Julian Lage
Tue 16.2.
Sono Centre, Brno
American jazz guitarist Julian Lage performs at SONO Music Club in Brno.
Julian Lage
About
Julian Lage (born 1987 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American jazz guitarist and composer who was already drawing attention as an eight-year-old, the subject of the Oscar-nominated short documentary Jules at Eight, and who performed at the Grammy Awards at age twelve. A Berklee College of Music graduate now recording for Blue Note Records, he blends jazz, Americana and improvised music with striking technical command. He has collaborated with musicians such as Nels Cline, Bill Frisell, Chris Eldridge and Gary Burton, and has picked up multiple Grammy nominations across his career.
6
Grammy nominations in career
5
studio albums at Blue Note Records
8
age when he first appeared in a film as a child prodigy
33
currently planned tour concerts
What's new
- 2026-05
Lage expanded the fall 2026 tour with a quartet (John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen) and announced the first dates for 2027 including Hamburg.
- 2026-01-23
His fifth album for Blue Note Records, Scenes from Above, was released, recorded with a new quartet alongside John Medeski.
- 2025-12-12
Before the album release, he released the single 'Talking Drum' with John Medeski, Jorge Roeder and Kenny Wollesen.
- 2025-11-11
Lage announced the album Scenes from Above and for the first time presented the new quartet lineup with keyboardist John Medeski.
- 2025
The album Speak to Me earned him a Grammy nomination in the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album category.
Tour
SeattlePortlandSanta BarbaraPhoenixSalt Lake CityTorontoLondonHamburgHoustonAdelaideHobartSt. PaulKnoxvilleSavannah
Tracks
Scenes from Abovenew album from January 2026, first recording with a quartet alongside John Medeski
Speak to Mealbum from 2024, Grammy nomination, rating 91/100 on Metacritic
Squintalbum from 2021, first recording for Blue Note Records
View with a Roomalbum from 2022 recorded with Bill Frisell
Tomorrow Is the Questioncomposition from the album Love Hurts, Grammy nomination for best improvised jazz solo
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