The 1905's Upcoming Shows

TICKETS $35 | ALL AGES

Alden Hellmuth - sax

Noah Simpson - trumpet

Kerry Politzer - piano

Garrett Baxter - bass

Ken Mastrogiovanni - drums

Alden Hellmuth is a saxophonist, improviser, and composer “out of the ordinary” (In & Out Jazz) and currently based in New York. Originally from Hartford, Connecticut, she grew up surrounded by the legacy of the great saxophonist Jackie McLean and received her bachelor’s degree from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. In 2025 she received her master’s degree from the Herbie Hancock Institute at UCLA, where she was mentored by artistic director Ambrose Akinmusire and Herbie Hancock. Grounded by her foundations in tradition and drawn to a wide spectrum of experimental musical practices, Alden is deeply inspired by art that moves with emotion and lives within dissonance. As a composer and improviser, Alden strives for authentic expression through freedom, intuition, and a deep dedication to her craft. Her debut album, "Good Intentions," released in September 2024 under the Fresh Sound New Talent label, won “Debut Album of the Year International” (Deutscher Jazz Preis) and garnered international acclaim, with Steve Smith of For The Record describing it as "a vital debut," and Culture Jazz praising it as "...full of character, great imagination, and vibrant energy." She recently recorded her sophomore album with Justin Brown, Logan Kane, and Miller Wrenn, featuring Paul Cornish and Yakiv Tsvietinskyi.

Alden has been awarded a number of opportunities including Chamber Music America’s Performance Plus grant (2025), ASCAP’s Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award (2024), New Music USA Next Jazz Legacy Semi-Finalist (2022), The Focusyear Fellowship (2021-22), and since 2016 has participated in numerous programs committed to the support and empowerment of female artists, including the Women In Jazz Organization and the Dorothy Goodwin Fund. She has performed at venues and festivals across the globe including The Hollywood Bowl (LA), Blue Note Jazz Festival (LA), International Jazz Day (Morocco & Abu Dhabi), Stanford Jazz Festival (CA), the Jazz Aux Écuries Festival (FR), the Hartford Jazz Festival (CT), Ottawa Jazz Festival (CA), Rochester Jazz Festival (NY), The Jazz Gallery (NYC), Smalls (NYC), Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (NYC), Bird’s Eye (CH), Jamboree (ES), The Loft (DE), Porgy & Bess (AU), and many more.

Alden has performed and/or recorded widely across genres with artists including Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Adi Meyerson, Josh Evans, Lex Korten, Kahiem Rivera, Moses Sumney, and in 2023 released two electronic tracks (sophia x maxine). She has also arranged pieces for Moses Sumney, Brandee Younger, and other artists.

$25 TICKETS | ALL AGES

John Nastos - alto sax

James Powers - trombone

Xylyn Hathaway - bass

Brent Follis - drums

Michelle Alany - violin

Gordon will be playing an eclectic mix of his own original music, some jazz standards and maybe a Jim Pepper song!

“Lee unravels a series of original melodies that are insinuating or soulful or both” — Jazz Times

“Pianist Gordon Lee’s solos are often vast feats of architecture, their immense proportions looming up with great suddenness…symphonic precision as well as spontaneous improvisation” - Jazz Society of Oregon

Gordon Lee is a composer, jazz pianist, arranger, conductor and music educator. Although he is best known for his jazz performances and compositions, Lee is active in many styles of music. He has had commissions to compose chamber music and music for large ensembles from Oregon Symphony members, the Amadei String Quartet, big bands, and vocalists including a collaboration with Ghanaian singer Obo Addy on an orchestral suite in 2004. He taught improvisation, theory and jazz history at Western Oregon University from 1999 to 2019 and was Executive Director of the award winning W.O.U.

TICKETS $35 | ALL AGES

Vinicius Gomes - Guitar

Jayla Chee - Bass

Ele Howell - Drums

São Paulo born and New York based guitarist/composer, Vinicius Gomes explores the dialogue between modern jazz and Brazilian music, as registered on "Resiliência" (2017- Blackstream), "Changes" (2020-FreshSound - in collaboration with saxophonist Santi De la Rubia featuring drummer Jorge Rossy and bassist Doug Weiss), "Home" (2022- Greenleaf - in duo with singer Song Yi Jeon), and the most recent “Boundless Species” (2026-La Reserve - in collaboration with singer Jamile and bassist Joe Martin). His next solo album is scheduled for 2026 with special guest Toninho Horta, plus John Patitucci, Julian Shore, Rogerio Boccato and others.

The project "Home" has been critically acclaimed by publications such as Downbeat magazine (4.5 stars - "Home glows from within and impresses on multiple levels. A powerful empathetic link binds SongYi Jeon and Vinicius Gomes as they explore a near perfect example of a duet project" - Josef Woodard). The album was picked "Jazz album of the year 22" by Star Revue magazine.

His career includes collaborations as a guitarist and composer with multiple artists: Grammy Award winner drummer Edu Ribeiro, recording the albums “Caipora”(2025, featuring saxophonist Seamus Blake) and "News"(2022), Mexican singer/composer Magos Herrera, recording "Aire" featuring The Knights Orchestra (2023), drummer Duduka da Fonseca, recording "Quarteto Universal" (2022), Cuban singer/multiinstrumentalist Melvis Santa, recording “Jazz Orishas” feat. Marcus Gilmore, Rashaan Carter and Josh evans, Argentinian bassist Sebastian Urquiza, recording “Dos Orillas” feat Leo Genovese and Rudy Royston, Guillermo Klein quintet, Jon Cowherd, Toninho Ferragutti (recording the Brazilian Music award winner “A Gata Café”), legendary singer Zizi Possi (as a guitarist and musical director), Arthur Verocai, São Paulo State Symphony (OSESP) and many others.

Vinicius is featured as a collaborator in more than 40 records by artists from all over the world. Vinicius was part of the Focus Year Program in Basel- Switzerland (2028-2019). The group won the 2019 Keep an Eye Award in Amsterdam. With Focus year he had the opportunity to perform with Ambrose Akinmusire, Billy Childs, Dave Liebman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Julian Lage, Norma Winstone and many others. He has been performing extensively worldwide, in venues such as Carnegie Hall (NY), Lincoln Center (NY), Kennedy Center (Washington), festivals such as Newport Jazz, Winter Jazz Fest (NY), Jarasum Fest (Korea), Vienna Jazz (Austria), Offbeat (Switzerland), Sunfest (Canada), Riviera Maya Jazz (Mexico), Merida Jazz (Mexico), Savassi Jazz (Brazil), Ilhabela in Jazz (Brazil), Festival de Jazz de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and venues like Dizzy’s Club(NY), Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Smalls(NY), Jazz Gallery(NY), Duc Des Lombards (Paris), Bellas Artes (Mexico City) and many others