Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet – Live On Locals Only / KXCI

Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet stops by Locals Only on Monday, December 1st, 2025, for a live performance and interview in KXCI’s Studio 2A at 9 pm.
Tune in at 91.3 FM or livestream the performance here.

About Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet
Originally the brainchild of Keaton Wilson (keys, synthesizer), the Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet features Trey Bryant (saxophone), Zach White (percussion), and Patrick Morris (bass) playing a mixture of original works as well as “non-standard” standards by the modern new guard (e.g. Robert Glasper, Dave Holland, and Kenny Garrett). The Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet aims to transcend one’s understanding of jazz via a diverse sonic palette and an exploration of the shared characteristics of jazz in neighboring genres.

8 Myths is the debut album from the Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet – a band shaped by the desert, late-night sessions, and a shared instinct to chase the unexpected. It’s modern jazz with rough edges and a curious spirit, built on groove, harmony, and the kind of listening that only comes from a shared musical communion of inventiveness and curiosity. Recorded at St. Cecilia Studios in Tucson, the album is a collection of eight original tracks – each one a kind of myth. Some are ancient, some imagined, and some just felt in the room. There’s the folkloric swamp-funk of Sasquatch, the lo-fi dreamlike drift of A Goddess Technicolor, and the angular, third-stream tilt of Messiaen Around. Compositions by Keaton Wilson (keys/synth), Patrick Morris (bass), and Trey Bryant (saxophone) give shape to the band’s sound, grounded by Zach White’s inventive drumming. It’s jazz, but not just jazz. It’s stories told through sound. Ghosts you think you’ve seen before. A mix of the familiar and the strange – sometimes heady, sometimes loose, always honest.
The group will celebrate the album’s release on November 8th at the Century Room.