Warren Wolf Monthly Series - Feb 2025

Jaleel Shaw, alto saxophone
Warren Wolf, vibraphone
Alex Brown, piano
Aidan Taylor, bass
Claudio Silva, drums

Alto and soprano saxophonist and bandleader Jaleel Shaw won the 2014 DownBeat Rising Star Critics Poll for Alto Saxophonist. He is a longtime member of the Roy Haynes Quartet, Tom Harrell’s Colors Of A Dream, and has performed with Christian McBride, Jason Moran, the Mingus Big Band, Pat Metheny, Stefon Harris, Roy Hargrove, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jimmy Cobb, and others. 

Shaw’s debut album, Perspective (2005), received rave reviews from The New York Times and Jazzwise Magazine, and All About Jazz named the album one of the top five debut albums of 2005; his composition “The Heavyweight Champion” also received an ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. 

In 2006, Shaw joined the Roy Haynes Quartet and was featured on the legendary drummer’s Grammy-nominated album, Whereas. Two years later, Shaw founded his record label, Changu Records, on which he released his second album, entitled Optimism. The album received reviews from The New York Times, DownBeat, and All About Jazz, among others. That same year, he received his second ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award for his composition “The Flipside” and was nominated for the Jazz Journalists Association’s Up & Coming Jazz Artist Award. 

Shaw was among the musicians listed in the 2011 JazzTimes Magazine’s Readers’ Poll for Alto Saxophonist of the Year, sharing the honor with Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Bunky Green, and Kenny Garrett. In 2013, he released his third album of original compositions, entitled The Soundtrack of Things to Come (Changu Records). Shaw’s most recent recording, Echoes, is a solo saxophone project that has received rave reviews, including a four-star DownBeat magazine review. www.jaleelshaw.com

Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist (vibraphone, piano and drums) from Baltimore. He is an International touring musician and has performed throughout the United States of America, South America, Canada, Italy, Spain, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Scotland, London, Greece, Singapore, Thailand, Jarkata, Bangkok, Tokyo, Paris, Moscow and many other countries.

Warren has made the recordings, most notably for Mack Ave Records. He's a member of the SFJAZZ Collective and Christian McBride & “Inside Straight”. Warren is a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Warren endorses Musser Vibraphone and Marimbas and Innovative Percussion Mallets. https://www.warrenwolf.com/

Showtime: 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/12 am GMT

Limited in-person seats: $25/ $10 full-time students with valid ID
In-person attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Ticket sales end 1 hr before showtime; tickets can be purchased at the door if any remain.
 
Streaming  Cost is $15
The link will be revealed to live stream participants 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through March 4