The JCC in Sherman presents the T.J. Thompson Trio Jazz Band  Saturday, September 7th at 7:00pm

Join us on Saturday, September 7th at 7pm for an evening of live jazz. The T.J. Thompson Trio will be playing the Soul, Blues and Jazz of New Orleans, Memphis & more! 

T.J. Thompson, piano ~ Eneji Alungbe, bass ~ James Allen, drums

The T.J. Thompson Trio has been active since 2014 performing in various clubs and pits in musical theaters throughout Connecticut. Winner of the IMEA Jazz Artist of the Year for their recent album Take Two: The Sound of Playing, this group plays a combination of originals along with the Soul, Blues, and Jazz of New Orleans, Memphis, and beyond. We cover everything from Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, Thelonious Monk, Booker T and the MG’s, Jimi Hendrix, The Dead, and more.

A student of Henry Butler and George Cables, Thompson has opened for and worked with such artists as Henry Butler, Mel Torme, Ed Thigpen, Nate Davis, Dave Liebman, and Koko Taylor as well as being a featured soloist on the Morgan Powell Jazz Album. His original music is connected to the traditions of New Orleans, Straight Ahead Jazz, and Rhythm and Blues. In 2000, he performed at Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, and as a result was a featured artist on Branford Marsalis' NPR show, Jazz Set. In 1998, he recorded and produced Thompson Trio Take One, receiving good reviews from Goldmine and Cadence Magazines.