The David Ian Vintage Christmas Experience is the pianist’s live collection of jazz trio-based Christmas arrangements from his four “Vintage Christmas” releases spanning over a decade. The sound, as the title, is reminiscent of classic Christmas nostalgia with the notable influences of Vince Guaraldi and Bill Evans.

“..a postmodern Vince Guaraldi”— The Wall Street Journal

Born as David Ghazarian in Toronto, Canada to Armenian immigrant parents, Ian came early to music, beginning classical piano study at age five. As a teenager, he began to passionately pursue electric guitar where garage bands and rock music became his mainstay throughout his adolescent years. All the while, he continued private studies in both jazz and classical piano. After college, he became guitarist and co-founding member of the rock band Superchick, which earned a Grammy nomination in 2009 for best Rock/Rap Gospel Album. He has also toured and performed with Grammy Award winning artists including Rebecca St. James, Peter Furler, and Audio Adrenaline.

David Ian’s unique collision of musical genres has afforded him the inspiration to create a Christmas set of arrangements that will draw you into this warmest of seasons.

David Ian - Piano
Blake Branch - Bass
Justin Vorp - Drums/Percussion
James Zimmerman - Clarinet/Saxophone

Hot Club Gypsy Jazz Thursdays; Rudy’s French Connection

Every Thursday we honor our New Orleans and French roots and Rudy’s comes alive with a variety of small groups in the style of gypsy jazz swing. We bring you music inspired by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with "Hot Club" gypsy jazz swing. Known for fierce tempos and effortless improvisation, our Hot Club Gypsy Thursdays are sure to entertain, inspire, and bring you back to some authentic "jazz manouche" with groups either led or curated by New Orleans LA native Brook Sutton.

There’s no better place to chill, cozy up and relax after work. Imbibe French Quarter inspired cocktails or a glass of Côtes du Rhône, and enjoy some gumbo and beignets, while listening to the rhythm and mood of hot club jazz in Nashville’s most intimate and romantic room.

Rory Hoffman (piano, guitar, saxophone & vocals) and Nalani, (bass & vocals) are a masterful combo that reaches back to the classics and pulls them forth with their own contemporary interpretation of the great American song book. Their playful and heartfelt vocal duets coupled with a surprising versatility of instrumentation, vocal expression, and musical chemistry will tease, inspire, and touch you.

Rory Hoffman
Nashville based multi-instrumentalist Rory Hoffman was raised on a small ranch in North Dakota where he grew up recording and touring with the family Gospel band. He started teaching himself to play guitar and piano at age 3 and by age 5 he was the drummer in the family band. He currently plays over a dozen stringed, keyboard and wind instruments.

Rory has played the Grand Ole Opry numerous times, as a soloist and as a sideman with Ricky Skaggs, Kathy Mattea and John Cowan. Working with these stars and others has enabled him to play several notable festivals, including Telluride with John Cowan, and Djangofest as part of the John Jorgenson quintet. Kacey Musgraves has asked Rory to play on her Christmas album, and to be part of the 2016 tour promoting that release. He has performed in Norway, Italy and Jamaica thus far and deeply enjoys any opportunities to travel the world, experiencing the culture and sharing music. When not out on the road touring, Rory is proud to be in several local Nashville bands, including 50 Shades of Hay, and the Gypsy hombres.

"Just Jazz Guitar" and "Guitar Player" magazines have written feature articles about Hoffman's unique guitar style. Rory is 2-time winner of Musician of the Year from Nashville's ICMA, and is a 2012 inductee into the South Dakota Country Music Hall of Fame.

Rory's personal musical career was jumpstarted in 1999 upon winning Grand Champion Instrumentalist at the Christian Artist Seminar in the Rockies. In 2001 he traveled to Nashville for the first time to record his Gospel instrumental CD, "Blind Faith". He then helped form Depot Music Productions, based in Mobridge South Dakota. There he self-produced his second album "fishin'", this time choosing country music as his theme. While with Depot Music, Rory produced several other studio projects for local and regional artists.

Rory moved to Nashville in the spring of 2008. Three years later in 2011 he released his 3rd album, "Swing Expedition". On this project, he demonstrates his abilities and inventiveness on almost every instrument he plays. Tunes range from a gypsy jazz arrangement of a Star Wars Theme, a bossa nova rendition of a classic country song, to an all-harmonica treatment of a Cole Porter Standard.

Tour de Fourth, Rory's latest album, entered the world in 2016. Rather than focus on a certain style of music, this album features music that demonstrates Rory's skill and diverse interests in country, western swing, jazz, polka, latin, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and gospel music. It is a mix of original songs, and fresh arrangements of standards. Rory is proud to feature over 25 friends, all superb Nashville musicians.

Nalani
Originally from Niwot, Colorado and now based in Nashville, bassist Nalani grew up around music with excellent mentors, becoming determined to keep music in her life and has been enjoying an ever-blossoming career. As young as 12, she would sit in on band rehearsals and perform at local venues. Getting the live experience was key to her development as a musician, and so was her determination.

After traveling to Nashville for the first time and attending five-time Grammy winner Victor Wooten's Bass Nature Camp Nalani was at a pivot point in her life, and soon after was able to learn, gain valuable knowledge and inspiration from musicians such as the Wooten brothers, Marcus Miller, Rhonda Smith, Michael Manring, Steve Bailey, Anthony Wellington, the legendary Chuck Rainey, James Moody, Roy Hargrove and David Sanborn.

At Bass Nature Reunion Camp, Esperanza Spalding helped inspire Nalani to choose William Paterson University and she made the move to New Jersey. After graduating, she lived and worked in New York, performing weekly in Asbury Park in Jersey with a Latin Jazz Band, and ended up honing her skills as a solo act while living in San Angelo, Texas. In San Angelo, Nalani opened for Samantha Fish in front of a crowd of 5,000 people, and in December 2013 the Wooten Brothers invited her to be a guest on their tour bus to experience living on the road, traveling from venue to venue. The Wooten Brothers welcomed her and mentored her wholeheartedly. It was this trip that inspired Nalani to study from “the Teacha” Regi Wooten, and ultimately inspired her to move to Nashville to study under his mastery, devoting herself to music as her career.

After a short acoustic tour in the fall of 2014, Nalani quickly established herself in the Nashville music community and at various jams. She took advantage of Regi Wooten’s mentorship at every chance, and in the first couple of years of living in Nashville, got many opportunities to play in various acts of every genre. She served as musical director for various artists and started getting more high-profile gigs with artists such as Kevin Max of DC Talk. The connections Nalani made at Bass Nature Camp, Marcus Miller’s Jazz cruises, and the NAMM Show became valuable elements of her musical life. She adopted Chuck Rainey as her “Bass Godfather” and assisted at his Rhythm Intensive summer camp, where she connected with many musicians, including Bobby Vega of Tower of Power, and legendary session player, Jerry Jemmott. In 2017 Nalani was taken under the masterful wings of established players Tom Barney (Saturday night life, Steely Dan, Lion king on Broadway) and Bakithi Kumalo (bass for Paul Simon).

Nalani is a truly exciting performer and entertainer, the energy she gets from her bandmates and the crowd is both liberating and fun and is reverberated back to listeners tenfold. Nalani's style embodies and pulls from a lot of the old school stuff that makes people dance and the intensity of rock and roll, and she merges genres; jazz roots for improvisation, funk for groove, and rock for intensity and entertainment. With her background in jazz and ample experience in funk and motown, she's an electrifying and experimental performer.

Bassist Jacob Jezioro leads the trio with saxophonist Don Aliquo and drummer Christian Hayden, presenting an evening of inventive, eclectic jazz, with a mix of standards as well as some deeper cuts of free-wheeling Paul Motian-inspired repertoire.

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.