jazz protagonists

The Jazz Protagonists are one of San An­to­ni­o’s fa­vor­ite bands. Since 1990, they’ve pleased au­di­en­ces and cri­tics with an in­ci­sive and wit­ty sound in the tra­di­tion of Dave Bru­beck, Duke El­ling­ton, and Os­car Pe­ter­son.

Because of their name and their rep­u­ta­tion (bur­nished by their on-air pre­sence on the radio show The Pro­tag­o­nists Jazz Par­ty, 9pm Tues­days on KRTU), The Jazz Pro­tag­o­nists are of­ten as­so­ci­a­ted with ser­i­ous (joy­ous) jazz for list­en­ers — but the trio shines in events set­tings, wheth­er the need is for back­ground music or danc­ing.

You can find out more about them at their web­site, jazzprotagonists.com, where there are pic­tures, dis­cog­ra­phies, al­bums for sale, and hours and hours of free music to download.

“You all were tal­ent­ed and very pro­fes­sion­al. You were so pa­tient in an­swer­ing all my nit­pick­y questions.... We real­ly ap­pre­ci­ate all the work you did with us to make the re­cep­tion just right.” Elizabeth J, bride

“You guys were great! Your mu­sic was real­ly the per­fect set­ting for our re­cep­tion. Thank you for ev­e­ry­thing... You’re the best!” Molly and Mark, bride and groom

“I wish we’d been able to have a round of ap­plause for you all. It’s al­ways a gam­ble put­ting to­ge­ther some­thing like this from out of town, but af­ter hear­ing your mu­sic on the web­site, we knew you were just what we need­ed. We weren’t dis­ap­poin­ted. It sound­ed ter­rif­ic.” Grant L, host

“Thank you so much for the won­der­ful mu­sic! I en­joy­ed it so much and I know ev­e­ry­one else did too. It was just what I al­ways wan­ted for my wed­ding re­cep­tion.” Karri Zumwalt, bride

“The sharp-dress­ed tri­o nev­er fails to play clas­sic-style jazz with im­pec­ca­ble chops and a spi­rit of fun.” Jim Beal, Jr., En­ter­tain­ment Col­um­nist, my­san­an­to­nio.com