Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert with the Zack Varner Quartet! We'll be using minimal amplification and enforcing our signature whisper policy to ensure guests and livestream viewers can enjoy the acoustic concert to its fullest potential.

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Stream in UHD at youtu.be/EnMjn2nBe8U

Zack Varner - saxophone

Terry Bowness - organ

Tommy Howard - guitar

Dave Sierra - drums

Saxophonist and composer Zack Varner remains in constant demand on the stage and in the studio. He has performed at the Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Santo Domingo Jazz Festivals. In his home city of Austin, Texas, he has performed showcases at the Uplift Jazz Festival and the South by Southwest Music Festival. Varner’s solo album release Blues in the Nude features eleven original compositions and has garnered excellent reviews from several established music critics. The Austin Chronicle’s Jeremy Steinberger writes: “Varner expertly honors tradition with hard bop and swing themes while simultaneously exploring and building on the genre's evolution through tango, bossa nova, and samba-infused textures.” As a recording artist, Zack Varner has numerous studio credits as an instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer. Some of these include Jo James, Jungol, Graham Reynolds and the Brooks Prumo Orchestra. As a sideman, Varner has performed with The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Floyd Domino, Jennifer Holliday, The Texas Horns and many other jazz, rock, pop, and Latin ensembles. Zack can presently be found performing at venues throughout Austin and central Texas with his own group, as well as ensembles like the Funktet, the Austin Symphony, and The Sahara Swingtet.