Windmills Craftworks's Upcoming Shows

$30.00 Table Seating / $20.00 Bar Seating

Summer Camargo is a 24-year-old jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was recently named "25 for the Future" rising jazz stars by DownBeat magazine. Summer is a native of Hollywood, Florida and a Jerome Greene Fellowship recipient at The Juilliard School, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Summer is a regular performer at notable NYC jazz clubs like Dizzy’s and Birdland, as well as a member of the Mingus Big Band. In 2022 Summer became the newest and youngest member of the Saturday Night Live house band and is also enjoying her most recent role as a band member in Broadway’s new musical, Just in Time.

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Steadily collecting a list of competition wins, grants, and awards, Summer was the recipient of the Laurie Frink Grant, was awarded the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist Award, the Dr. J. Douglas White Student Composition Contest, the International Trumpet Guild’s Ryan Anthony Trumpet Memorial Competition, and the Outstanding Trumpet Soloist Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2017, 2018, and 2019 Essentially Ellington Festivals.

In her young career, Summer has toured with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on the Big Band Holidays tour, served as a panelist for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Congress, was featured in the FENDI Renaissance - Anima Mundi project in New York City, performed with Jon Batiste at the Newport Jazz Festival, was a guest artist at Wynton at 60, participated in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead at The Kennedy Center, and performed her original composition “Alalazoo” at the 2022 Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala.

As an educator, Summer has conducted masterclasses at the JEN conference, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, as well as at multiple jazz camps. She has also adjudicated jazz festival competitions at Northern State University, the Eau Claire Jazz Festival, and Essentially Ellington Regional Festivals.

Summer released her debut album To Whom I Love with Blue Engine Records in March of 2024, which received a notable review in DownBeat magazine and was featured in their Hot Box. Summer is also a proud Conn Selmer/Bach artist.

$30.00 Table Seating / $20.00 Bar Seating

Paul Lees is a versatile pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies degree from the University of North Texas where he was a member of the seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band.

While a graduate student at UNT, Paul was a teaching fellow whose responsibilities included directing the Zebras ensemble and teaching the Jazz Keyboard Fundamentals course. He has recorded eight studio albums with various bands and artists, the most recent of which is "This Light Has No Darkness, Vol. 1" with legendary jazz bassist David Friesen, which received a 4-star review in DownBeat and was included in the editor's picks. Paul has performed with Doc Severinsen, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath, Marshall Gilkes, and Sean Jones and has recorded with David Friesen, Tom Harrell, Jon Faddis, James Morrison, Bob McChesney, Allen Vizzutti, and Louis Dowdeswell.

He has also had the opportunity to perform concerts in Vienna, Prague, Rio, and Ukraine. In February 2023, Paul had the privilege of playing on a concert at Carnegie Hall directed by Mack Wilberg. Currently, Paul is the pianist for Denton Bible Church and is the accompanist for the Voices of Flower Mound and the Robson Ranch Community Choir. He is also sought after as an educator and taught jazz masterclasses in Lagos, Nigeria at the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN) in November 2019.

$30.00 Table Seating / $20.00 Bar Seating

Sam “Cash” Byers is a full-time singer songwriter, with nearly a decade of experience and a lifetime of musical practice. Born with a song in his heart and a deep passion for music, on New Year's Day in 2019, Cash decided to leave his career in healthcare and dedicate himself to chasing the dream of building a career in music. If you asked him why, he would say that he “only ever saw people in the worst times of their lives in EMS, and with music he can help create some of the best.” Since founding the Big Valley band, Cash and his boys have performed hundreds of shows across the country for crowds both big and small. In his own words, “I believe that performing music in a live setting is nothing short of a spiritual exercise and that each show presents lessons that I must decipher and learn from. No two shows are ever the same, so when I’m on stage I always pour myself into the songs I play, as well as the people listening to them. I approach every performance with the same goal: to finish the night better at my craft than when I started.”

No cover — just great music, food, and community. RSVP Below

Hosted by Trombonist Ken Ebo, the evening opens with a house band set from 7:00–7:40 PM, followed by an open jam for musicians to sit in. Musicians of all instruments, levels and backgrounds are welcome. Guitarists, an amp will be provided. Vocalists, we have a mic and PA ready for you!