# Event Details - **Event Name**: Michael Adkins Quartet: Featuring Kenny Werner, John Lockwood, Luther Gray - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Michael Adkins Quartet with Kenny Werner, John Lockwood & Luther Gray deliver bold, world-class jazz steeped in tradition and innovation.About this EventOn Thursday, November 13th , the Michael Adkins Quartet at Monkfish will bring together four musicians who span the landscape of contemporary jazz, honor its traditions, and engage its creative mandate: improvisation that springboards standards and innovation to new audiences. Personnel: Michael Adkins, tenor saxKenny Werner, piano John Lockwood, bassLuther Gray, drums NOTE:Immerse yourself in the cozy atmosphere of the Jazz Baroness Room at The Mad Monkfish, where you can sip your favorite drink, savor sushi or Thai cuisine, and enjoy the mesmerizing sounds of a remarkable jazz ensemble. Whether you're a seasoned jazz aficionado or simply seeking a delightful night out, this event promises to be a treat for your senses. To keep this vibrant jazz scene alive, we require a minimum spend of $25 per person, since all ticket proceeds go directly to the musicians. If a guest spends less than $25, the difference will be added to the check—this small gesture helps us keep the restaurant running and the music flowing. We’re grateful for your support—it’s what keeps the spirit of live jazz alive here at The Mad Monkfish.Our full bar and food menus are available to complement the musical experience, so indulge in our renowned cuisine while supporting live jazz at The Mad Monkfish. Together, we can keep the music playing!BIO:Saxophonist Michael Adkins grew up listening to Detroit’s burgeoning music scene. A teenagersmitten on his first trip to New York by its musicians’ jazz artistry, New York unsurprisinglykeeps calling him back. Nat Hentoff, Boston’s contribution to 20 th century Village journalism, athearing a studio recording of Adkins’ original trio release, Infotation, observed: "This is realmusic." Two more original recordings (HatHut), each featuring Paul Motian, soon followed.Rotator earned recognition from the UK’s Wire Magazine for ‘Jazz and Improv Album of theYear’; Chris May (AAJ) called it "a gigantic album from an extraordinary 'new' tenorsaxophonist” who “seems to have sprung fully formed from whatever mould they make greattenor players in” and “absolutely essential listening for anyone who loves tenor saxophone.”Glenn Astarita (JazzReview) remarked that the saxophonist’s "deep and penetrating tenorlines…provide a near flawless vehicle for group-centric improvisation." Writing on the thirdrecording’s release, Jakob Baekgaard (AAJ) added, “Flaneur shows up as a gift out ofnowhere…” Adkins continues to perform and record with leading musicians – some well andsome little known – raising the stakes of sound through a remarkably bold sharing of musicalspace and authority within the unique potential of jazz improvisation.Joining the Michael Adkins Quartet on November 13 th is Kenny Werner, one of jazz’ premierpianists. Born in Brooklyn, raised in Long Island, a precocious young performer on New Yorkstages, and a classical piano major at Manhattan School of Music – Werner’s love ofimprovisation would ultimately draw him, first, to Boston and Berklee, and thence to Brazil, forstudies with Madame Chaloff and Joao Assis Brasil, respectively. Werner’s nearly 50 originalreleases, as many or more recordings as a sideman, his ground-breaking “Effortless Mastery” anddedication to teaching and mentoring young musicians – not to mention a Guggenheimfellowship for “No Beginning, No End” (2010), a musical exploration of movements from onelifetime to another by this ‘once a New Yorker’ musical wanderer – all speak for themselves asto Werner’s ongoing contributions to jazz. A generous contributor to the spirit of live musicaldiscovery nourished at the Mad Monkfish, Werner will lend his sophisticated harmonic conceptsand fearless improvisational spirit to Quartet explorations.Bassist John Lockwood, one of the most in-demand musicians on national and international jazzstages, is also one of Boston’s most rooted contributors to the ongoing exploration of creative jazz.Lockwood’s presence in performance conveys a command and virtuosity anchored in musicalfaith, simultaneously steadying and liberating creative expression. Lockwood’s eloquence on hisinstrument, which will be showcased by the Quartet, bypasses the usual assortment of externalclaims – Mixed Media Promotions, for example, states simply (and accurately), “An omnipresenceon the Boston Jazz scene.” Perhaps we could consider the words of his compatriot expatriate, thelate novelist Bessie Head, from A Question of Power (1974): “It seemed incidental that he wasAfrican. So vast had his inner perceptions grown that he preferred an identification with mankindto an identification with a particular environment. And yet, as an African, he seemed to have madeone of the most perfect statements: ‘I am just anyone’. His soul was a jigsaw, one more piece beingput into place.” Not bad for a consummate improvisor who plays his set and heads out to play thenext one. But the quote actually ascribed to Lockwood? – “I want the students out there workingand playing actively, the sooner the better. If they have problems, they can always come back tome with them.” In short, for the word on John Lockwood, begin with his music. You won’t besorry.Drummer Luther Gray will propel the Quartet into a dynamic exploration of the boundariesbetween form and inspiration. His dynamic solos – always filled with surprise and expressing theunexpected – build from a versatility showcased on back-to-back stages with punk/indy rockers,jazz legends, and free and modern jazz innovators. Born in New Orleans, Gray moved as ateenager to Washington, D.C. where he began on drums in punk rock bands. He then moved toMiami, studying with Steve Bagby at the University of Miami and performing with Ira Sullivan,Don Payne, and Tony Castellano. Upon returning to Washington, D.C., he was mentored bylegendary DC jazz drummer, Mickey Newman, and backed local gigs, tours, and recordings formusicians in wide-ranging array of genres. After much time (and money) spent with recordingsof free jazz, avant garde European classical, and improvised music, however, Gray moved toBoston, where he began playing with jazz innovators Jerry Bergonzi, Phil Grenadier, and GeorgeGarzone. Alongside performing at festivals and concerts all over the world with musicians froma range of genres – Anthony Braxton, Ken Vandermark, Henry Grimes, Nate Wooley, JoeLovano, Taylor Ho Bynum, Cameron Brown, William Parker, Bill Pierce, Mat Maneri, and manyothers – and recording for such labels as AUM Fidelity, ESP, HatHut, NotTwo, Clean Feed,Rogue Art, Tiger Style, Xeng, Atavistic, Relative Pitch, Driff, Simple Machines, Touch n Go,and Numero, Gray has continued to lead his own bands – the Luther Gray Drums and Horns trio,The LG Trio, The Luther Gray Quartet, and Lawnmower – and is a member of Boston’slegendary “The Fully Celebrated Orchestra.” - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/michael-adkins-quartet-featuring-kenny-werner-john-lockwood-luther-gray/100001767929477659 - **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Music, performances, Art, food-drinks, Concerts, Festivals, Nonprofit, Workshops, literary-art, trips-adventures - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmichael-adkins-quartet-featuring-kenny-werner-john-lockwood-luther-gray-tickets-1767929477659 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.51, max: 12.51, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: The Mad Monkfish - **lat**: 42.3641279 - **long**: -71.1021334 - **full address**: The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Jamme K. 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