Summer Thursday Jazz Nights: Claudio Tolousse Band and Ryan Montaño Band

Soul and jazz singer and guitarist, Claudio Tolousse performs live alongside songwriting trumpeter, Ryan Montaño.

Claudio Tolousse is a soul jazz singer, composer and guitarist combining genres and improvisation to create “a groovy soundscape with the intention of making you move.” Using influences from New Orleans to Colombia, and Northern India to Africa, Tolousse blends various styles of music to form, as he puts it, “music with no boundaries.” Tonight, he will perform songs that will appear on his sophomore album, which he will record later this year, and which is also the follow up to his Story Of, Part I, released at a sold out concert at Outpost in 2016. It’s Tolousse on guitar and vocals; Artha Meadors, electric bass; Robert Muller, keyboard; and Paul Palmer III on drums.

Ryan Montano is a trumpeter, songwriter and arranger based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Blending jazz, soul, singer-songwriter and Latin genres, his original music is a steady fixture on Sirius Satellite radio and terrestrial radio stations across the world. His original compositions have charted on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz charts and have led to performances at jazz and music festivals across the country. Montano will be joined by Claudio Tolousse, guitar; Artha Meadors, bass; Paul Palmer III, drums; Steve Figueroa, piano; and Chris Cushman, saxophone.