Fri Nov 7
Sean Imboden Large Ensemble with special guest Ryan Keberle
7PM / $20 - $45 | $3.50 Fees Get Tickets
Sean Imboden Large Ensemble
7P SHOW | DOORS @ 5P
9:30P SHOW | DOORS @ 9P
The Sean Imboden Large Ensemble is a 17-piece modern jazz big band comprised of many of the finest musicians of central Indiana. Consistently presenting innovative new music along with unique arrangements of standards, this group features top-tier soloists and a fresh approach to the traditional big band instrumentation. Their debut album, Communal Heart, released in 2025 to rave reviews including a 4-star review in All About Jazz and a feature in Modern Drummer Magazine.
Hailed in the Jazz Times International Critics Poll as the #1 Trombonist, a player “of vision and composure” according to The New York Times, Ryan Keberle has developed a one-of-a-kind voice both on his instrument and as a composer, earning distinction among jazz's most adventurous new voices. Ryan has performed with Maria Schneider, David Bowie, Miguel Zenon, Wynton Marsalis, Alicia Keys, and Justin Timberlake.
Sean Imboden is an American saxophonist and composer who has released three albums as a leader, most recently Communal Heart by the Sean Imboden Large Ensemble. His music pioneers forward-thinking, original compositions, and presents cutting-edge live performances. Sean has performed and recorded with GRAMMYwinning artists and jazz luminaries, including Slide Hampton, Taylor Eigsti, Mike Rodriguez, Sean Jones, Emmet Cohen, Steve Allee, Kenny Phelps, John Raymond, and Valery Ponomarev (of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers). A long-time member of Indianapolis-based quartet Tucker Brothers, Sean plays on the band's four criticallyacclaimed albums. An active sideman, Sean has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and with the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, and Idina Menzel. Sean toured internationally for many years with various Broadway production, and as a featured soloist with Blast II. Sean has taught at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and is currently on faculty at Butler University and Ball State University. Sean is a Conn-Selmer artist, and works with students around the world through his online Virtual Studio.
Saxophones
Matt Pivec
LaMont Webb
Mark O'Connor
Cecily Terhune
Evan Drybread
Trumpets
Matt Anklan
John Raymond
Scott Belk
Kent Hickey
Trombones
Tucker Woerner
Ryan Keberle
Chaz Rhodes
Rich Dole
Rhythm Section
Joel Tucker
Chris Pitts
Nick Tucker
Cassius Goens
7PM / $20 - $45 | $3.50 Fees Get Tickets