Blue LLama Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

It's Mardi Gras at Doc's. Trisha Jones and the band play the music of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, and the songs that started it all. Expect a horn line and a rolling second line through the room. Houston's best players hold this floor down all night. These songs are a hundred years old and they still move a crowd. Come ready to dance between courses.

Our kitchen and bar will be open. Come hungry, the food's as good as the music.

See you at the show!

David Caceres brings his 12-piece orchestra back to Doc's for one night. Houston vocalist Kamil Bonner leads the songs of Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone. Caceres has led big bands in Houston for over 25 years. He once played saxophone on a Grammy-winning record by La Mafia. Bonner grew up singing gospel, then trained as a vocalist at the University of Central Arkansas. The two have shared this stage before. This is a reunion, and it plays once.

Our kitchen and bar will be open. Come hungry, the food's as good as the music.

See you at the show!

A sax line slides out of a gospel hymn and drops into a funk groove. That is Phoenix Rising Jazz. The band has called Houston home since 2018. Expect original songs and covers, mixed with jazz, funk, R&B, and gospel. Wesly Walker plays sax. Edwin Brown plays piano. Ric Lominy plays bass. Keandre McClendon plays drums. Roberto Rodriguez plays guitar.

Our kitchen and bar will be open. Come hungry, the food's as good as the music.

See you at the show!

Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" turns into a jazz tune tonight, and it fits like it always was one. The Graeme Francis Trio plays it, with Jose-Miguel Yamal on keys and David Craig on bass. All night they move between the Beatles, Nirvana, Broadway, and Hollywood, tracing how each one grew out of jazz. Doc's used to be the Tower Theatre, back when jazz was the pop music people danced to. Come hear the two catalogs meet again.

Our kitchen and bar will be open. Come hungry, the food's as good as the music.

See you at the show!