Not yet 30, Christian Sands is currently one of the most in-demand pianists working in Jazz. Wynton Marsalis named him a “Jazz star of the future,” and he’s enjoyed a position in Christian McBride’s trio for the last several years. He takes a fresh look at the entire language of Jazz: stride, swing, bebop, progressive, fusion, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban.

Christian Sands Trio featuring Clarence Penn, Drums and Josh Allen, Bass.

A double-barreled sax attack forms the front line of this exciting Boston-area quintet. Jerry Bergonzi burst on the scene playing with Dave Brubeck in the 1970s and Jazz Times calls him “One of America’s premier living tenor saxophonists.” George Garzone, longtime member of the innovative jazz trio The Fringe while also backing countless pop acts like The Temptations, earned praise from The New Yorker as “a beacon of hard-won virtuosity.” Their ensemble work and solos are sure to amaze.

Hailing from Southern Brazil – territory disputed long ago by Spanish and Portuguese colonialists – guitarist/pianist Rodrigo Nassif is considered the national standard of contemporary instrumental music. His unique style blends those twin influences of his homeland, and critics have called it “jazzmilonga,” mixing jazz, folk, rock and classical elements. His first three solo albums earned critical praise and his first quartet record rocketed to the top of Brazil’s ITunes chart.

It’s a Valentine’s Day Special with Sherma Andrews and her band, but this is no ordinary Valentine’s Day Show. A graduate and faculty member of Berklee College of Music in Boston who has shared the stage with the likes of Branford Marsalis, Sherma’s perfect pitch, her vast repertoire of Jazz songs and her ability to mesmerize the audience will take you on a romantic journey.

What do jazz legends Stan Getz, Woody Shaw, James Moody, Wynton Marsalis and Michael Petrucciani have in common? Victor Jones has been their drummer, as he has for countless top musicians. Featured on over 200 recordings and film soundtracks, the innovative Victor is not afraid to bring together different styles and sounds. In recent years, he’s led his own group and, as Time Out wrote, “Nothing Jones does is ever boring.”