Jon Deas Quintet

Jon Deas won himself a Grammy Award for his work as keyboardist for Gary Clark Jr. by playing on the guitarist’s head-turning 2019 LP This Land. Outside of his day job, the multihyphenate runs KeyzStreet – a combination production house and record label – and, more to the point, leads his own bands on jazz stages around town. Blending hard bop, funk, blues, and soul, Deas and his banks of keyboards get the feet moving, head nodding, and heart pounding with his badass current quintet: Matt Muehling on guitar, Ryan Hagler on bass, Charles Reid on drums, and Mike Gonzales on percussion. – Michael Toland