Our Partners and Supporters

Saxophonist Tom Walsh is Professor of Saxophone and Chair of the Jazz Studies Department at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. An active performer of jazz and classical music, he has presented concerts and workshops in South Africa, China, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, and across the United States. He is the co-author with Scott Reeves of the 5th edition of Creative Jazz Improvisation (Routledge, 2022). His beginning improvisation book, Jazz Master Teaches You to Improvise was published by Shanghai Music Publishing House in 2019. Recent recordings include The Gennett Suite with the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Patois Records, 2023), The Pandemic Sessions by the IU Jazz Faculty, Luke Gillespie’s Moving Mists, Basically Baker, Volume 2 with the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Patois Record), and Mike Hackett’s New Point of View (Summit Records).

The Postmodern Jazz Quartet is a Bloomington-based jazz group that plays straight-ahead modern jazz classics. Since 2004, they have played regularly around town at every local venue featuring live jazz, and currently has regular monthly gigs at Morgenstern Books and at The Orbit Room. The lineup for the benefit features Jeff Isaac (piano), Tom Walsh (tenor sax), Dave Bruker (bass), and Joe Lorenz (drums).