Returning to the Judson’s Live stage, saxophonist Jeff Rupert and his world-class quartet bring us choice originals and celebrated interpretations from the Great American Songbook. Rupert is a performing and recording saxophonist whose credits include over 75 albums, 11 of those as a leader. He's recorded as a featured soloist with legends like Mel Tormé, Kevin Mahogany, Ernestine Anderson, Maynard Ferguson, Sam Rivers, Kenny Barron, Veronica Swift, George Garzone, Diane Schuur and on Benny Carter's Grammy-winning album, Harlem Renaissance. Rupert has performed at major jazz clubs and concert halls around the world, including the Blue Note, Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Tokyo Forum, the National concert hall of Taipei, Taiwan and jazz festivals across the globe. His album The Ripple was the number five jazz album of the year in 2020. He is Distinguished Professor, Trustee Endowed Chair and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the founder of Flying Horse Records. Rupert authors and hosts Jazz and the American Spirit, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show examining the connection between jazz and the American experience.

Recognition
“Once in a while an album comes out that reminds us how the tenor saxophone is supposed to sound” – Jazz Times; Jeff Rupert’s “The Ripple”

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