This week 6.17.2024 Monday Jazz @ Brother Don’s features special guest Darren Motamedy on sax. Darren has been on the Smooth Jazz Scene since 1989.  His first album “First Generation” hit the top 20 in Radio and Records and landed also on the Billboard Charts.  Subsequent albums followed including “Square One”, “Dangerously Close” “It’s All Good”, “Intimate”, “Relax Your Mind”, “Peace”, “The Best of Darren Motamedy”, “Don’t Cha’ Know”, “Gruv Horn” “All About Love”, “Live a Special Day, his current 60’s/70’s era tribute to jazz “Distant” and most recently a lovely spiritual recording called “Grateful”. His 2009 CD “Don’t Cha Know” became the #1 Jazz Album of the year in a listeners market of over 250,000 people.  It also went onto becoming the #4 jazz album on the INDIE market.  Gruv Horn followed and was in the top 20 of smooth jazz radio in the United States. Darren Motamedy resides in Las Vegas and is a touring musician.  His current tours have him booked in Denver CO, Seattle WA, and Palm Springs CA, San Jose California, as well as being the featured artist for the NAMM show in Los Angeles. He has toured the world and performed from Norway to the Philippines, Mexico, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and throughout the Caribbean and the USA. Darren has performed with “The Rippingtons Band”, “Steve Oliver”, “Gerald Veasely”, “Jeff Lorber”, ”Brian Simpson” “Daryl Williams.” “Marcus Roberts”, “Paul Taylor”, “Jeff Kashiwa” and has performed with “Pieces of a Dream”, “Kenny G”, opened for “Grover Washington Jr”, “Jeff Golub”, “Tom Scott”, and “Chris Botti”.    He has produced numerous jazz festivals including those at the Muckleshoot Casino and the Vino Del Lago Jazz Festival  in Las Vegas 2019. His travels from his hometown of Las Vegas takes him to the Northwest.  He has played at Bill Gates’ home, and performed the national anthem for “The Seattle Seahawks”, “The Seattle Super Sonics”, and the “Seattle Mariners”

Also in the band Dave Austin on drums, Osama Afifi on bass, Frank Seeberger on guitar, and Chris Bickley on sax. Come enjoy great food, your favorite beverage, a comfortable kid friendly atmosphere, and WORLD CLASS JAZZ … hope to see you!