The Green Room

{'description': "Based in Memphis, ECHO Party is a free jazz collective that bridges the gap between commercial polish and avant-garde extremes, featuring a lineup of musicians with decades of interlocking history. This is not only a show, but also an **album release party!**\n\nThe group is anchored by the dual horns of saxophonist Art Edmaiston—a legendary session player for artists like Justin Timberlake and Gregg Allman—and Chad Fowler, a multi-instrumentalist and founder of Mahakala Music k

{'description': '**Paper Wings**\n\nLong-time friends and collaborators Emily Mann and Wila Frank, known together as Paper Wings, dream up warm, pastoral folk songs furnished with delicate banjo and spellbinding harmonies so close you often can’t tell their voices apart. On their latest project, Listen to the World Spin, the Nashville duo’s songwriting flourishes, displaying their exceptional ability to reference nostalgic sounds of American folk music while maintaining their own compelling styl

{'description': 'Bernell Jones II, a Memphis native, returns home for one day after building an astounding career as a musician in New York City! In his time between performing with the likes of Lauryn Hill, Julius Rodriguez, Olivia Dean and others, he has made a name for himself leading an explosive band that plays all his original music. Get ready to hear music you’ve never heard before containing elements of modern electronic jazz mixed with elements of the soul and R&B music Bernell grew up

{'description': 'The Green Room Jazz Jam is a monthly, interactive music event, hosted this month by Henry Conerway III Young up-and-coming musicians and local jazz veterans alike join together for spontaneous music making, sharing the stage as they tackle the expansive body of repertoire found within the jazz idiom. The Green Room Jazz Jam strives to provide an inclusive and collaborative environment where jazz musicians of all ages and backgrounds may perform, network, and interact together in

{'description': "A night of live music with Strings! Experience Keia in a way you never have before, an intimate setting with some of your favorite songs. This is a night you don't want to miss! Keia was born in San Antonio, TX but grew up all over the world in a Military family. But it was the move to Memphis that helped her establish her sound and performance style. She has performed with some of the best talent Memphis has to offer, while also building relationships with notable national name

{'description': 'Fresh off her appearance on The Voice’s Battle of the Champions, **Kendra** is excited to bring her music to Crosstown Art’s Green Room. Known for her captivating songwriting, raspy yet smooth vocals and energetic performances, she has earned over one million Spotify streams and has become a staple on the songwriting and band showcase scene in Nashville. Influenced by renowned artists such as: Chris Stapleton, Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Adele and Laney Wilson, Kendra weav

{'description': 'When art stirs the soul, community grows. More than performances, Iris Collective is a catalyst that harnesses the power of collaboration to co-create with artists, communities, and individuals. These profound musical experiences do more than uplift the spirit. They unite people, strengthens communities, and inspires a more compassionate future.', 'highlights': [{'type': 'age_restriction', 'title': 'This is an all ages event', 'subtitle': None, 'external_link': None}]}

{'description': 'One night. One legendary composer.\n\nJoin us for a high-energy celebration of the music of Horace Silver — the pianist and composer who helped define the soulful sound of hard bop. From deep grooves to unforgettable melodies, his music blends blues, gospel, and swing into something truly electric.\n\nOur band will bring these classic tunes to life the way they were meant to be heard: live, joyful, and full of fire.\n\nIf you love great jazz and the energy of a band pushing the

{'description': '**Crosstown Arts Presents: Memphis Ukulele Band with Wyly Bigger & Savoiya Trainum**\n\nOne of Memphis music icons Sam Phillips’ favorite sayings was, “if you’re not doing something different, you’re not doing anything.” With a unique ensemble sound and surprisingly diverse repertoire, the Memphis Ukulele Band is firmly rooted in Memphis music’s maverick tradition.\n\nOn a quiet night at the legendary Sun Studio, three friends and local music veterans decided to form a ukulele b

{'description': 'The Ted Ludwig trio returns to the Green Room stage for the 2026 Modern Masters series, featuring prolific guitarist, composer, and educator John Storie!\n\n**JOHN STORIE**\n\nJohn Storie is an Oregon-based guitarist, vocalist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. He is Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Oregon. As a headliner for major international festivals and venues, he also performs with the award-winning New West Guitars.\n\nJohn’s current tours inclu

{'description': 'Cozy up in the Gemstones’ living room as Alexis Jade debuts new songs from her forthcoming LP, provisionally titled Dreaming on Company Time. The performance looks back on the miles covered while touring on the tailwinds of 2022’s With Love, Alexis Jade. The intervening years have brought many hallmarks of life lived out of a suitcase: borrowed couches, shared meals, porch sitting sessions, and often, as the title song suggests, “miles and miles of heartache.” A homecoming in mu

{'description': 'The Green Room Jazz Jam is a monthly, interactive music event, hosted this month by Halimah Muhammed. Young up-and-coming musicians and local jazz veterans alike join together for spontaneous music making, sharing the stage as they tackle the expansive body of repertoire found within the jazz idiom. The Green Room Jazz Jam strives to provide an inclusive and collaborative environment where jazz musicians of all ages and backgrounds may perform, network, and interact together in

{'description': 'At the Green Room, Marisa Anderson brings her singular, transportive guitar work to the stage—music that feels at once timeless and strikingly new. Don’t miss this rare chance to experience one of today’s most compelling instrumental voices up close.\n\nMarisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. Her playing is fluid, emotional, and masterful, featuring compositions and improvisations that re-imagine the landscape of American mus

{'description': 'Though the Mississippi Delta’s **Little Willie Farmer** and Rhode Island’s **Ryan Lee Crosby** come from different backgrounds, they are each dedicated to performing Mississippi blues music. Farmer — a Big Legal Mess and Music Maker Foundation artist from Duck Hill, MS — focuses on Delta- and Memphis-style blues while Crosby performs the stomping North Mississippi and the haunting Bentonia, MS blues. (Skip James is from Bentonia, MS.) The Memphis Flyer terms Farmer‘s last record

{'description': 'When Dennis asked him to be a feature on one of his Strictly Jazz tributes, **Henry Conerway III** informed him that celebrating living artists was important! Louis Hayes, a native of Conerway\'s hometown Detroit, Michigan; and one of the first people he called when he moved to New York. His contributions to music are vast, however many may not be aware that they have heard him. His early work was with Horace Silver, he played on several of Cannonball Adderly\'s most important w

{'description': '**Romain Collin**\n\nStep into a mystical evening with Grammy®-nominated pianist and composer Romain Collin, who’ll present music from his latest solo piano record, DUST (Edition Records/ E2). Collin will perform original compositions, as well as, curated pop covers on a Steinway Grand piano and a gorgeous pump organ, layered with ethereal textures from ambient modular synths. The French-born, New York-based pianist brings his nuanced approach to solo piano, crafting a work that

{'description': 'The Green Room Jazz Jam is a monthly, interactive music event hosted by the Alex Upton Quartet. Young up-and-coming musicians and local jazz veterans alike join together for spontaneous music making, sharing the stage as they tackle the expansive body of repertoire found within the jazz idiom. The Green Room Jazz Jam strives to provide an inclusive and collaborative environment where jazz musicians of all ages and backgrounds may perform, network, and interact together in the in

{'description': "Weaving sonic tapestries with didgeridoos, tuba, gongs, flutes, kalimbas, drums, bells, bowls, and more, Sean Murphy's sound meditation journeys are more than concerts, but wellness practices for relaxation and self-care. Some listeners have described Sean’s improvisations as “sound acupuncture” and “a cell-altering shamanic journey.”\n\nThe concert lasts approximately 90 minutes. There will be traditional concert seating as well as an area to lie down and spread out. If you’re