ART • EQUITY • ACCESS
Wednesday, April 25, 7:30 pm at California Jazz Conservatory
The Actual Trio is a vehicle for the compositions of iconoclastic Bay Area guitarist John Schott (Junk Genius, T.J. Kirk). Bassist Dan Seamans (New Klezmer Trio, Lost Trio), and drummer John Hanes (Henry Kaiser, Victor Krummenacher) provide the foundation for Schott’s adventurous-but-accessible compositions, marrying deep pockets and joyful swing to wayward harmonies and spontaneous excursions.… Read More
Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts
The Dann Zinn Quartet features Dann Zinn on saxophone, Glen Pearson on piano, Jeff Chambers on bass, and Leon Joyce, Jr. on drums. This eclectic group will play work newly written for this concert as well as original compositions from Zinn’s critically acclaimed recordings.… Read More
Friday, May 18, 8:00 pm at San Francisco Community Music Center
Pianist Edward Simon – a native of Venezuela who has made a name for himself over decades in America as a jazz pianist, bandleader and composer-arranger, along with being a Guggenheim Fellow and member of the hit SFJAZZ Collective – has created fresh, supple interpretations of melodies from all over Latin America.… Read More
Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 pm at California Jazz Conservatory
Contemporary jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer Peter Horvath performs with his dynamic trio featuring Jeff Chambers on bass and Jason Lewis at the drums. The trio play Peter’s original compositions, along with arrangements of the standards.… Read More
Friday, May, 11 at 6pm, Copperfield’s Books in San Rafael
Kat Parra is an award-winning jazz vocal musician, composer, lyricist and arranger with an international perspective. In 2006, she quit her job as a graphic designer at Cisco Systems, Inc. to pursue her passion for music and she’s never looked back.… Read More
Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 pm at Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
The Erik Jekabson Quintet performs original music by trumpeter Erik Jekabson. The band plays modern jazz with funk, fusion and latin jazz influences. Much of the music is groove-oriented and has lyrical melodies, but it also has modern and sophisticated harmonies.… Read More
Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 pm at Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
LET’S CALL THIS is a new meeting of three improviser-composers who have developed singular voices as longtime members of the Bay Area creative jazz community. Saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh joins bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Vijay Anderson to explore original compositions, structured improvisations, and conceptual flights, born from a shared sense of curiosity and possibility.… Read More
