Kafé Kirk: Kirk Whalum

Name: Kafé Kirk: Kirk Whalum
Start: 2025-03-30T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-30T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Kemmons Wilson Family Stage, 1350 Concourse Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, United States

Schedule

Sun Mar 30 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Kemmons Wilson Family Stage, 1350 Concourse Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, United States | Memphis, TN

Join Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum for Kafé Kirk, an ongoing jazz series in Crosstown Theater featuring musical and spiritual collaborations with special guest artists.
KIRK WHALUM
Soulful, passionate, stirring…these are the words most often used to describe Kirk’s music. Forged from his Memphis, Tennessee, gospel roots and his 1980s initiation into the thriving Houston, TX nightclub scene, Kirk’s big, rich tenor sound is unmistakably his. The ’80s were highlighted by Kirk’s stepping out of his blossoming sideman role and forming his own band. It was there that Kirk ultimately developed both his “voice” and songwriting in the crucible of the local club scene—especially at a rooftop club called Cody’s. It was also in Houston where jazz pianist Bob James “discovered” him and brought him on tour, which led to five successful albums with Columbia Records, including Cache, Kirk’s first #1 album.