A Hitman Holiday Celebration
Friday, November 20, 2026, 7:30 PM
Nashville Jazz Workshop
Come start celebrating your Holiday season with Vinnie and the Hitmen! Some of your favorite Nashville touring and studio musicians are trading their usual charts for holiday favorites, all with a "Hitmen" twist. Merry, Happy, Ho-Ho!
Vinnie and the Hitmen are a 14-piece band built from some of Nashville's finest studio and touring musicians, with a combined 25,000+ records represented on stage at any given gig. For this Jazz Cave date, they turn that firepower toward the season, reworking holiday classics into the same tight, horn-driven arrangements that have made the band a Nashville favorite.
Leading the band is trumpeter Vinnie Ciesielski, who has called Nashville home since 1992 and played on over 7,000 recordings in that time. He's performed live with artists spanning Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Sting, The Temptations, Amy Grant, Carrie Underwood, and Jimmy Buffett, and appeared on The Tonight Show, Austin City Limits, and the Grand Ole Opry, among others. His session and touring credits include Lyle Lovett, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kirk Franklin, Alison Krauss, Taylor Swift, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, and Stevie Nicks, and his playing and horn arrangements appear on over 50 Grammy-nominated and 25 Grammy-winning recordings.
Bring the whole family for an evening of holiday favorites done Hitmen-style, in the intimacy of the Jazz Cave.
Free parking and BYOB at the Nashville Jazz Workshop.