steve laspina

When a bass legend who's anchored Stan Getz, Jim Hall, and Chet Baker meets Asheville's most intimate jazz room, magic happens. Steve LaSpina brings four decades of New York City jazz mastery to Little Jumbo, joined by drummer Alan Hall (whose sticks have danced behind Lee Konitz across three continents), guitarist Dr. Tim Fischer (where USC precision meets street-level groove), and pianist Dr. Bill Bares (Harvard professor turned piano poet). This Labor Day evening promises the kind of musical conversation that only happens when four lifetimes of jazz experience converge in one room. At Little Jumbo Bar, where the walls lean in when real musicians take the stage, prepare for bass lines that connect Texas dance halls to Manhattan's most hallowed stages, all wrapped in the intimate atmosphere that makes every note feel like a personal revelation. *Some musical conversations are worth four decades in the making.*