Don Braden Upcoming Performances

(As of February 1, 2026)

2026

• February 1: Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC - Don with John Lee and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars.

• February 15: Blumenthal Arts Center, Charlotte, NC, Don with the Nat Adderley, Jr. Quartet.

• February 16: Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC - Don with John Lee and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars.

• February 21, 7-10:15pm: Shanghai Jazz - Don Braden/Karl Latham Big Fun(k), with Alex Collins (keyboards/piano) and Gary Foote (bass).

• February 24: Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC - Don with John Lee and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars.

• February 26: University of Louisville School of Music, Louisville, KY - Don as a special guest with the U of L Faculty Ensemble, performing music from Oliver Nelson’s “Blues and the Abstract Truth”.

• March 28, 7-10:15pm: Shanghai Jazz - Don Braden Quartet with Don on tenor sax and flute, Miki Hayama (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), and Jeremy Warren (drums).

• April 3: Frederick Gunn School, Washington, CT - Don featured with the Litchfield Jazz Fest Faculty All-Stars.

• April 10: Regattabar, Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA - DB with the Laszlo Gardony Quartet.

• April 11: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - Spring Jazz Concert featuring Stefon Harris and Don with the Harvard Alumni Jazz Band’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.

• May 15: Small’s Jazz Club NYC - Don featured with the Freddie Bryant Quartet.

• May 21: Tavern on George, New Brunswick, NJ - Don Braden Quartet with Don on tenor sax and flute, Miki Hayama (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), and Jeremy Warren (drums).

• May 22-23: Small’s Jazz Club NYC - Don Braden Quartet with Don on tenor sax and flute, Miki Hayama (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), and Jeremy Warren (drums).

• June 1-5: Faculty Assignment - Prins Claus Conservatoire, Groningen, the Netherlands.

• June 14-19: Don is proud to be the Music Director of the 10h Annual Texas Jazz and Blues Camp, featuring instruction by trombonist Andre Hayward, guitarist Jay Leach, saxophonist Ponder East and many others.

• June 19: Austin, TX - St. Stephens Episcopal School - Juneteenth Celebration with Don Braden and others.

• June 28 - July 24: Don Braden is proud to be Music Director of the Litchfield Jazz Camp, which is available for attendance any or all weeks in this 4 week time frame. E-mail info@litchfieldjazzfest.com or call (860)361-6285 for more info.

• July 24: The Litchfield Jazz Festival, Frederick Gunn School, Washington, CT - Don leading the Litchfield Jazz Fest Faculty Dectet.

Don Braden Performing Ensembles:

- Don Braden Quartet: Miki Hayama/Art Hirahara - piano, Kenny Davis/Joris Teepe - bass, Jeremy Warren - drums

- Trio of Liberty: Joris Teepe - bass, Gene Jackson, Matt Willson, Jeff Watts, Louis Hayes, Mike Clark, Winard Harper, or Steve Johns - drums

- Don Braden Organix Group: Kyle Koehler - Hammond Organ, Dave Stryker - guitar, Cecil Brooks III - drums

- Don Braden Organix Group featuring Vanessa Rubin: Vanessa Rubin - vocals, Kyle Koehler - Hammond Organ, Dave Stryker - guitar, Cecil Brooks III - drums

- Big Fun(k): Karl Latham - drums, Oscar Perez - keyboards, Gary Foote/Calvin Jones/Chulo Gatewood - bass

- Braden/Rapp Project: Mark Rapp - trumpet, Art Hirahara - piano, Joris Teepe - bass, Alvin Atkinson - drums

- Contemporary Standards Ensemble (various musicians on trumpet, trombone, piano, bass and drums)

Don Braden as a Special Guest -- With his extensive high-level Jazz experience, positive energy, excitement and musicality, Braden is an outstanding guest soloist for any kind of ensemble. He's great with young people and pros alike. He has over 25 big band charts at various levels available, six pieces for full symphonic orchestra (with Jazz quartet), and over 100 small group compositions & arrangements.