Michael Mordecai birthday bash (9:30, 7:00)

Scores of players have left their marks on Austin’s jazz scene. Celebrating his 75th birthday, Mike Mordecai reminds us that his stamp is longer-lasting than most. Since arriving in town in the early Seventies, the Denton native founded Fable Records and BBA Management and Booking, co-founded Beto y Los Fairlanes, hosted the Monday Night Jazz Jam at the Elephant Room, which he also books, and served as a city of Austin music commissioner. He’s also blown his trombone for everyone from John Mills to Maynard Ferguson to Willie Nelson. Show him love with music, stories, and maybe even some cake. – Michael Toland