Performances

Friday, July 31; 8:30 - “Tributes” trio, with Bob Stagner and Kenito Murray; Eyedrum, 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., Atlanta 30312; With Stuart Gerber / Klimchak duo & John Arthur Brown and Friends Friday, August 5; 8 PM - Debut of a new band: Relay Station; No Tomorrow, 84 Lower Alabama St., Underground Atlanta. With Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra Friday, September 9; 9 PM - Three Way Mirror; Elliott St. Pub, 51 Elliott St. SW, ATL, next to Mercedes Benz Stadium. Friday, September 30; 9 PM - Standard Practice; Elliott St. Pub, 51 Elliott St. SW, ATL, next to Mercedes Benz Stadium.

Notable past performances

Guest soloist with Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, August 10, 2019 Crompton/Sloan Duo - Scholes Street Studio, New York, July 18, 2019 Jeff Crompton Trio - Hi-Ho Lounge, New Orleans, July, 2017 Edgewood Big Band at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta. 30 years of original compositions arranged for twelve-piece ensemble - May, 2016 Billie Holiday on the Radio at Word of South Festival, Tallahassee - April, 2016 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra at the Pensacola Jazz Festival - April, 2014 An Evening with Alec Wilder at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta. The great composer’s “classical” music and pop songs presented side by side - February, 2010 Michael J. Smith Quintet at Agnes Scott College - 1993 Numerous appearances by the Bazooka Ants and the Jeff Crompton Quartet at the Atlanta Jazz Festival - 1980s & 1990s

Jeff’s short opera “Buddy Bolden” is availabe on the web! Click here to see and hear this 30-minute chamber opera based on the life of jazz pioneer Charles “Buddy” Bolden.