The Andy Kingston Trio is a collaborative jazz project presenting an eclectic range of music from classic standards to popular hits. The trio will be joined by Nathan Kingston on alto saxophone, who returns home to New Mexico this summer after a year performing with jazz, salsa, and Afropop groups in Vermont.Andy Kingston was born in Chicago and came up in Boston and Northern Virginia. Andy began graduate work in philosophy and music at Boston University in 1996 and became a fixture in the New England jazz and blues scene, performing regularly at the House of Blues, Ryles, and Bob’s Southern Bistro with groups such as the Herman Johnson Quartet and the Zeke Martin Quartet. Andy appeared with Enrico Crivellaro, Ronnie Earl, Bruce Gertz, Nikki Glaspie, Sam Kininger, Nicole Nelson, Toni Lynn Washington and many others in the Boston area. Andy moved to Santa Fe in 2005 to teach at St. John’s College and has performed in groups led by Peter Amaral, Lorenzo Antonio, Tiho Dimitrov, Myrrhine Faller, Brian Hardgroove, Nacha Mendez, and Jimmy Russell.Loren Bienvenu grew up in Santa Fe, first studying jazz drumming with John Trentacosta and later with Peter Erskine in Los Angeles. Since returning to town in 2010, he counts his musical highlights as playing in Tootie Heath’s Whole Drum Truth (from 2015 to Heath’s passing in 2024), being in the band John Francis and the Poor Clares, and performing numerous gigs with the area’s finest jazz musicians.Michael Burt grew up and attended conservatory in Virginia, moving to New Mexico in 2018 after decades touring the world with accomplished musicians and musical theater groups. Michael has worked with numerous projects since arriving in New Mexico, including the Sol y Soul Band and the Andy Kingston Quartet. Michael also performs solo piano and is a celebrated music educator in Santa Fe.Nathan Kingston was born in Santa Fe and grew up playing violin, saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. He studied with local legends Richard Snider and Jay “Rusty” Crutcher while performing with the Los Alamos Jazz Project and the Santa Fe Youth Symphony. Nathan made his debut with the Andy Kingston Trio in 2019 and performed for Branford Marsalis at the Lensic in 2021. From 2023 to 2025, he studied and performed with various musicians in northern Italy. He has played salsa with Nacha Mendez, jazz with Shamarr Allen, fusion with the Vermont bands K.I.N.D. and Saru, and Afropop with the Middlebury Afropop Ensemble.Dinner and cocktails starting at 5:30 pm. Showtime is 7:00 pm. Reservations highly recommended.