Jeff Rupert returns to the Live Oak!

Rupert returns to the Live Oak on tenor and alto saxophone plus a quintet including his son Django Rupert on alto saxophone, and James Hall.
About this Event

Saxophonist Jeff Rupert will return to the Live Oak Center in March, with James Hall back on the keyboard and Django Rupert on alto saxophone. Doors open at 6:45 with the music starting around 7:30 PM. Free admission!

Jeff Rupert is a tenor and alto saxophone player, and professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida. He's also the leader of a jazz ensemble of UCF players, The Flying Horse Big Band. He recently recorded and released an album with jazz pianist Kenny Barron, Peter Washington, and Joe Farnsworth.

James Hall is a vibraphone player, pianist, and composer based in New Smyrna Beach. In his hometown of Pleasanton, California, he performed with numerous jazz musicians including Matt Finders, Andrew Speight, Anton Schwartz, Michael Marcus, Roger Glenn, and Erik Jekabson. Upon moving to Florida in 2019, he has performed with a wide range of jazz musicians including Antonio Escapa, Jeff Rupert, Scott Dickinson, the Orlando Jazz Orchestra, Tom Dietz, and Bobby Koelble, just to name a few, in the straight-ahead jazz and Latin spheres.