Name: The Evan Gidley Quartet Plays Michael Brecker
Start: 2025-09-16T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-16T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Caffè Vivace - Cincinnati, OH

The Evan Gidley Quartet Plays Michael Brecker

Evan Gidley — tenor saxophone
Alex Nicodemus — piano
Mason Daughtery — bass
Alex Merk — drums
The Evan Gidley Quartet presents Tales of the Hudson: A Tribute to Michael Brecker. Hear music from the iconic album along with other compositions made popular by saxophonist Michael Brecker.
Evan Gidley boasts an impressive resume as a bandleader, composer, and saxophonist fluent in both classical and jazz performance. Based in Cincinnati, OH, Evan can regularly be heard
performing at Schwartz’s Point Jazz Club, Juniper’s, and other local venues with his jazz quartet or at Caffe Vivace as a substitute in the Blue Wisp Big Band.
In addition to his active performance career, Evan serves as a private woodwind instructor for students in grades 5-12. His students have earned gold ratings at District and State Solo and
Ensemble contests and have been selected to perform in regional honor bands. During the 2020-21 academic year, Evan served as Visiting Instructor of Saxophone/Jazz Studies at Purdue University of Fort Wayne and appeared as soloist with the school’s symphonic wind ensemble, performing Joel Love’s Solace. He has presented saxophone masterclasses at The Ohio State University, Xavier University, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Capital University, among others.
Evan holds a Master of Music in Saxophone Performance from the College-Conservatory of
Music at the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. His previous teachers include James Bunte, Rick VanMatre, Nathan Nabb, Farrell Vernon, and the late James Ator.
A $15 drink/food minimum is charged per person in the party, per set, if the total for beverages purchased by the party does not meet the minimum.
Important Notices:
If you do not check in by 15 minutes into the start of the set, we reserve the right to resell your seats with no refund.
Tickets for this performance are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, a one-time transfer to a future show of equal value will be accepted. The transfer must be requested 24 hours before the start of the performance.