Jam One, Jam All

Yoko Miwa Trio drops a set in front of the open jam session at The Mad Monkfish on Friday, 16 May 2025.

Andy Voelker and Company hosts the open jam session as midnight approaches.

Jazz hopefuls of all shapes & sizes wait to get their shot in the spotlight. Figuratively speaking. No actual spotlight involved.

Ace the Quiz, Win the Tix

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Hump Nights

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Ace the Quiz, Win the Tix 〰️ Hump Nights 〰️

Hump Nights

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Ace the Quiz, Win the Tix

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Hump Nights 〰️ Ace the Quiz, Win the Tix 〰️

Yoko Miwa Trio

Yoko Miwa Trio

Yoko Miwa Trio performed a spirited set in advance of the impending tidal wave…

Friday night – every Friday night? – the Andy Voelker open jam session comes to The Mad Monkfish. By 10:01 PM about half the student body of Berklee College of Music had poured into the club, instruments in hand, eyeing the stage…

Not a bad gimmick, if you can get some of them to buy drinks.

Saxophonist Andy Voelker is a Berklee alum himself, so he was among his people, and he probably felt a little like a big brother, or weird uncle, herding all the young and wide-eyed hopefuls into their allotted slot for a chance to shine.

Jam on!

 

Andy Voelker

 

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