Thanks for your interest. Enjoy the music and hope to see you at a show soon. THURSDAYS Jeff Lofton Trio in the Lounge every week Ruth's Chris 7:00 P.M. - 10:00 p.m. 107 W. 6th St.   Sundays in September Jeff Lofton Trio Whip-In - Parlour Cafe 1950 S IH-35 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Free Wednesday, September 1 Jeff Lofton Electric Thang Crime Victims First Jazz Happy Hour Speakeasy, 412D Congress 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Free.   Wednesdays, Sept. 8, 15 & 22 Jeff Lofton Quartet Momo's, 618 W. 6th. 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. $7   Thursday, September 9 The Jeff Lofton Electric Thang Flamingo Cantina, 515 E. 6th 12 midnight $5.   Saturday, September 18 Jeff Lofton Trio Satellite Bistro, 5900 Slaughter 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Free.   Sunday, September 19 Jeff Lofton Trio Sunday Jazz Brunch Waterloo Ice House, 38th St. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Free.   Saturday, October 23 Fredericksberg Food and Wine Festival   Click to hear and see... Podcast of JLQ on KUT 90.5 KUT.org Music with Jay Trachtenberg KLBJ 93.7 KLBJfm.com Dudley and Bob in the Morning The Jeff Lofton Trio performs on Channel 42 KEYE's We are Austin Live. GCNLive.com The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show

 

The Jeff Lofton
Electric Thang
In the tradition of Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton expands his sound and takes on a new challenge with his side project, the Jeff Lofton Electric Thang. Jeff describes the group as "...trumpet meets electric guitar... a la Bitches Brew... a jazz-funk fusion Miles-ian extravaganza."

Wednesday, September 1
Crime Victims First
Jazz Happy Hour
Speakeasy, 412D Congress 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Free.

Thursday, September 9, Flamingo Cantina, 515 E. 6th
12::00 midnight $5.

Stay tuned for a return of the "Bitches Brew" tribute,
and a soon to be announce live recording show.

Click to watch the Jeff Lofton Electric Thang at the Long Center
for News 8 Austin's music spotlight with Andy Langer.

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click to hear the podcast
from May 6, 2010 Jeff Lofton Quartet +1 and Jeff Lofton's Electric Thang
Live from Studio 1A on KUT 90.5 FM
Music with Jay Trachtenberg - with Music Director Jeff McCord hosting
Austin Kimble on piano, Chris Jones on bass,
Masumi Jones on drums, and Tony Bray on sax

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Jeff Lofton's
1950s Miles Davis Tribute

Iridium Jazz Club
New York
August 21
1650 Broadway, New York
12 midnight, $20

"...rejoice Kind of Blue fans."
- Austin Monthly

Read the preview from the Austin American-Statesman, March 7, 2010 :
The Arrival of Jazz Trumpeter
Jeff Lofton
Trumpeter's Lofty Goal:
Recreating History

The show features Davis' compositions and interpretations made famous by the first great Miles Davis Quintet during 1950 - 1959, and includes excerpts from "Kind of Blue."

"Listen up Miles Davis fans..." from the Austin American-Statesman and
"... channels Miles Davis..." from The Daily Texan were early reviews when Jeff arrived from South Carolina in 2007 as a mostly unknown to Austin's music scene. Word-of-mouth about his shows at small bars in east Austin led to a great turnout for the debut of Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute at the historic Victory Grill in September 2007. Soon his shows were being described as "...crazy good and crazy crowded..." (Joe Gross, Austin American-Statesman/Austin360.com).

Since then the Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute traveled to Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth and launched an Elephant Room concert series in collaboration with the University of Texas Blanton Museum's "Birth of the Cool" exhibit.

The March 2010 performance of Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute
at One World Theatre drew an impressive crowd the same night SXSW opened.
Many thanks to the over 200 jazz fans who attended, and the sponsors:
Linda Ball and Forrest Preece, Lord and Lawson Realty, St. James Episcopal Church, home of the Jazz at St. James Festival, DHillsPhotography.com
and Satellite Bistro.

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Jeff Lofton's
Jazz to the People

Austin Chronicle Top 9 Austin Albums of 2009

KUT Top 10 Albums of 2009: DJ Picks

 

 

 

 

Now available at Amazon.com, Itunes or CDBaby.com
or in Austin at independent record stores. With nine original compositions by Jeff Lofton and interpretations of Georgia and Crazy

"... hits the bull's-eye on this sterling local debut that digs a deep groove ... crafted a sound largely around Davis' formative quintet of the late 1950s. ... embraces the blues and swings passionately ... reinforces the Miles connection with the deft use of muted trumpet on soulful strutters ... blows reminiscent of Lee Morgan's Blue Note hits of the mid-1960s. ... a delightfully swingin' affair."
- Jay Trachtenberg, The Austin Chronicle,
Texas Platters, Music Review

The CD includes Alex Coke on sax, Red Young on piano, Chris Jones on bass and Masumi Jones on drums, and featuring Danielle Howle on "Crazy."

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Austin Chronicle cover story
February 12, 2010
Aural History
Hannibal Lokumbe and Jeff Lofton
blow jazz parallels
by Raoul Hernandez

 

 

 

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