Jazz Quartet Stage Plot Template for Club and Lounge Gigs

What this template covers

This jazz quartet stage plot builds out the piano trio with a guitarist, the classic four-way conversation between piano, guitar, bass and drums. Guitar sits between piano and bass so all four players have a clean sight line to each other, which matters more in jazz than in almost any other format since so much of the set is trading and comping in real time.

Who uses it

Club dates, lounge residencies, and jazz-adjacent function bands running a guitar-led quartet instead of a horn out front. It's instrumental by default; if your quartet features a vocalist, add a mic and wedge near the piano and the rest of the plot holds.

Channel walkthrough

• Piano L / Piano R - stereo feed from the piano
• Guitar Amp - a clean combo amp, close mic'd
• Upright Bass - a condenser mic on the bass
• Drums - a compact four-piece kit with stereo overheads

Twelve channels total. The guitar runs through an amp rather than direct, so the amp is what's mic'd, matching how a jazz guitarist actually voices their tone in a room instead of going DI into a modeler.

Monitor notes

Four wedges, one per player, angled in from just downstage of each position. Keep levels conservative. This is a genre where dynamics do a lot of the work, and a hot monitor mix will fight the quiet parts of the set.

Customize it

Trade the guitar for a saxophone or a vibraphone if your quartet runs different instrumentation, or add a vocal mic if you carry a singer. Once the layout is right, export the PDF and send this jazz quartet stage plot to the venue so the engineer has the input list before you load in.