Ryan Devlin Quartet Live Album Recording

On October 23 and 24, Rudy's Jazz Room will set the stage for two nights of music intended not simply to be heard, but preserved. The Ryan Devlin Quartet — featuring Ryan Devlin on saxophone, Marc Payne on piano, Ian Ashby on bass, and Caleb Montague on drums — will be recorded live before an audience for an upcoming full-length album, capturing the immediacy, spontaneity, and shared energy that have always made the live jazz recording something distinct from the studio.

Microphones throughout the room will document more than the musicians on stage. They will capture the applause, the reactions, the silences, and the atmosphere of Rudy's itself—the sound of a room listening closely. For those in attendance, these performances offer a rare opportunity to be present at the creation of a record and, quite literally, to become part of its sound—helping preserve two nights of music as they happened, long after the final note has faded.

Ryan Devlin is a 26 year old saxophonist and private woodwind instructor living in Boston, MA. Ryan started his musical journey with his father Scott Devlin who was the leader of the Walt Disney World Sax Quartet. Music was always in the house when Ryan was a child. Scott was always teaching lessons or practicing for his next gig. Ryan was immediately interested and asked his Dad to teach him saxophone around age 9, after playing piano for 3 years. Since then Ryan has been practicing, gigging and teaching everyday!

Ryan completed his Masters degree in Jazz Performance at The New England Conservatory in Boston, MA under the instruction of saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi in 2023.

Ryan has been a member and featured soloist in ensembles such as The Florida All State Jazz band, The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, The Orlando Jazz Orchestra. Ryan has toured a majority of the United States playing at famous jazz clubs like Smalls in NYC, Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philly, and Timucua Arts Foundation in Orlando FL.. Ryan is also the 2017 winner of the Central Florida Jazz Society scholarship competition and was runner up in 2017 Bob Washington Jazz scholarship competition.

Ryan has also taken lessons with world class musicians Jerry Bergonzi, Chad Lefkowitz Brown, Alain Bradette, Lucas Pino and Airmen of Note saxophonist Tedd Baker. Ryan has also performed with world class musicians like pianist Davis Whitfield Jr, pianist Mike Bond, Saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz Brown, saxophonist Steve Kortyka, saxophonist Dave Pollack, bassist Gene Perla, drummer Adam Nussbaum drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. just to name a few!