Masumi Jones

There are special evengts in March.

3/23 Jazz for JASGA -- under the sky, enjoy Kevin Lovejoy trio plays Japan inspired Jazz with dinner box from Kome at Pease Park Tudor Cottage.

Fundraiser for Japan America Society of Greater Austin.

3/24 Women in Jazz at Monks Jazz Club.

3/26 35mm at Andrea Ariel Dance Company Fundraiser

Please check my gig page for more info, details.

I had several recordings in 2022, and now one of them 'and...' Mitch Watkins / Chris Maresh / Masumi Jones got released on line and hard copy as well! Please visit to listen to this awesome one, if want buy a hard copy (CD), contact me, I will send it to you. ($15)

http://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BLM1RTCR

I had a roller coaster April!

It was such a great oppotunity that I was included for the new Tapestry show 'All the Notes are Already Here', It was special.

I will also perform for Tapestry Soul to Sole International Tap Festival on June 10 and 11 at Rollins Theatre Long Center Performing Arts.

And I started to join Chris Jones Quartet at Ichiro Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar in Georgetown Wolf Ranch on Fridays for pops night!

In May, Alex Coke and 35mm will be back in Central Market, and joining to Pamela Hart for Elephant Room and special event Women in Jazz celebration at Monks on Sunday May 29th! Please check all those details at my Gig pa

And JUNE!

I will perform broadway revue 'Sing Out!' at the most georguous Rose Theatre Jazz at the Lincoln Center on June 20th.

http://www.facebook.com/austinartistsproject/videos/667151107903310

now tickets are on sale here http://ticketing.jazz.org/13107/13108?_ga=2.127809416.425024507.1651005690-1052541410.1648743664  

Our rehearsal was filmed and interviews got on the news

http://app.criticalmention.com/app/?fbclid=IwAR0_KpRZSIO8jshyE0ECeRBGw5_aWYuaeIU08_fCstrEPt0ZGHnXIptejv8#clip/view/afdf37e8-3e9e-4647-84bf-30b6c43dd6ef?token=d9a481dd-d6f5-4f71-be00-8c869ac48286

I am excited to have such a HOT summer!

Thank you all for supporting us musicians and artists!!

I got selected for one of the initial 'Live On-Air' Artist at Parker Jazz Club's new series!

Since my Masumi and the Gents's pianist Rich Harney left me, I don't have my own band to show up in ATX --- G.G. perfectly fits this venue and theme of this jazz concert series, though still under pandemic condition, it is too hard to get them here to perform, and I have been playing with many beautiful great bands in ATX, so I want to bring up one of those bands I work for years.... the  'Austin Jazz Workshop' to this oppotunity!

Austin Jazz Workshop has been delivering great jazz lectures and concerts to Austin ISD elementary schools and some out of district schools for more than 27 years, this school year is our 28th season, we are introducing 'Herbie Hancock' to the possible future jazz audience.

Because AJW is a NPO jazz program for schools, we are not performing in public much, we used to have once a month or twice public shows but those are gone since pandemic 2020 started, this is a great oppotunity to bring this band up to public, for adult audience, and hopefully increace individual donors to fund this great program, make jazz alive and shine!

more info / reservation http://www.parkerjazzclub.com/calendar/2022/3/15

2021 went chaotically though I had a few special experiences in Theatre works.

"Sing Out" was a Musical Revue with award winning Broadway Actors and it will happen again at the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Rose Room this June 20th in NY. I am so very excited about going back to NY to perform at such a great venue.

"Precious Present" was the new Tapestry show, various Austin great dancers collabrated with the world music group Atash and amazing singer Nagavalli, it was so great for me to play with such great musicians and dancers in different genres.

AND I just nominated in the best drummer ballot in Austin Chronicle Music Award 2021-2022!

When I won that 2013-14, we just picked up any musicians we like for voting in though lately system had changed. Austin Chronicle selects 5 candidates from Austin based musicians/groups for each categories and we choose one of them. So, if you kindly check up this link

http://vote.austinchronicle.com/?fbclid=IwAR2KN9YD-lScglxRcdSYL3F34l1JvNOnkEspjitiTXHcL4fRN08aU4Kz7ZY

and vote me, then there is a big chance to win this year. I think anyone includes who are living in out of Austin area can join this events, so please help me win this again!

thank you so much!

It was beautiful and heartaching night.

here is the link for the recording of the show

Elias Haslanger on Sax

Andre Hayward on Trombone

Eddy Hobizal on Piano

Ryan Hagler on bass

http://vimeo.com/646537988?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR1Yb89NdbUUWDlEc4_3Nabn6pOQP7L5bOIkQ1L_1915Wvf0VFOC2mGy_IE

2021 has been tricky as well as 2020, or even more....

Finally Elephant Room is continuously staying open, my regular Happy Hours came back.

And events and gigs are planned for rest of 2021. Cross fingers and get vaccinated!

Beside my regulars at Elephant Room, I will be at Central Marfket with David Chao and Alex Coke, Shore Raw bar & Grill with Floyd Domino, and I will come down to Boerne TX first time to join Mark Hernandez.

Special events also come up.

Rich Harney tribute show will be at 'Jazz at St. James' this year on Sunday November 13th.

35mm will be at Andrea Ariel Dance Company fundrasing house concert, collaborating 'Sound Painting' with dancers on Sunday November 14th.

Tapestry annual Jazz Nutcracker won't be coming back this year yet though we have a big collarorative show wirh various dancers and musicians in December. 'The Precious Present --- in Love & Light' at the Rollins Theatre Long Center Perfotming Arts.

All the informations are updated now in GIG page, please check it out and hopefully see yall in person!  

Thank you for supporting us through this quarantine, I had 2 online shows at Monks Jazz Club with limited live audiences sponsored by Austin Jazz Society Project Safety Net, and last night was the last show for this series also. I had blust. Thank you for everyone, thank you thank you.

The first booked gig at Elephant Room in this year actually got postponed, and I couldn't make it for new date and time, so I should let go though now my very first Elephangt Room gig will be with the Jitterbug Vipers, June 23rd Happy Hour 6pm - 8pm, i am crossing my fingers not to be postponed also!

Mitch Watkins concert at Monks Jazz Club --------------------------

Mitch Watkins guitar, Sean Giddings piano, Chris Meresh bass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHehWQolQs0&t=2876s&ab_channel=MonksJazzClubMonksJazzClub

Alex Coke concert at Monks Jazz Club ------------------------------

Alex Coke wind, Bruce Saunders guitar, James Suter bass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD_gVOtD3NU&t=342s&ab_channel=MonksJazzClubMonksJazzClub

Despite of the Thunderstorm condition, 'Sing Out!' turned out to the big success!

Weather was the worst until a few hours before downbeat, crews prepared outside festival stage with some fear of electrocution and damaging equipments with water, but

THEY DID IT!!  and

WE KILLED THE SHOW!!!!

We will travel to NYC next year to perform this show at the Rose Theatre Jazz at the Lincoln Center on June 21st 2022!!

And my first gig at Elephant Room just got booked on Sunday June 20th with Mitch Watkins Trio 9pm!

Its been more than 15 months since I played there last year!! Please come down!!

Six Tony and Grammy award winners and nominees perform together some of Broadway’s most inspiring and life-affirming works. Sing Out! reimagines classic Broadway tunes from Rodgers and Hammerstein and Sondheim to newer works from The Color Purple and Hadestown.

​Join us for an outdoor concert as Austin Artists Project in collaboration with Ground Floor Theatre brings this production to Austin June 3, 2021 at 8:00 PM.

Seating is by pods of up to 9 people... BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR.

PODS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE

Tickets are pay what you can with a minimum of $25-- We recommend $150 per pod.

​Austin Artists Project will then take this show to The Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City in June 2022!