LALA’S JAZZ – ALLISON WHEELER – WINTERSPRING – FEB. 13TH

Name: LALA’S JAZZ – ALLISON WHEELER – WINTERSPRING – FEB. 13TH
Start: 2026-02-13T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-02-13T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Boise State University

February 13 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Lala’s Jazz was co-founded by myself, and few others, summer of 2025. Our mission is to promote and foster the art form of jazz music through the creation of venue performances and educational experience. We have a passion to contribute to the expansion of Boise’s cultural fabric through jazz music. We had a very successful run of shows last fall and are excited to continue this spring with larger monthly shows at the Hemingway Center on BSU’s campus. We are featuring headlining musicians based out of the Czech Republic, Los Angeles, and NYC. The first two shows will also feature talented local student combos who will open the show during cocktail hour, providing them a stage to share their music and take part in experiential learning.

We are excited to be bringing a variety of jazz to the area from traditional jazz to modern and avant garde jazz and are passionate about supporting and uniting local musicians, touring musicians, and student musicians. We also have a mission to provide a listening room/jazz club atmosphere for music lovers in our community to gather.

The first show of this calendar year is February 13th. You can find more details here: https://lalasjazz.com/jazzperformances/

Allison Wheeler is an award-winning vocalist and songwriter from California based in the Czech Republic. Known for her flexible voice and creative approach to genre, she’s been called “a composer of great sonic imagination” (Peter Quinn, Jazzwise, UK) and has been compared with artists such as Becca Stevens (JazzTimes) and Gretchen Parlato (Jazzwise).

Her debut album Winterspring (Ubuntu Music, 2022) features leading Czech musicians and received top praise from international critics, including a 4-star review in Jazzwise magazine. Wheeler also performs with bands such as Tour Guide Blonde and Petr Nohavica – Glance, and currently teaches jazz voice at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno.

Allison Wheeler – Voice
Alex Sjobeck – Piano
Braun Khan – Bass
Petr Nohavica – Drums

Student Feature Opener: Mesa Quintet (Sponsored by The Record Exchange)
Reyna Shipley – Voice
Christian Sanderson – Tenor
Max Kaplan – Piano
Sonia Guyton – Bass
Sebastian Huntley – Drums

About the Mesa Quintet
The Mesa Quintet is a jazz collective of students from around the treasure valley. Comprised of Kitchen Sanderson on the tenor saxophone and trumpet , Max Kaplan on the keys, and Reyna Shipley their wonderful vocalist. The group formed over the summer of 2025, primarily busking on Eighth St. in front of Pie Hole on the weekends. Joining their group for the event is Sebastian Huntley on drums and Sonia Guyton on bass.

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