Jazz, TX

Jazz, TX

by Doc Watkins

About the Book

A community’s beating heart is often found in the most unlikely places.

The story of Jazz, TX, is one of an underdog. When musician and entrepreneur Doc Watkins opened the San Antonio club in 2016, the “jazz club” represented a bygone era of simplicity, spaces, and shared community.

The goal was to revitalize jazz and put the house back into hospitality. The result was a timeless sensory experience, one that fulfilled a craving people didn’t even realize they had.

In Jazz, TX, Doc provides a behind-the-scenes look at how one perfectly imperfect jazz club became a community’s cornerstone by getting back to basics with human connection. Part memoir, part ode to jazz, part entrepreneurial playbook, this collection of anecdotes is an anthology of philosophies garnered from various artists, educators, and out-of-the-box business leaders. Entertaining, inspirational, and truly unique, Jazz, TX offers a peek behind the curtain at how a restaurant and venue became a unifying, legendary force.

Doc Watkins

About Doc Watkins

Doc Watkins

Doc Watkins is a CEO, tech founder, club owner, pianist, singer, bandleader, and wannabe cowboy. He opened his first club, Jazz, TX, in San Antonio in 2016 and his second club, Doc’s, in Houston in 2025. An active musician, Doc has released ten albums and plays nearly one hundred shows a year with his eleven-piece orchestra. He is the co-founder and CEO of TurnTable, a ticketing and marketing software company created for jazz clubs. A husband and father of four, Doc has called San Antonio home since 2006.

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