Jazz at All Saints'

The Robert Boone, Jr. Quartet
Friday, September 12, at 7:00 p.m.

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Robert Boone, Jr./drummer
The Grammy Award-winner and his quartet pay tribute to the iconic jazz drummer and social activist Max Roach whose groundbreaking contributions reshaped both jazz and social justice.

“Counting the great drummers of the Count Basie Orchestra is like counting stars…You can add Robert Boone to the list.” ArtsATL

Our 2025-2026 series begins with a concert by the Grammy Award-winning drummer Robert Boone, Jr. and his quartet. A featured performer with The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, Robert also serves on the jazz faculty of Georgia State University. He is deeply committed to music education and community outreach and makes time in his globe-trotting schedule to teach at middle and high schools throughout Atlanta. In addition to performing at major jazz festivals in the States and abroad, he has appeared at such premier venues as the Blue Note, Birdland, the Cobb Energy Centre, Spivey Hall, and Yoshi’s. This young jazz dynamo has collaborated with renowned artists John Clayton, Wycliffe Gordon, Kurt Elling, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Marcus Roberts and is currently a member of the band, The Boom! Trio, featuring vocal artist Lavahi, with whom he is creating original music. In the centennial year of the birth of Max Roach, one of the most influential drummers in jazz history, Robert is paying tribute to the musician and social activist whose iconic We Insist! Freedom Now Suite was one of the driving forces in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Darren English
Friday, February 13, at 7:00 p.m.

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Darren English/trumpet
The young South African trumpet sensation is a two-time winner of the Global Peace Song Award, adding to his storied reputation as a performer, composer, and arranger.

“English’s playing is grand, his vision impressive, his range limitless.”  Downbeat Magazine

The young South African trumpet sensation Darren English has forged a global reputation for his skills as a performer, composer, and arranger. His artistry and dedication to humanitarian causes garnered two (2018 and 2020) Global Peace Song Awards as well as a Georgia State University’s 40-Under-40 Influential and Innovative Award. His debut album, Imagine Nation, featuring, among others, vocalist Carmen Bradford, pianist Kenny Banks, Jr., and the recorded voice of Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela, was released to worldwide acclaim. He had the honor of playing at the funeral of another of his country’s heroes, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. As he circles the globe as a sought-after headliner, Darren has performed at the Atlanta Jazz Festival and has toured with such notables as PJ Morton, Stefon Harris, and Marcus Gilmore. A Standard Bank Artist of the Year, he recently completed a three-month tour of Europe, India, and the U.S. that showcased many of his original works.

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Past Events

Our artists for the 2024-2025 season attracted large and responsive audiences and garnered extensive praise from attendees, other performers, and Atlanta’s jazz media. 

Our series began with piano virtuoso and composer Gary Motley and his quartet. And what a beginning! With his soul-stirring style and an array of new compositions and beloved standards, Gary set the bar for the season, demonstrating again why his artistry is appreciated by fellow jazz musicians as well as audiences across the country. Apart from his artistic work, Gary is a professor of practice and the founding director of Jazz Studies at Emory University.

The brilliant young pianist and Atlanta native Joe Alterman and his trio had the crowd begging for more in his November concert. With his infectious, joyful style, Joe demonstrated why he is a regular at New York’s Birdland and the recipient of praise from jazz legends like Les McCann, Ahmad Jamal, and Ramsey Lewis.

Grammy Award winner Carmen Bradford, a featured soloist with The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, enthralled a near-capacity crowd with her distinctive voice and captivating stories about her life as part of jazz royalty. Accompanied by her longtime friend, pianist Reginald Thomas, she proved to the audience’s delight that if it ain’t got that swing, it ain’t got Carmen!

Along with his trio, the versatile performer and Atlanta Braves organist Matt Kaminski knocked it out of the park in the concluding concert. As he demonstrated jazz organ and ballpark organ techniques, he had the audience on its feet throughout his set, just as he does at Truist Park. The jazz energy generated by this smiling virtuoso continues as our concert series begins a new season.