J. Michael Shaw Trio
an eclectic and contemporary jazz trio featuring Renardo Ward of Promise, a jazz gospel group

John Michael Shaw graduated from Memphis State University in 1992 with a degree in music education. He is a jazz pianist, composer, musicologist, journalist and music business clinician. The child of a jazz trumpeter and a jazz singer, he has been playing jazz with big bands and small groups since 1986, and performs occasionally in and around his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. He is currently a member of Johnny Yancey's Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra in Memphis, and is currently at work on the material for his first album.

Saturday Nights mean Music in the Folklore Store.

Catch the unique rhythms of the South or be surprised and find a visitor stopping by to play a tune.  

Beer and light food avaiable while you listen...

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