Name: Jimmy Carpenter
Start: 2025-11-21T21:00:00-05:00
Location: The Funky Biscuit

*All reserved seats for this event are subject to a $25 food or beverage minimum. All Premium Stage Bar Seats have a direct, unobstructed view of the stage, and a $25 food or beverage minimum.
*All ticket orders are non-refundable.
*This event is 21+ unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.

About Jimmy Carpenter:
Jimmy’s career is hitting on all cylinders! His most recent release,
Just Got Started, on Gulf Coast Records, opened to rave reviews, debuting at #3 on Apple Blues, and #10 on the Billboard Blues Chart. His 6th album in a series of critically-acclaimed releases, Just Got Started was produced by the multiple award-winning producer Kid Anderson, and recorded at famed Greaseland Studio in San Jose, CA. It is his third release on Gulf Coast, following The
Louisiana Record (1922) and Soul Doctor (2019).
In 2025 Jimmy received his 10th Blues Music Award nomination for Best Instrumentalist/Horn (he won in 2021 and 2022.)
Jimmy tours internationally with his own band, and as a member of
Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers, and is the Musical Director of
The Big Blues Bender, one of the hottest blues festivals in the world. He is also a Grammy winner, having co-written a tune on The New Orleans Nightcrawlers’ winning album, Atmosphere.
A professional musician since 1980, He has toured the world with Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery, Walter Wolfman Washington, Eric
Lindell, and Mike Zito. When he isn’t on the road he can bet found in Las Vegas, playing the long-running blues bar The Sand Dollar, and serving as President of the Las Vegas Blues Society.
About Just Got Started:
"This album is very different than the previous five; more groovy and soulful, but not overdone. The musicianship really brings it home, and I could feel the love as we recorded it. I'm playing these songs live, and from the reaction we're getting, I think the people dig it! I am so grateful for Kid Andersen’s steady hand and unparalleled guitar work, Jerry Jemmott, Derrick D'Mar Martin, Jim Pugh, Bobby Vega, and Lisa Andersen for taking really good care of me and my songs... And of course, Mike Zito and everyone at Gulf Coast for this opportunity."
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I Just Got Started, and I still got a long way to go!”
Jimmy C
“It is more than fair to say that the Saxophone Maestro has nailed one of the most inspired and well-crafted albums of 2024.”
Gio Pilato, BlueBird Reviews, UK
“One of the originals is the title cut (Feels Like) I Just Got Started
and it should get serious consideration as song of year for its delightful sentimental mesh of Jimmy’s voice, sax playing, and lyrics.” BenVeeBlues.com
"Just Got Started is a masterpiece of musicality!”
Colin Campbell, Blues Matters UK
“Jimmy Carpenter’s Just Got Started is a winning set of inspired tracks that masterfully blend blues, soul and American styles in spades”
Rock ’n’ Roll Truth, Rockwrite Blogspot
"He's always been one of the premier sax players around. But Jimmy is also a stellar songwriter and singer. His voice is at its best on ‘Soul Doctor’, Jimmy's best record to date.”
Mike Zito
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Jimmy Carpenter is truly one of the world's great rock and roll, Blues, and soul saxophone players. Pure heart and soul mixed with amazing energy !!”
Walter Trout, October 2019
At the forefront, is Carpenter, playing his saxophone and singing like a legend from an era gone by..... The Soul Doctor has got the cure for your musical maladies.
The Real Music Observer for Rock and Blues Reviews
"....a vocal performance of timeless beauty, confirming Carpenter as one of the most complete and versatile artists of the Blues, Soul and Blues/Rock contemporary music scene
Gio Pilato, Bluebird Reviews, https://www.bluebirdreviews.com