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Jazz live music.

Jazz shows, venues, artists, and recurring nights in the Fort Worth live music guide.

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Scat Jazz Lounge 11 shows

Downtown and Sundance Square, TX

Scat Jazz Lounge is a downtown Fort Worth live-music club built around jazz, blues, and R&B nights rather than a general bar calendar. Its official site presents SCAT Jazz Lounge as a live music club, and its ticketing page keeps the focus on upcoming ticketed shows with named performers, tributes, and jazz-room programming.

Branch & Bird 1 shows

Downtown and Sundance Square, TX

Branch & Bird is downtown restaurant and patio with regular live music listings. The venue sits in Downtown Sundance in Fort Worth. Branch & Bird hosts Acoustic and Jazz live music in Fort Worth. Three times per week, we team up with local musicians to bring you live music! Enjoy your dinner and cocktails while overlooking downtown Fort Worth as the sun dips below the horizon and the city begins to shine!

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Crystal Springs Wednesday Jazz Jam

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Crystal Springs Hideaway Wednesday · 6:30 PM · Wednesdays, generally 6:30-9:30 PM at Crystal Springs Hideaway. Check the current venue schedule for the posted host or lineup.

Crystal Springs Hideaway gives Fort Worth jazz players a midweek landing spot with its Wednesday jazz jam pattern. The room’s schedule has carried Wednesday jazz/jam programming in the 6:30-9:30 PM window, with Furgos-connected open-jam material and rotating jazz names in the mix.

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Distribution Bar Monday Jazz Jam

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Distribution Bar Monday · 7:00 PM · Mondays at Distribution Bar, generally around 7:00 or 7:30 PM to 10:00 or 10:30 PM. Check the bar or current listings before heading out.

Distribution Bar's Monday Jazz Jam gives South Main a musician-friendly start to the week. The recurring jam brings players together at the bar on Mondays, with musicians encouraged to bring instruments and sit in, and timing generally around the 7:00-10:30 PM window.

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The Black Dog Jazz Jam

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Scat Jazz Lounge Sunday · 8:00 PM · The Black Dog Jazz Jam is a Sunday jazz jam at Scat Jazz Lounge, with current dated occurrences tied to the venue ticketing calendar.

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Truth Vinyl Tuesday Jazz Jam

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Truth Vinyl Tuesday · 7:00 PM · Tuesdays, 7:00-10:00 PM at Truth Vinyl in Arlington. Listed as free and open to musicians.

Truth Vinyl’s Tuesday Jazz Jam brings an open, community-minded jazz night to Arlington. Public event listings describe it as a free weekly Tuesday jam from 7:00 to 10:00 PM, with musicians invited to bring instruments and play with other local players.

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Sylvester Jones

Fort Worth / DFW

Sylvester Jones is a Dallas-Fort Worth saxophonist and the founder and lead saxophonist of Vintage Perspective Entertainment. His performances move easily between live solo saxophone and sax-plus-DJ sets, giving him a flexible format for weddings, cocktail hours, receptions, corporate events, galas, and private celebrations.

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Michael Mazey

DFW

Michael Mazey is a DFW jazz vocalist and songwriter from Texas, drawing inspiration from George and Ira Gershwin, Miles Davis and Cole Porter. Jazz tradition is at the center of his music.

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Tim Ishii Quintet

Fort Worth / DFW

Tim Ishii Quintet brings jazz classics to Scat Jazz Lounge under the leadership of saxophonist and educator Tim Ishii. His performance work sits alongside a history in music education: after 13 years teaching at Texas Wesleyan, he took over jazz studies at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2004.

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The Furgos

Fort Worth / DFW

The Furgos give Fort Worth-area jazz a participatory angle, with an Open Jazz Jam invitation that welcomes players to join the band. The group also points listeners to Retrospective album-review links, giving the live-jam calendar a recorded-music thread.

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Bobby Falk Group

Dallas / Fort Worth

Bobby Falk Group is a Dallas-Fort Worth contemporary jazz ensemble led by drummer Bobby Falk. Founded in Louisville in 2006, the group is now based in North Texas following Falk's move to Dallas in 2015. Its repertoire combines original music with modern and traditional jazz, drawing on fusion influences including Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and Steps Ahead.

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UNT One O'Clock Lab Band

Fort Worth / DFW

UNT One O'Clock Lab Band is a flagship voice of North Texas jazz education. The ensemble is the premier performing group of the University of North Texas jazz studies program under director Alan Baylock, with seven Grammy nominations and more than eighty critically acclaimed recordings behind its name.

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Mark Dunn

Fort Worth / DFW

Mark Dunn is a musician, pianist, and composer who grew up in Philadelphia, a city with a deep jazz heritage. Around DFW, his show schedule keeps the focus close-up: solo performances at Saviano's Italian Kitchen and a trio format with Dunn on piano, Nathan Phelps on bass, and Andrew Griffith on drums.

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Milagro Texas

Fort Worth

Milagro Texas keeps the pitch clear: this is a Santana tribute band based in Fort Worth, Texas. The act presents itself as "A Texas Santana Tribute" and pairs that identity with a regional gig list, giving Fort Worth listeners a local entry point into a familiar tribute-band night.

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Sheran Goodspeed Keyton

Fort Worth / DFW

Sheran Goodspeed Keyton brings a wide professional resume to the bandstand. She is a professional entertainer, writer, director, producer, and event/project manager, with more than 20 years of professional performance behind her. Her stage history includes national and international touring, and her jazz range moves from straight-ahead to funk-infused material.

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