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The Jeff Lofton Trio, Quartet and Quintet play straight-ahead, bebop jazz of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Jeff Lofton Electric Thang plays jazz-funk, rock fusion of the 1970s and 1980s.
Both are available for private parties, house concerts, corporate events, weddings, clubs and restaurants.
Thursdays, 7 - 10:00 p.m.
Celebrating two years of Sizzlin' Jazz Thursday in the Lounge with the Jeff Lofton Trio every Thursday at Ruth's Chris, 107 West 6th Street. Click here for press release.
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.
Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute for KRTU's Year of Jazz
Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 North Hackberry Street, San Antonio
$15 at door; free to members and KRTU members
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Jeff Lofton Trio
Valentine's Day at Zed's, 501 Canyon Ridge Drive
Free
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7 - 10 p.m.
Jeff Lofton Quartet
Maria Maria, 415 Colorado
Free; Happy Hour all day
Friday, Feb. 17, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Jeff Lofton Trio
Zed's, 501 Canyon Ridge Drive
Free
Friday, Feb. 24, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Jeff Lofton Trio
Zed's, 501 Canyon Ridge Drive
Free
Saturday, Mar. 3, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Central Market North, 4001 North Lamar
Free
Wednesday, Mar. 7, 7 - 10 p.m.
Jeff Lofton Quartet
Maria Maria, 415 Colorado
Free; Happy Hour all day
Read the new in-depth interview with Jeff on AllAboutJazz.com.
WINNER - BEST JAZZ BAND
2010 - 2011 Austin Music Awards
at SXSW
Thanks for your vote and support!
Snapshots from SXW: on stage at the Austin Music Awards (left) and sitting in with Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the HBP Treme SXSW Day Party (below).
Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute
Saturday, February 11, 2012, for KRTU's Year of Jazz Series
Carver Community Cultural Center
226 North Hackberry Street, San Antonio
8 p.m., $15 at door
Free to members
"...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
Recently featured in the New Faces series at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York, Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute 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 of Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute at the historic Victory Grill in September 2007. Since then the tribute traveled to Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth and launched a concert series in collaboration with the University of Texas Blanton Museum's "Birth of Cool" exhibit, along with debuting in New York at the Iridium Jazz Club.
The March 2010 performance of Jeff Lofton's 1950s Miles Davis Tribute at One World Theatre drew an impressive crowd during SXSW. 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
A Swingin' Trio
The Jeff Lofton Trio performs original music in the Austin indie drama A Swingin' Trio, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival.
"...a tense tale of secrets, lies and revelations interspersed with the cool jazz stylings of the Jeff Lofton Trio..." ~ Slackerwood
"A Swingin' Trio is smart, dark, sexy and unexpectedly funny." ~ Culture Map
"... Like any great Austin enterprise, music is central to the production. A Swingin' Trio refers to the three characters in the film as well as an actual jazz combo, played by the much-acclaimed Jeff Lofton Trio. The group acts as a kind of Greek chorus, whose melodies and rhythms narrate the story as much as the dialogue." ~ Culture Map
Writer/Director Kelvin Phillips, Jeff Lofton and Producer Carla Jackson pictured above.
Austin Chronicle Top 9 Austin Albums of 2009
KUT Top 10 Albums of 2009: DJ Picks
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 features Danielle Howle on "Crazy."