Following their DownBeat Magazine-acclaimed debut album, Mike Wade & TNNBB present an evening of music from its sophomore release, “Round 2.” The band will perform a combination original and arranged music based on Black Lives Matter and musings on various styles that continue to influence the band, including New Orleans second-line, go-go, funk, reggae, Latin jazz, house and R&B.

Featuring Mike Wade (trumpet), E’Ali McDaniel (trumpet), Kim S. White (alto & soprano saxophone), Andrew Brown (tenor saxophone), Jason Branscum (trombone), Dr. Gary Scott Jones (trombone), Alexis Owens (sousaphone), Dione Howard (drums), Richard Branham (percussion), Dontay McCall (vocals), Maurice Suttles (spoken word artist)

Sizzling jazz warms wintery Monday nights as Jazz at the Memo returns in 2025 to the beautiful and acoustically superb Anderson Theater at Memorial Hall. Enjoy the finest of Cincinnati’s thriving jazz scene, including some of the region’s premier women and BIPOC artists, in intimate and often surprising performances. Celebrated local acts making their JATM debut in 2025 include The Faux Frenchmen and their tribute to Django Reinhardt, the explosive sounds of the Nasty Nati Brass Band and a program of vocal duets featuring songstress April Aloisio.    

Subscription packages now available! Don’t want to miss a beat of jazz this winter? Purchase our Jazz at the Memo subscription package and receive reserved seating for all 16 winter performances, representing a savings of $60 in ticketing fees.  

Beginning in May, the party moves outdoors! Join us across the street for Washington Park’s “Jazz in the Park,” Monday evenings through October (excepting holidays); and for Fountain Square’s “Jazz at the Square” programs, Tuesday evenings May through September. 

Join the Ron Jones Quartet as they take you through a brief historical journey of Black Music, profiling some of the most important pioneers and trend setters in the world of Jazz!

Featuring Ron Jones (alto saxophone), Rob Allgeyer (piano), Mike Sharfe (bass) and Jim Leslie (drums)

Sizzling jazz warms wintery Monday nights as Jazz at the Memo returns in 2025 to the beautiful and acoustically superb Anderson Theater at Memorial Hall. Enjoy the finest of Cincinnati’s thriving jazz scene, including some of the region’s premier women and BIPOC artists, in intimate and often surprising performances. Celebrated local acts making their JATM debut in 2025 include The Faux Frenchmen and their tribute to Django Reinhardt, the explosive sounds of the Nasty Nati Brass Band and a program of vocal duets featuring songstress April Aloisio.    

Subscription packages now available! Don’t want to miss a beat of jazz this winter? Purchase our Jazz at the Memo subscription package and receive reserved seating for all 16 winter performances, representing a savings of $60 in ticketing fees.  

Beginning in May, the party moves outdoors! Join us across the street for Washington Park’s “Jazz in the Park,” Monday evenings through October (excepting holidays); and for Fountain Square’s “Jazz at the Square” programs, Tuesday evenings May through September. 

In a much anticipated encore, The Four Strangers Quartet come together to explore more of the exciting music of jazz saxophonist, composer and legend John Coltrane. Join these four outstanding players as they find themselves in a “Moment’s Notice” navigating the “Giant Steps” down into the cool green depths of a “Central Park West” mindscape, where they reimagine and explore their favorite Coltrane compositions.  

Featuring Tim McCord (tenor saxophone, piano), John Zappa (trumpet, flugelhorn), Mike Sharfe (acoustic bass) and Phillip Tipton (drums) 

Following a dynamite debut in 2023, Memorial Hall proudly returns its November – December Jazz at the Memo series. Playing Monday nights in November and December 2023, the series begins with four “everyday” jazz programs featuring creative programs the finest of Cincinnati’s thriving jazz scene. After Thanksgiving, haul out the holly for three stunning re-creations of classic jazz Christmas albums, featuring music by Doris Day, the Rat Pack and Vince Guaraldi’s beloved “Charlie Brown Christmas.” 

Jazz at the Memo subscriptions are available in two formats: 

• Full Subscription – Don’t want to miss a beat of jazz? Purchase our full Jazz at the Memo subscription package and receive reserved seating for all 23 November – April performances, representing a savings of $88 in ticketing fees.
   

• Winter 2025 Subscription – Reserve your seats for the 16 programs on the traditional January – April Jazz at the Memo series, representing a savings of $60 in ticketing fees