This Saturday, 8/16/25

From inventive reimaginings of jazz tradition to adventurous new compositions:

John "Dok" Scott (February 25, 1939 - February 20, 2020) was a jazz trumpeter, composer, and band leader who was also a practicing oral surgeon in the Champaign, Illinois area. Splattertones (Bloomington, IN) formed in 2021 when a group of longtime musician friends needed to play during the pandemic. Drummer Danny Deckard suggested they play a Dok tune, and everyone asked, "Are there more of these?" Turns out there were. Plenty more.

The trio of tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson, double bassist Jakob Heinemann, and drummer Adam Shead brings together three distinct voices from the creative music scene, merging deep-rooted tradition with a fiercely modern edge. Jackson, long celebrated for his expansive tone and adventurous spirit, finds a dynamic rhythmic foundation in Heinemann’s lyrical bass work and Shead’s restless, textural drumming. Together, they create a sound that is both grounded and exploratory, moving fluidly between composed structures and spontaneous invention. Their debut album, Stinger, released on August 1, 2025, on Irritable Mystic Records, showcasing a set of original compositions that capture the trio’s raw energy, nuance, and collective intuition.

DOORS AT SEVEN / SHOW AT EIGHT / TEN DOLLA COVER