

Table Seats – $89 ($82)

(3rd Row) Limit: 16 seats per show

HiTop Counter Seats – $79 ($72) Limit: 24 seats per show

Gallery Seats – $69 ($62) Limit: 20 seats per show

Row Seats – $49 ($42) Limit: 33 seats per show

Student Special Pricing - $29 (Gallery or Row Seats, under age 25 with current Student ID, subject to availability. Call Lorene @ 602-686-7481 for special code.)

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