Charles Chen Album Release
June 28 @ 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
$15
Charles Chen brings the full depth of a Bay Area jazz life to Mr. Tipple’s in a special album release concert for his newest recording, The Long Way Home. The San Francisco Bay Area pianist has performed and recorded alongside an extraordinary roster of jazz luminaries — Randy Brecker, Billy Drummond, Bob Sheppard, Roy McCurdy, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Richmond, Ralph Moore, Peter Washington, and Kenny Washington — and graced the stages of Yoshi’s, the San Jose Jazz Festival, and Freight and Salvage. His debut album Charles, Play! was named one of the Best Albums of 2024 by Downbeat Magazine, and his 2019 first-place win at the Jazz Search West competition announced him as a major voice in West Coast jazz. An internationally touring artist who has performed in Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan, Chen is equally celebrated as an educator whose students have earned full scholarships to Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, Berklee, and New England Conservatory, and claimed top prizes at the Charles Mingus Competition and YoungArts.
Tickets: $15–30.
Nathan Tokunaga | Reeds
Nico Martinez | Bass
Brian Fishler | Drums
Charles Chen | Piano