Tag: Jazz

Jazz Alert! Thomas Wenglinski Quintet Streaming from Austin Tonight

Jazz Alert! Thomas Wenglinski Quintet Streaming from Austin Tonight

A jazzy livestream from Austin, Texas, led by Thomas Wenglinski.

Christmas Jazz: Swingin’ for the Holidays Concert

Christmas Jazz: Swingin’ for the Holidays Concert

A live-streamed holiday jazz concert from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music Jazz Studio gets us into the seasonal spirit at Glover Gardens.

For Your Listening Pleasure: “Jazz Tonight” from Austin PBS

For Your Listening Pleasure: “Jazz Tonight” from Austin PBS

Our Musical Millennial is the piano player for Episode 1 of the new Austin PBS show, Jazz Tonight, and wrote four of the arrangements. Check it out via free livestream.

For Your Jazz Listening Pleasure: Thomas Wenglinski Concert on Friday Night, July 19!

For Your Jazz Listening Pleasure: Thomas Wenglinski Concert on Friday Night, July 19!

Thomas Wenglinski leads a stellar group of jazz players at Austin’s Monks Jazz Club on Friday, July 19, 2024 – available for livestream.

Let’s Get Jazzed for the Season: Christmas Concert Alert!

Let’s Get Jazzed for the Season: Christmas Concert Alert!

A live-streamed holiday jazz concert from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music gets us into the seasonal spirit at Glover Gardens.

Jazz for Your Listening Pleasure: The Thomas Wenglinski Quintet at Monks

Jazz for Your Listening Pleasure: The Thomas Wenglinski Quintet at Monks

Two posts in one day! Here’s why: I can’t resist sharing the recording of the Musical Millennial’s jazz gig from last Tuesday night at Monks Jazz in Austin, TX with you. And I can’t wait. Here you go! The Musical Millennial is my son, Thomas…

Tonight! Thomas Wenglinski and Joel White Play Live Jazz at Cezanne in Houston

Tonight! Thomas Wenglinski and Joel White Play Live Jazz at Cezanne in Houston

Our Musical Millennial, known to the rest of the world as Thomas Wenglinski, is in town and has a cool gig in downtown Houston.

Live-Streaming Jazz for Your Friday Night Listening Pleasure

Live-Streaming Jazz for Your Friday Night Listening Pleasure

There are two Thomas Wenglinski & Paulo Santos performances on Friday, June 18, at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. CDT, and you can watch the stream for free in HD Live on YouTube.

Thomas Wenglinski Sextet at Monks: Jazz for Your Sunday Night Live-Streamed Listening Pleasure

Thomas Wenglinski Sextet at Monks: Jazz for Your Sunday Night Live-Streamed Listening Pleasure

Given the history of playing together, the talent of the musicians and their pent-up energy from not having eleventeen gigs per week like they usually do, this show will be amazing.

A Rainbow for Fred: Thomas Wenglinski “Adjustments Made” Interview, Part 2

A Rainbow for Fred: Thomas Wenglinski “Adjustments Made” Interview, Part 2

The song A Rainbow for Fred is a lilting and yet pensive instrumental that lingers with you long after the last note fades, much like the legacy of the activist Fred Hampton, who was killed in 1969.

On the Outside Looking In

On the Outside Looking In

A picture that captures the crazy COVID-19 quarantine situation we are all experiencing, and the beauty of the music school at the University of Miami.

R&B, Soul, Jazz and Gumbo: Thomas Wenglinski “Adjustments Made” Interview, Part 1

R&B, Soul, Jazz and Gumbo: Thomas Wenglinski “Adjustments Made” Interview, Part 1

The first in a series of articles featuring Thomas Wenglinski and his new album, Adjustments Made.

Graduation Day 2020

Graduation Day 2020

Graduation 2020. Anyone who has ever been proud of their kid knows how I feel, that telltale lump in the throat and feeling that your heart might burst into a thousand pieces of joy-light that shoot out into the universe as sparkles of optimism for the future, theirs and the world’s.

Jazz for Your Sunday Listening Pleasure: “Something in the Air”

Jazz for Your Sunday Listening Pleasure: “Something in the Air”

This original jazz composition is solemn, pensive, lush and finally, optimistic, an anthem for looking forward, beyond recovery from COVID-19 and all its repercussions.

New Orleans Jazz Fest Anticipation: Watching Susan Spicer Make a Fried Oyster Salad

New Orleans Jazz Fest Anticipation: Watching Susan Spicer Make a Fried Oyster Salad

Chef Susan Spicer of Bayona did a captivating cooking demonstration at Jazz Fest in 2019.

Jazz for Your Sunday Listening Pleasure: The Fool of October

Jazz for Your Sunday Listening Pleasure: The Fool of October

A new jazz composition by our Musical Millennial that feels like turning the pages of an old scrapbook you haven’t seen for years, conjuring the haunting, poignant melancholy of memories.

Jazz for Your Saturday Listening Pleasure, 8:51 a.m. by Thomas Wenglinski

Jazz for Your Saturday Listening Pleasure, 8:51 a.m. by Thomas Wenglinski

Another original jazz composition by our Musical Millennial, performed live by the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra. It is soooooo upbeat and fun!

For Your Listening Pleasure, “Not a Nightmare”

For Your Listening Pleasure, “Not a Nightmare”

Another musical treat for you from our Musical Millennial, who is a college senior studying Jazz Composition and piano. This dreamy new instrumental tune is called Not a Nightmare.

Our Musical Millennial Interviewed at the International Jazz Composers Symposium

Our Musical Millennial Interviewed at the International Jazz Composers Symposium

Thomas Wenglinski shares his inspiration for “Repurification: Laura, Ryan and the Thunderstorm” at the International Jazz Composers Symposium.

For Your Listening Pleasure: A Conversation About Jazz Composition

For Your Listening Pleasure: A Conversation About Jazz Composition

UT Jazz Composers: Round Table Discussion