Jazz vocalist Jessica Healey performs live with her quartet at the iconic Congress Avenue basement club, The Elephant Room.
Jessica Healey returns to The Elephant Room on Sunday, July 26, bringing her quartet back to the basement. She's a jazz vocalist, and this is a vocal jazz set — smooth, cool, and right at home in a room that keeps the lights low and the music going late. It's a return to a spot she's played before, so she's not exactly a stranger to the place.
She's not coming alone. The quartet fills out the sound around her: Andy Langham on piano, James Suter on bass, Gerry Gibbs on drums, and Joel Frahm on sax. With a full rhythm section and a horn, it's a complete ensemble rather than a stripped-down trio, and the sax adds a melodic line to run alongside her vocals. It's a standard jazz quartet setup, which means the focus stays on the singing while the band holds everything together underneath.
If you're not familiar with the venue, The Elephant Room is one of Austin's old-school jazz staples, a basement club on Congress Avenue that hosts live jazz every single night. It's the kind of place where the music is the whole point, and it's a regular stop for a steady rotation of acts — the Mitch Watkins Trio, for instance, plays there every Tuesday night. Healey's set fits right into that nightly tradition.
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It all goes down on Sunday, July 26, starting at 8 PM. If you're looking for a low-key way to wind down the weekend with some vocal jazz, this is a good one to have on your radar.
