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Snap on 2&4 w/ Rod McGaha

On Friday, October 25 at 8pm, please join the Nashville Jazz Workshop in welcoming trumpeter Rod McGaha back to the Jazz Cave for the Snap on 2&4 concert series. McGaha is a favorite of Nashville jazz fans and jazz trumpeters across the country for his incredibly expressive and lyrical style of playing. His 2012 Snap on 2&4 with a string quartet was one of the year's most memorable, and we're delighted to have him back - this time with a solid and swinging quintet.

Rod McGaha's bio is a familiar one to local jazz fans. The Chicago native began playing trumpet (cornet, actually) in grade school and dove headlong into jazz while attending college at Northeastern University. Shortly thereafter, he became a student of the legendary Clark Terry. He has gone on to play and tour with many luminaries of jazz, R&B, Gospel and even Country music, including joining for a time the band of yet another legendary figure of jazz, drummer Max Roach. He has recently toured with the great Hall of Fame-inducted songwriter J.D. Souther, and he composes and arranges for his own United For Peace Orchestra, a 24-piece ensemble featuring diverse instrumentation and a genre-spanning repertoire. Rod is also a longstanding faculty member at NJW and serves on our Advisory Board.

For this special Snap on 2&4 appearance, the quintet will include several of the area's finest jazz players: Don Aliquo (saxophone), Jody Nardone (piano), Jerry Navarro (bass), and Nioshi Jackson (drums).

The band will play two sets, beginning at 8pm, and admission is $20 for adults / $10 Students with ID.

Admission is $20 / $10 high school and college students with ID. Tickets will go on sale Monday, October 14 at 10AM and will be available online on this page, by phone 24/7 at Brown Paper Tickets (800-838-3006) or during business hours at the NJW office (242-5299). A small convenience charge is added to online or 800-number purchases.

Policies: The Jazz Cave is a BYOB establishment, with no alcohol or food service. You are free to bring alcoholic beverages and snacks. We sell soft drinks and bottled water. The Jazz Cave is a listening room, and we ask patrons to keep conversation to a minimum and silence cell phones. Audio and video recording is prohibited.

photo credit: rodmcgaha.com