Join us for another West Oakland Sessions show on Sunday, September 5th from 4-5:30pm with the Arnie Sainz Co Quintet! Co weaves the unique voices of his quintet with his own compositions for this final concert before he moves to New York. Proof of vaccination and masks are required for this concert. Full directions and safety protocols will be sent to you upon ticket purchase.

This concert is part of a series of West Oakland Sessions featuring young jazz musicians based in the Bay Area. All shows in this series will be recorded live with an in-person audience. High quality video and audio is provided to the musicians free of charge, courtesy of Jazz in the Neighborhood and Musical Traditions. By purchasing a ticket to this show and participating in the recording, you are helping to launch these young musicians’ careers. 

Arnie Sainz Co is a pianist, composer, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His voice spans ensembles and genres, finding his footing in both large-scale new music compositions and intimate improvised music settings. While completing his B. M. in Music Education at San Jose State University, Arnie studied jazz piano under Dahveed Behroozi, and currently studies composition with Alan Ferber.

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Join us for another West Oakland Session on August 8th at 4pm with Nora Stanley! This concert will feature original compositions by Stanley and her bandmates, many of which were written during the pandemic and reflect their experiences of the past year. Stanley is joined by Raffi Garabedian, Omree Gal-Oz, Owen Clapp, and Matt Buckner at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland for this live concert and recording session.

This concert is part of a series of West Oakland Sessions featuring young jazz musicians based in the Bay Area. All shows in this series will be recorded live with an in-person audience. High quality video and audio is provided to the musicians free of charge, courtesy of Jazz in the Neighborhood and Musical Traditions. By purchasing a ticket to this show and participating in the recording, you are helping to launch these young musicians’ careers. 

Nora Stanley is a Bay Area-based saxophonist and composer whose interests and work live at the intersection of composed and improvised music with an emphasis on interaction and collaboration in a contemporary context. In addition to playing as a sideperson, she leads a quartet and a trio as well as BANKSHOT, an improvised wind quartet, and an electric/acoustic duo project. She has shared the stage with Dayna Stephens, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Gary Bartz, and has performed at Monterey Jazz Festival and SFJAZZ. Find more info and media on her website.

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Join us on July 18th for another West Oakland Session featuring Illy Bogart! Drawing from a wide diversity of musical influences, this groove-oriented quintet create their unique sound in the cracks between funk, hip hop, and the jazz tradition.

This concert is part of a series of West Oakland Sessions featuring young jazz musicians based in the Bay Area. All shows in this series will be recorded live with an in-person audience. High quality video and audio is provided to the musicians free of charge, courtesy of Jazz in the Neighborhood and Musical Traditions. By purchasing a ticket to this show and participating in the recording, you are helping to launch these young musicians’ careers. 

Celebrating the release of their debut album, Illy Bogart brings new compositions and their unique musical voice. Featuring Tony Peebles (Tommy Igoe, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, KATCHAFIRE) and Lyle Link (Warren Wolf, Ralph Peterson) on saxophones, Ian McArdle (Erik Jekabson, Jacam Manricks) on keyboards, Kai Lyons (Wil Blades, Joe Cohen) on guitar, and Isaac Schwartz (Negative Press Project, High Standards) on drums, Illy Bogart draws from a wide-reaching plethora of influences from classic jazz, modern funk, and hip hop to bring something new, impactful, and exciting. 

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Join us Sunday, July 11th for a live recording of the debut concert of the Jawn-tet. This live concert at the Dresher Ensemble Studio is part of a series of West Oakland Sessions featuring young jazz musicians based in the Bay Area, on select Sundays through September. All featured musicians will receive high quality audio and video recordings of the concert, and will be paid a guaranteed fair wage in line with Jazz in the Neighborhood’s standard.