Jake Botts and Friends

Saxophonist Jake Botts is a dynamic and versatile musician with a bebop and soul-influenced vocabulary, a unique sense of melody, and a pure, powerful, tone. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he graduated with honors from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City in 2017. Jake has established himself as one of the premier freelance instrumentalists in Music City’s rapidly expanding creative music scene. Jake has toured throughout America, Europe, and Asia with prominent artists including Kelly Clarkson, Cory Wong, Lauren Diagle, and more.
In addition to his work with the aforementioned artists, Jake has performed and/or recorded with The Black Keys, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, Gladys Knight, Victor Wooten, Dan + Shay, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, and countless others. He has performed on NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show, The TODAY show, the Billboard Music Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and countless other television appearances
In addition to his sideman ventures, Jake is also an accomplished bandleader and songwriter, regularly hosting jazz jam sessions in Nashville and releasing his 2022 debut LP, Global Works, under his own name. He is also a founding member of the Nashville afrobeat/world music project, Crooked Rhythm Band #1.

This show is all ages. All sales are final and we unfortunately cannot offer any refunds. Additional tickets may be available at the door on the day of the show even if it is sold out online.

Please try to arrive 15 minutes prior to the show start time. If you do not arrive within 45 minutes after the show start time on your ticket your seat may be resold to other patrons at the door. If you arrive after 45 minutes from the start time of the show and your ticket has been resold, although we cannot guarantee it, we will try our best to make space for you to attend the show.

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