# Event Details - **Event Name**: MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: MADS TOLLING & THE MADS MEN: Internationally renowned violinist, composer, and two-time Grammy Award-Winner Mads Tolling is celebrating the music of the 1960s Mad Men Era with his own distinctive style and innovative flair. Mads Tolling & The Mads Men – Playing the 60s was released in 2017 with two sold-out performances at the legendary Bay Area Jazz Club, Yoshi’s. The album has been a favorite amongst fans and critics alike and was in the top 30 on US Jazz Radio for two straight months, peaking at #5. Mads has created a fun and exciting program that is at once nostalgic as well as contemporary, as he reimagines classic songs from 60s TV, film and radio. Repertoire ranges from “Mission Impossible” and “Meet the Flintstones” to “Georgia on My Mind,” “A Taste of Honey” and “All Along the Watchtower.” Tours have taken the Mads Men to Europe and Japan, and the group has appeared in Performing Arts Centers in California, Texas, Indiana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania. So how did a Danish classical violin student growing up in Copenhagen in the 80s discover his passion for the 60s? When Mads was fourteen, his father gave him a Miles Davis cassette tape that changed his life. Mads was hooked. He found a sense of intimacy and freedom in the 60s sounds of Jazz, Soul and early R&B, which inspired him to explore the possibilities of how to get there with his violin. The result is an exhilarating and thrilling musical adventure, with Mads guiding us to places we didn’t know a violin could go. KENNY WASHINGTON: Kenny Washington thrills audiences across the globe with his soulful interpretations, seemingly limitless range, and rapid-fire scatting. The New Orleans native, now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, appeared in 2013 at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to perform Marsalis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Blood on The Fields, alongside vocalists Gregory Porter and Paula West. In 2014, Washington returned to Jazz at Lincoln Center to perform Basie & The Blues with pianist Eric Reed and again in 2016 as the featured vocalist in JALC’s tribute to Frank Sinatra, in celebration of Sinatra’a 100th birthday. In 2017, Washington performed with Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra and vocalist Roberta Gambarini to celebrate Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday. Born and raised in New Orleans, Washington grew up singing gospel in the church where his parents were choir members and playing saxophone in school bands. Jazz caught his interest during his senior year of high school, when the great clarinetist Alvin Batiste performed at his school with a band of students that included two precociously talented teenage brothers named Branford and Wynton Marsalis. Inspired, Washington went on to study music at Xavier University, playing saxophone and singing in a variety of styles including pop, classical, R&B and jazz, while listening closely to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Tormé. After college, Washington played with the honorary U.S. Navy Band Guam, followed by the U.S. Navy Band 7th Fleet, stationed in Japan. He auditioned as a saxophonist, but upon discovery of his singing talent, he became one of the featured vocalists with both bands. For nine years Washington performed with the Navy bands across Asia, Russia, Australia and the U.S. After settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington had an early success with a high-profile project came when he was cast in a featured role in an off-Broadway jazz theater production called Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill, by saxophonist Roy Nathanson. Washington performed at the New York City debut in a glittering cast with Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry and Nancy King. He then went on the road for several European performances. The project was captured on an excellent cast album, released in 2000 on Six Degrees Records. Washington returned to the national and global stage when vibraphonist Joe Locke brought Washington to New York for a week-long run at the Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a residency that began an annual Dizzy’s tradition. Washington is featured on Joe Locke’s For The Love of You (E1 Records, 2010) and has appeared internationally with The Joe Locke Group in Germany, Georgia, and Scotland and at various festivals. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/los-gatos/mads-tolling-and-the-mads-men-with-kenny-washington-at-jazz-on-the-plazz/200028142492155 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, festivals, performances, live-music, trips-adventures - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 53 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Los Gatos - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Montebello Way, Los Gatos, CA 95030, Los Gatos, CA, United States, California 95030 - **lat**: 37.22164 - **long**: -121.98383 - **full address**: Montebello Way, Los Gatos, CA 95030, Los Gatos, CA, United States, California 95030 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/0d530074f9e8f8810adc3f227aaf383db093eeb710a405c19196cd6dc2821174-rimg-w1200-h841-dca6b8c7-gmir?v=1750145037 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz being held? - **A:** MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz takes place on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 at 08:30 pm at Montebello Way, Los Gatos, CA 95030, Los Gatos, CA, United States, California 95030. - **Q**: Who is organizing MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz? - **A:** MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz is organized by Jazz on the Plazz, by Los Gatos Music & Arts. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** MADS TOLLING & The Mads Men with Kenny Washington at Jazz on the Plazz is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Los Gatos, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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