Center Presents: Live at the Center: Premium Blend

Led by saxophonist Jared Thompson, Premium Blend is a modern jazz quartet that combines elements of bebop, hard bop, R&B and groove in its original compositions. Backed by guitarist-songwriter Ryan Taylor and keyboardist-songwriter Steven Jones, the band has released four studio albums: S.O.A.P (Sum of All Parts) (2015), The Road (2017), Vices (2019) and 38th & Postmodernism (2021), part of a documentary film project. The group also is featured in the 2017 Heartland Film Festival documentary Go Get Your Horn, about the Indianapolis jazz scene.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can with a $5 minimum, or register above for the livestream (pay-what-you-can with $0 minimum)!

Live at the Center is a series of livestreamed concerts for the community, featuring local and regional artists in genres from jazz and classical to soul and indie rock. Whether on desktop, mobile device or smart TV, viewers anywhere can enjoy a front-row perspective on Indiana’s top talent, with stereo sound and multi-camera HD video.