Jeff “Tain” Watts

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Doors open at 7:00 PM | Show starts at 7:30 PM

$20 in advance | $30 at the door

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Crosstown Arts and Memphis Jazz Workshop are proud to present in live concert Guggenheim Fellow and drums luminary Jeff “Tain” Watts.

Tain spent his formative years with Wynton & Branford Marsalis and his writing skills now command equal attention, highlighted by a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition. Watts has recorded and toured with George Benson, Harry Connick Jr, Kenny Garrett, Michael Brecker, Kenny Kirkland, Courtney Pine, Geri Allen, Alice & Ravi Coltrane, Greg Osby, McCoy Tyner, Steve Coleman & Fort Apache.