T.J. Muller and his All Star Jazz Band @ Focal Point

Join T.J. Muller and his All Star Jazz Band for an incredible evening of traditional jazz featuring some of the USA’s finest practitioners of the style! Dave Kosmyna (Toledo) on cornet, Andy Schumm (Chicago) on clarinet, Riley Baker (Los Angeles) on trombone, Kris Tokarski (New Orleans) on piano, Matt Tolentino (Cincinnati) on bass saxophone, Josh Duffee (Davenport) on drums & T.J. Muller (St. Louis) on banjo.

Born and raised in England, T.J. first began performing with his family jazz band. Finding work with local groups in the north of England and touring with Newcastle based group Rob Heron and The Tea-Pad Orchestra, landed T.J. a contract playing trumpet with St. Louis Americana band, Pokey Lafarge.

As a trumpet player T.J. Muller toured worldwide with Pokey Lafarge for 3 years, performing classic styles of American music and making tv and radio appearances including, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Grand Ole Opry, A Prairie Home Companion, and PBS Documentary: American Epic. Most recently, in 2023, he appeared alongside a group of fellow musicians in Martin Scorsese’s film adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon.

After working with the Pokey Lafarge band, T.J. settled in St. Louis full time, establishing The Arcadia Dance Orchestra and The Gaslight Squares Jazz Band.