Live Jazz Tuesday: Jay Sanders’ Empyrean Trio w/sg Isaac McMurry

The trio is excited to welcome Jacoozy keyboardist (and lifelong friend) Isaac McMurry for the second set.

The Empyrean Trio ascends to the highest sphere of musical expression, where Sanders, Page, and Hall commune in the celestial realm of pure improvisation. Like ancient philosophers who believed the empyrean was the highest heaven—a place of fire and light beyond the physical world—this trio inhabits the ethereal space where earthbound genres dissolve into transcendent musical dialogue.

Their original compositions float between the terrestrial and the sublime, oscillating from groove-laden explorations that anchor listeners to the physical realm, to free-form adventures that lift consciousness into the empyrean heights of pure sonic possibility. Through jazz, rock, blues, and world music influences refined by years of improvisational alchemy, the trio channels the luminous fire of creative spontaneity.

In this rarefied atmosphere, Sanders’ guitar becomes a conduit between the material and immaterial, Page’s bass provides the gravitational pull that keeps the music tethered to human experience, while Hall’s percussion creates the rhythmic cosmos in which their empyrean visions unfold.

The Empyrean Trio:

Zack Page – Acoustic & Electric Bass

Alan Hall – Drums

Jay Sanders – Guitar and Effects

Every Monday and Tuesday, Little Jumbo brings live jazz to your ears. littlejumbobar.com

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