Events
Upcoming Events 2024
October 5 - Music Instrument Museum Celebrate Swing festival, 11:30 a.m. to noon in the Main Courtyard. https://mim.org/events/celebrate-swing-2024/2024-10-05/
October 6 - Music Instrument Museum Celebrate Swing festival, 11:30 a.m. to noon in the Main Courtyard. https://mim.org/events/celebrate-swing-2024/2024-10-05/
Past Events
2024
January 19, private event for Mesa of United Way
* SOLD OUT *January 20, The Nash, 2024 Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration, 7:30 p.m., with legendary jazz guitarist Howard Alden as a featured guest. Tickets available: https://thenash.org/event/django-reinhardt-bday-celebration-with-zazu-west-3/
March 10 - Community Presbyterian Church in Payson, AZ, for the Payson Live Jazz Series Sponsored by the Payson Friends of Jazz, 2 p.m.
April 5 - The Ravenscroft Jazzbird Nights Series, 7 p.m., tickets available https://theravenscroft.com/event/jazzbird-nights-zazu-west-3/
April 13, 65th Anniversary Sapphire Gala of Phoenix Art Museum
May 9, 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse in Scottsdale https://www.sacredgroundsjazzcoffeehouse.org/
June 15, The Century Room at The Hotel Congress in Tucson. Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Ec2b0569b449
2023
* SOLD OUT *January 13, The Nash, Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: https://thenash.org/event/django-reinhardt-bday-celebration-with-zazu-west-2/
January 20, Desert Botanical Garden Concert Series, 7 p.m.
https://dbg.org/events/music-in-the-garden-2023/2023-01-20/
February 2, 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse in Scottsdale https://www.sacredgroundsjazzcoffeehouse.org/
March 31, The Ravenscroft Jazzbird Nights Series, 7 p.m., https://theravenscroft.com/events/category/jazzbird/
April 2, Chandler Jazz Festival, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Dr. A.J. Chandler Park West, https://www.chandleraz.gov/explore/special-events/chandler-jazz-festival-day-1
May 07, Jazz For the Soul, Spirit of Hope UMC, 14403 N 75th Ave, Peoria, AZ 85381, 6 p.m. https://www.msw.org/event-details/jazz-for-the-soul-zazu-west
May 28, Jazz For the Soul at The Ravenscroft, 6-8 p.m., https://www.msw.org/event-details/jazz-for-the-soul-zazu-west
June 28 at Friendship Village, Tempe, private for community members
July 14, Constance Genter with ZAZU West Bastille Day concert at The Nash, TBA
July 15, Experience France Festival at the Music Instrument Museum (MIM), 12:45-1:30 p.m.
July 16, Experience France Festival at the Music Instrument Museum (MIM), 12:45-1:30 p.m.
August 13, Community Presbyterian Church in Payson, AZ, for the Payson Live Jazz Series Sponsored by the Payson Friends of Jazz, 2 p.m.
August 16, Sagewood Retirement Community, Scottsdale, private for community members
September 21, 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse in Scottsdale https://www.sacredgroundsjazzcoffeehouse.org/
November 11, Old Town Center for the Arts, Cottonwood, AZ, 7 p.m., tickets available: http://www.oldtowncenter.org/events.html
November 19, private event
December 9, Tlaquepaque Festival of Lights, Patio de Las Campanas, Sedona, AZ, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
2022
Jan. 22, 1 p.m. at Treffpunkt in Scottsdale as part of a fundraiser for the Alliance Française of Greater Phoenix www.afphx.org
Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. Power Ranch Community private event
March 18, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at The Century Room at The Hotel Congress in Tucson. Tickets available for both shows here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-salute-to-django-reinhardt-gypsy-swing-tickets-251561195307
March 25, 6-10 p.m., Pa'La Wood-Fire cooking, 2107 N 24th St, Phoenix, AZ, 85008
June 16, 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse in Scottsdale https://www.sacredgroundsjazzcoffeehouse.org/
June 21 at Friendship Village Tempe (concert for community members, not a public event)
July 9, Experience France Festival at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), 3:15-4 p.m. https://mim.org/events/experience-france-3/2022-07-09/
July 10, Experience France Festival at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), 3:15-4 p.m. https://mim.org/events/experience-france-3/2022-07-09/
September 28, Private Event, Jackson Hole, WY
September 30, Pa'La Wood-Fire cooking, 132 E Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 6-10 p.m.
October 2, Community Presbyterian Church in Payson, AZ, for the Payson Live Jazz Series Sponsored by the Payson Friends of Jazz, 2 p.m.
2021
November 7, 2 p.m. at Community Presbyterian Church in Payson, AZ, for the Payson Live Jazz Series Sponsored by the Payson Friends of Jazz
September 16, 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse in Scottsdale https://www.sacredgroundsjazzcoffeehouse.org/
July 10, Experience France Festival at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), two 30-minute sets at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. https://mim.org/events/experience-france-2/2021-07-10/
July 10, 7 p.m. at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in the Music Theater. Tickets on sale June 3, 10 a.m. - https://mim.org/events/zazu-west/
January 8 at Friendship Village in Tempe
2020
January 23, 5:30 p.m. at the grand opening of downtown Phoenix restaurant, Josephine
Feb. 14, 7-10 p.m. at Josephine, 218 East Portland Street
December 11, 8 p.m., at Crescent Ballroom outdoor patio, Phoenix
2019
December 14, 3-6 p.m. at Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village, Sedona, AZ
11/23 Beaujolais Nouveau Event for Alliance Francaise of Greater Phoenix in Paradise Valley
9/13 Phoenix Unknown Festival at The Van Buren in Phoenix
7/14 Experience France Festival at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Scottsdale
7/13 Experience France Festival at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Scottsdale
6/20 Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse in Scottsdale
6/15 The Nash in Phoenix
4/12/2019 Mayor’s International Sister City event for Alliance Francaise of Greater Phoenix at The Van Buren in Phoenix
3/26 Friendship Village in Tempe
1/4 Heard Museum in Phoenix
2018
12/22 Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village in Sedona
11/17 Beaujolais Nouveau Event for Alliance Francaise of Greater Phoenix
8/12 Payson Live Jazz Summer Series in Payson
7/24 Friendship Village in Tempe
7/6 Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village in Sedona
6/9 Forest Highlands Golf Club in Flagstaff
12/31/17 New Year's Eve Gumbo event at the Valley Bar