Media
2026
SA Current: Still Swinging: How pianist ‘Doc’ Watkins turned his basement bar Jazz, TX into an unlikely hit
PR Newswire: From Texas to Chicago: Doc Watkins Brings His Vision of the Modern Jazz Supper Club to Lincoln Park
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/from-texas-to-chicago-doc-watkins-brings-his-vision-of-the-modern-jazz-supper-club-to-lincoln-park-302879125.html
Culture Map: Doc Watkins riffs on Jazz, TX's decade in new San Antonio memoir
https://sanantonio.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/doc-watkins-jazz-tx-book/
Express News: All that jazz — and cocktails, too — in pianist Doc Watkins' new book
https://eedition.expressnews.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=a35ee566-34d2-4771-b583-f5e018531ffa&share=true
Pearl: Ten Years Underground: The Jazz, TX Story with Doc Watkins
San Antonio Report: ‘Jazz, TX’: A memoir about the birth and rise of the state’s premier jazz club
TPR: San Antonio's speakeasy-style Jazz, TX celebrates 10 years at Pearl
https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2026-08-20/san-antonios-speakeasy-style-jazz-tx-celebrates-10-years-at-pearl
KENS 5: Jazz, TX to celebrate 10 years of music at San Antonio's Pearl
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/jazz-tx-to-celebrate-10-years-of-music-at-san-antonios-pearl/273-58bb0e52-6e71-4350-a9de-49d821b3495f
Recognized in DownBeat Magazine's 2026 Great Venues Guide.
https://archive.maherpublications.com/view/290017805/
HBJ'S 2026 Landmark Awards Renovation Winner
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/c/meet-landmark-awards-finalists-winners-honorees/43277/hbj-2026-landmark-awards-renovation-winner-1111-westheimer.html
Doc's breathing new life into Houston's historic Tower Theatre
https://abc13.com/post/docs-breathing-new-life-houstons-historic-tower-theatre/18830142/
Wyatt Michael Sings Sinatra at Doc’s Jazz Club
2025
Jazz, TX evolves into elite destination for music and food — San Antonio Report (Oct. 1, 2025)
Houston's new retro-styled jazz supper club sets opening date — CultureMap Houston (Nov. 4, 2025)
https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/docs-houston-jazz-club-opening/
Doc’s Houston Makes Montrose Debut — Houston Press (Nov. 7, 2025)
Doc's Houston, the jazz supper club taking over the Tower Theatre space, sets opening date — Houston Chronicle (Nov. 4, 2025)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/docs-houston-jazz-21134577.php
Houston Gets One Of the Largest Jazz Clubs In the United States — Inside the New Doc’s Houston — PaperCity (Dec. 1, 2025)
https://www.papercitymag.com/restaurants/docs-houston-jazz-club-largest-america-montrose-old-tower-theatre/
2024
Jazz, TX, one of San Antonio's best date spots, is turning 8 — MySA (Aug. 22, 2024)
https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/jazz-tx-eight-year-anniversary-19716648.php
Tower Theatre building to become jazz club, restaurant in Montrose — Houston Chronicle (Oct. 8, 2024)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/tower-theatre-acme-oyster-jazz-tx-houston-montrose-19805334.php
Doc Watkins expanding his Jazz, TX concept to Houston — San Antonio Express-News (Oct. 16, 2024)
https://www.expressnews.com/business/columnists/michael-taylor/article/doc-watkins-expanding-jazz-tx-concept-houston-19839656.php
San Antonio club Jazz, TX expanding to Houston — San Antonio Current (Oct. 16, 2024)
San Antonio and... jazz? The city has a love & lineage of jazz greats — KSAT (Sep. 27, 2024)
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/09/28/san-antonio-and-jazz-the-city-has-a-love-lineage-of-jazz-greats-ksat-explains/
2023
An extravagant stay on the San Antonio River Walk — Click2Houston (Feb. 28, 2023)
https://www.click2houston.com/features/2023/02/28/my-wish-list-weekend-an-extravagant-stay-on-the-san-antonio-river-walk/
2022
Bill Cunliffe, Doc Watkins & Louis Armstrong — All About Jazz (Dec. 25, 2022)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bill-cunliffe-doc-watkins-and-louis-armstrong-louis-armstrong
2021
Pianist Doc Watkins back home at Jazz, TX at The Pearl in San Antonio — San Antonio Express-News (Feb. 9, 2021)
https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/music-stage/article/Pianist-Doc-Watkins-back-home-at-Jazz-TX-at-The-15937163.php
Calling the Tune: Doc Watkins — Brian Kenneth Swain / The Dominion magazine site archive (2021 archive page; exact article date not shown in the snippet, but appears within the 2021-era archive context)
https://www.briankennethswain.com/wordpress/?cat=10&paged=2
San Antonio's Doc Watkins Plans Charity Boxing to Help Local Musicians — All About Jazz / syndicated source page reference (Sept. 6, 2021)
surfaced via: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/dj-charity/
San Antonio's Doc Watkins Plans Charity Boxing to Help Local Musicians — All About Jazz / syndicated source page reference (Sept. 6, 2021)
surfaced via: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/dj-charity/
2020
Jazz, TX Founder Finds New Ways to Thrive — San Antonio Magazine (Nov. 2020)
Now Available for online purchase
Through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories, the book celebrates the power of live music, the importance of community, and the remarkable journey of the little club that captured the hearts of audiences far beyond Texas.
- Doc Watkins
