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HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS
Sundays-Thursdays: 5pm-7pm $7 Wells, $8 House Wines
Mondays: 9pm-Close $8 Cuba Libres, $12 Estrella & Shot of Lunazul Blanco

Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"

Celebrate both sides of LOVE for Valentine's Day! Whether a Valentine or an Anti-Valentine, enjoy sultry ballads of love and murder while enjoying libations and savory treats!

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Celebrate Fat Tuesday on March 4 at Rudy’s Jazz Room with The Crescent City Hoodoo All-Stars Mardi Gras Celebration. Drink specials & our authentic New Orleans cuisine including specials like Chef Braden's Jambalaya, our famous chicken andouille & shrimp gumbo, red beans and rice, King Cake, beignets and more! We will bring the party and the beads, you just bring yourself for a night of guaranteed fun!!

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TONIGHT'S SHOWS
Viktor Krauss
5:30pm-7:15pm, $12 at the door
Eclectic composer bassist Viktor Krauss was born in Champaign, IL, in 1969. His youth was spent listening to soundtracks and instrumental music, eventually leading him to the piano and trumpet. After witnessing the power and ominous presence of the double bass at a middle school concert, he found his true calling. Krauss has been a presence in Nashville Tennessee since 1992 with nearly 600 album credits as either a bassist, composer/songwriter or producer. Starting with 1996's "Nashville", Krauss began a long tenure with Jazz great Bill Frisell. Other albums with Frisell include "Gone, Just Like a Train", "Good Dog, Happy Man", "East/West" and "Disfarmer." Other artists over his recording and touring career have included Lyle Lovett, James Taylor, Tom Jones, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Carly Simon and Jerry Douglas. Since 2022, Viktor has been seen on tour with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss as a multi-instrumentalist (electric guitar, piano).

In 2004, Krauss recorded his solo debut of his original compositions, Far From Enough featuring an all-star band consisting of Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Steve Jordan, and sister Alison (peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard® Contemporary Jazz Chart). Krauss' second album, II , which featured core band guitarist Dean Parks and drummer Matt Chamberlain emerged three years later. Last year, new duo recording of original material with lever harpist extraordinaire Maeve Gilchrist "Vignette". Primarily instrumental music, Viktor cites that this music could be described as "a soundtrack without a movie with nods to 'jazz and classic rock'." In 2006, Viktor was awarded a fellowship for the prestigious Film Composers' Lab at the Sundance Institute and his film composing credits include music for directors Ken Burns and the late Robert Altman. Viktor's original compositions from his solo recordings are used daily as musical "bumpers" for National Public Radio between programs.
Dave Potter and Retro Groove Album Release Show
8:00pm-10:15pm, $21 in advance, $22 at the door
Dave Potter, who is on speed-dial in the phones of Jason Marsalis, Greg Tardy, Eric Reed, Marcus Roberts and many others announces the release of his third album as a leader, Retro Groove 2... The album, which drops on February 7, 2025, finds the drummer once again leading his band through clever arrangements of 80’s classics by Whitney Houston, Rush, The Isley Brothers, Toto, and    more... blended with an infectious mix of swing and blues the album makes a compelling case to both the jazz purist andthe casual pop fan alike!

Dave Potter - drums
Miguel Alvarado - sax
Angelo Versace - piano
Rob "El Tón" Linton - bass
Jacob Jezioro Trio
11:00pm-1:00am, $10 at the door
Bassist Jacob Jezioro leads the trio with Brandon Moore on saxophone and Christian Kyle Burgs on drums, presenting an evening of inventive, eclectic jazz, explored through fascinating and often unfamiliar musical landscapes.

Jacob Jezioro began studying music with intention at age fourteen. His father an established Nashville bassist, guitarist and producer was his first teacher. Jacob later attended Indiana University, where his mentors were bassists Jeremy Allen and Kurt Muroki. After completing his masters degree at Berklee, Jacob performed with pianist Danilo Perez in Panama and Costa Rica and taught jazz students at the Newport Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival and FiJazz Festival. Since his return to Nashville in 2019, Jacob has performed live with his own bands and records and performs regularly with pianist Pat Coil. Coil’s trio has recorded with guest artists such as vocalist Jaimee Paul and saxophonist Joel Frahm. Jacob has also begun producing his own projects under his label, Green Box Music, and releasing them in collaboration with Burton Avenue Music, Jacob’s father’s label.


UPCOMING SHOWSFULL CALENDAR
Feb 8
5-year Anniversary of Brian Browns Journey, feat. Alex Murphy
5:30pm-7:15pm central, $15 at the door
Celebrate the 5-Year Anniversary of Brian Brown’s Journey!

Five years ago, Nashville native and celebrated rapper Brian Brown released Journey, an album reflecting on resilience, adaptation, and personal growth in a rapidly shifting world, Journey captured the struggles and hopes of the era. With its introspective storytelling and deeply relatable themes, the album became a powerful soundtrack for listeners navigating their own paths through those turbulent times.

Now, to mark this milestone, Brian Brown is bringing Journey to life like never before. Backed by Alex Murphy and his trio, this one-night-only show will feature reimagined arrangements, live improvisations, and exclusive insights into the stories behind the songs and the world that shaped them.

Don’t miss this special evening as Brian Brown and Alex Murphy deliver an unforgettable live performance in the intimate setting of Rudy’s Jazz Room. Relive the music that defined a moment of change and celebrate the enduring legacy of Journey.

“The Grandfather of Hip-Hop is Jazz” -Robert Glasper
Jody Nardone Trio
8:00pm-10:15pm central, $21 in advance, $22 at the door
"Thanks to a dynamic style that can shift from the whispered beauty of Bill Evans to the percussive flights of McCoy Tyner, Nardone has emerged as one of Nashville's preeminent jazz pianists. His reputation is also blowing up nationwide, where he is receiving raves in Downbeat and Jazziz for his role in the Crimson Jazz Trio, a Nashville-to-L.A. combo led by former King Crimson drummer Ian Wallace and former Vital Information bassist Tim Landers."

-Michael McCall, Nashville Scene
Geoff Pfeifer Quartet
11:00pm-1:00am central, $10 at the door
The Geoff Pfeifer Quartet, gritty, edgy, the real deal NYC style jazz. Saxophonist Geoff Pfeifer brings some of Nashville's top jazz cats out, and you'll be sure to feel the energy. Playing a mix of original material and Wayne Shorter tunes.

Geoff Pfeifer, a Nashville based musician and composer, has been living and performing in Nashville since 2005. Geoff studied saxophone with Ted Nash and Ralph Lalama and composition with Mike Holober and Jim McNeely. He is a saxophonist and arranger with the R&B band Chubby and The Dots and plays the 2nd Tenor Saxophone chair in The Establishment Big Band. Geoff has shared the stage with David Liebman, Jim McNeeley, David Amram, Chico O’Farrill, Arturo O’Farrill, Frank Kimbrough, Ben Allison, Michael Blake among many other musicians.
Feb 9
CLOSED
6:00pm-8:15pm central
Rudy's will be closed tonight.
Feb 10
Re-Evolution
6:00pm-8:15pm central, $12 at the door
Re-Evolution is heavily influenced by traditional and classic jazz cutting edge artists such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Thelonious Monk and many more. Featuring Brian Cornish on saxophone, Regi Wooten on bass, Daryl Johnson on drums, Adam Charney on guitar and Alex Murphy on piano.
Giovanni Rodriguez & 12 Manos
9:00pm-11:15pm central, $15 at the door
A Nashville favorite on the Salsa and jazz scene and electric night of Salsa dancing! Multi-instrumentalist Giovanni Rodriguez, one of Nashville's leading percussionists, bassists and favorite on the Salsa and jazz scene, plays the sounds of salsa, bachata and percussion-driven rhythms with some of the most seasoned veterans in the Nashville Latin music scene. Giovanni Rodríguez timbales/vocals, Melvin Macias (piano/vocals), Yosvany Cordero (conga/bongo), Michael S. Morton (flute/vocals), Isoel Villarrubia (bass).

For this show general admission tickets are available for standing and sitting in the front section of the room near the stage with the dance floor. Tickets for bar seats and tables are available as well. General admission tickets for the front section are not guaranteed to have seats as we will have a large part of the front section seating cleared for the dance floor. General admission tickets will have standing room as well as limited seating. Only our tables and bar seats will have guaranteed seating for this show.
Feb 12
Sarah Jane Nelson
6:00pm-8:15pm central, $16 in advance, $18 at the door
Sarah Jane Nelson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and raised in Monroe, Louisiana. Her eclectic, early musical influences in country, jazz, blues, musical theater, rock, and gospel had one thing in common: storytelling through song. Ella Fitzgerald, Dolly Parton, Billie Holiday, Eva Cassidy, Carole King and Aretha Franklin all connected to the emotion of a song in a way that made Sarah Jane want to tell stories like her idols.Nelson got her start in musical theater as she headed to NYC at age 17. In a few years, she starred on Broadway and in the 1st National Tour of the Tony Award winning musical, SWING! and critics took notice.

“The show's knock-'em-dead singer is Sarah Jane Nelson, a sultry blonde who can zero in on the ache in a lyric.” - The Miami Herald

“Sultry Jazz Goddess” - RAVE LA

“First Rate Singer” - Hollywood Reporter

“Nelson is sexy, funny, sweet, sultry, and intense all at the same time – a real tomato, as they used to say in the hip vernacular of the era when this music was first popular.” - LA New Times
After her career in theater, film, and television in LA and NYC, Nelson moved to Nashville and pivoted into songwriting and recording country and Americana music. In 2022 she released her 6th studio album and has been featured in American Songwriter, Wide Open Country, Americana Highways, and Country Music People in the UK, to name a few. She won Merefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Competition, was a finalist for the International Song Competition, and is a two time finalist for the Kerrville Folk Festival Competition for Emerging Songwriters.

Nelson’s debut show at Rudy’s Jazz Room will harken back to her New York City Cabaret shows with an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, gospel, and original songs.
Regi Wooten & Friends
9:00pm-11:15pm central, $15 at the door
Known as “The Teacha”, Regi Wooten is one of the most innovative, talented and dynamic musicians around the scene, and has pushed the boundaries of jazz, funk, soul, R&B, rock, and even bluegrass to some of the most extreme musical limits. From picking, slapping, strumming, thumping, and tapping to some of the most ear bending advanced chords you’ll hear on any instrument, Regi has earned world-wide notoriety and comparisons to other innovators such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Chuck Berry. Perfecting, creating and discovering new techniques and jazz theory while incorporating and layering into strong funk grooves for keen listeners to uncover and pick up on is one of his many notable fortes.

At only nine years old Regi started teaching his younger brother Victor Wooten bass guitar and Joseph Wooten keyboards, and soon the Wooten Brothers Band was formed featuring; Regi on ukelele, Roy on drums, Rudy on Saxophone, Joe on Keys and Victor on bass. Regi was ten years old at the time, Roy was nine, Rudy was eight, Joseph was five and Victor was two. The rest, as they say, is Musical History.

Assembling a cast of Nashville's best, Regi Wooten and Friends dig deep into the roots of funk, jazz, blues, rock, and soul. You never know who might jump on stage! Don't miss a beat!
Feb 13
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"
6:00pm-8:00pm central, $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"

A Collection of Love Songs and Murder Ballads

Join us at Rudy’s Jazz Room for a unique celebration of both sides of LOVE! Whether you are a Valentine or an Anti-Valentine, you will enjoy our sultry ballads of love and murder while you sip libations and enjoy our savory treats! Our Siren of the South, Stephanie Adlington, is returning for a fun night that we can ALL enjoy!

Born and raised in Grafton, WV, Miss Stephanie Adlington is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, England, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, as well as Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Known for her unique vocal styling, an evening with Miss Stephanie carries her audience back to the prohibition era - a scandalous rendezvous in a wicked speakeasy, where swagger goes and bourbon flows. A throwback to the glorious days of old school jazz: think top-shelf juke joint meets Southern hospitality. Drink in an infusion of bourbon, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Fats Waller and you just sidled up to the bar next to, "The Siren Of The South".
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"
9:00pm-11:00pm central, $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"

A Collection of Love Songs and Murder Ballads

Join us at Rudy’s Jazz Room for a unique celebration of both sides of LOVE! Whether you are a Valentine or an Anti-Valentine, you will enjoy our sultry ballads of love and murder while you sip libations and enjoy our savory treats! Our Siren of the South, Stephanie Adlington, is returning for a fun night that we can ALL enjoy!

Born and raised in Grafton, WV, Miss Stephanie Adlington is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, England, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, as well as Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Known for her unique vocal styling, an evening with Miss Stephanie carries her audience back to the prohibition era - a scandalous rendezvous in a wicked speakeasy, where swagger goes and bourbon flows. A throwback to the glorious days of old school jazz: think top-shelf juke joint meets Southern hospitality. Drink in an infusion of bourbon, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Fats Waller and you just sidled up to the bar next to, "The Siren Of The South".
Feb 14
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"
6:00pm-8:00pm central, $35 in advance, $40 at the door
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"

A Collection of Love Songs and Murder Ballads

Join us at Rudy’s Jazz Room for a unique celebration of both sides of LOVE! Whether you are a Valentine or an Anti-Valentine, you will enjoy our sultry ballads of love and murder while you sip libations and enjoy our savory treats! Our Siren of the South, Stephanie Adlington, is returning for a fun night that we can ALL enjoy!

Born and raised in Grafton, WV, Miss Stephanie Adlington is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, England, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, as well as Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Known for her unique vocal styling, an evening with Miss Stephanie carries her audience back to the prohibition era - a scandalous rendezvous in a wicked speakeasy, where swagger goes and bourbon flows. A throwback to the glorious days of old school jazz: think top-shelf juke joint meets Southern hospitality. Drink in an infusion of bourbon, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Fats Waller and you just sidled up to the bar next to, "The Siren Of The South".
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"
9:00pm-11:00pm central, $35 in advance, $40 at the door
Stephanie Adlington Presents: Valentine’s Day "Our Love is Here to SLAY"

A Collection of Love Songs and Murder Ballads

Join us at Rudy’s Jazz Room for a unique celebration of both sides of LOVE! Whether you are a Valentine or an Anti-Valentine, you will enjoy our sultry ballads of love and murder while you sip libations and enjoy our savory treats! Our Siren of the South, Stephanie Adlington, is returning for a fun night that we can ALL enjoy!

Born and raised in Grafton, WV, Miss Stephanie Adlington is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, England, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, as well as Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Known for her unique vocal styling, an evening with Miss Stephanie carries her audience back to the prohibition era - a scandalous rendezvous in a wicked speakeasy, where swagger goes and bourbon flows. A throwback to the glorious days of old school jazz: think top-shelf juke joint meets Southern hospitality. Drink in an infusion of bourbon, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Fats Waller and you just sidled up to the bar next to, "The Siren Of The South".