JAZZ TRUMPET | COMPOSER | PRODUCER | AUSTIN, TEXAS USA

"Jeff Lofton seems to be BLOWING UP.
... Fans say his shows are crazy good
and crazy crowded."
- Austin American-Statesman music critic
Joe Gross in a recent live chat on austin360.com

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Sunday Jazz Brunch - *starts September 7th, 11am - 2pm
Waterloo Ice House, 38th & Medical (1 block west of Lamar)
Enjoy jazz with the JLQ every week for Sunday Jazz Brunch.

Saturday, September 13, 11pm - 2am (*2nd Saturday every month)
Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd., Austin
Winner of the Stateman A-List for best coffee house, this mod, oriental-themed spot kicks butt at night as one of Austin's new live music venues. Join the JLQ for jazz, drinks (full bar) and a late night snack. Plenty of free parking, and room to dance.

Friday, September 26, 9:30pm - 1:30am
Elephant Room, 315 Congress Ave., Austin
On ACL weekend, hear the local talent that makes Austin the live music capital of the world - join the Jeff Lofton Quintet in Austin's famed basement jazz club. This show features Alex Coke on sax, Red Young on piano, Adam Booker on bass, and Teddy Linder on drums.

Other news:

• Click here to listen to Jeff's interview about jazz with DJ-RJ of Music4Life DJs on AustinBridalSecrets.com. You may know RJ from his reggae and R&B shows on KAZI 88.7.

• Read the article (pdf) "In search of Austin jazz" by Rush Evans in The Good Life magazine.

• You can see Jeff and his daughter, Shana, on page 11 of Parent: Wise magazine as models for a Father's Day story. The photo, and most of the studio shots, are done by New Orleans/Austin photographer Dwayne Hills.

• The Jeff Lofton Quintet's All Miles 1950s tribute show at the Elephant Room in April got a great review in the Daily Texan, the newspaper for America's largest student body at the University of Texas in Austin.

• While playing with his trio in McAllen, Jeff was featured in a McAllen Arts Council video.

• You'll see a bit of Jeff on the big screen soon as an extra in the film Two Bobs which shot in Austin in April. Described as a raunchy, low-budget comedy by the producers of Dazed and Confused, the film is about two Austin gamers who create the ultimate video game only to have it stolen by some e-spammers. Jeff plays a bad guy -- an e-spammer.

• If you're flying on Cathay Pacific airline, based in Hong Kong, or on Air New Zealand you may hear the Jeff Lofton Quartet. London Times jazz critic Alyn Shipton added Jazz Therapy (use the player to your left to download songs free!) to their playlists through his show Jazz Cafe. Cathay Pacific has 111 destinations worldwide, convenient connections to over 40 Asian cities and connections to over 20 destinations in China (through sister airline, DragonAir) and 150 countries.

• If you're headed to the Texas coast you can hear the Jeff Lofton Quartet on KMBH (NPR 88FM) public radio in the Rio Grande Valley, who gave him an in-depth interview recently; or online you can hear him on SmoothAtlanta.com. Let your local public radio station know you'd like to hear the Jeff Lofton Quartet. In Austin you can e-mail kut@kut.org.