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Al Hixon

Hixon spends nine-plus months a year on Longboat Key, leaving in mid-May to summer in his native New England. The drummer is a retired urban planner whose Connecticut-based firm specialized in open space housing concepts and solving environmentally sensitive land planning problems. Hixon has presided over the jams at a succession of local clubs and restaurants, settling in three years ago to the upstairs room at 15 South Ristorante Enoteca. Musicians of all skill levels gravitate to it and are warmly accepted. The music is accompanied by doses of Hixon’s corny jokes, at no charge.

Al Hixon knows talent when he hears it

December 2, 2017

It's almost a rite of passage for newly arrived jazz musicians in Southwest Florida. Those who have resettled from northern climates or are wintering here quickly find their way to15 South Ristorante Entoteca, a restaurant on toney St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota. On Monday night's, of course. That's when drummer Al Hixon holds his weekly jam ...

A spirited finale to jazz club's fifth season

April 1, 2016

The South County Jazz Club wrapped up its fifth season on Thursday, March 31, with a splendid concert by the latest edition of drummer Al Hixon's “Underheard Herd." That's a fitting name for his band, which generally includes a player or two who have been under-exposed in the area, or who are so good, you never ...