ART • EQUITY • ACCESS
Friday, June 15, 8:00pm at San Francisco Community Music Center
Cabinijazz Project performs soulful original Latin dance music written by its leader, conga player Javier Cabanillas, whom Drum Magazine calls “one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most respected and busiest congueros.”… 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
Friday, April 20, 8pm at Community Music Center
The Montclair Women’s Big Band is a Bay Area treasure. Founded in 1997 by veteran trumpeter Ellen Seeling and saxophonist Jean Fineberg, the group is an alliance of some of the region’s most formidable jazz women.… Read More
Friday, March 16, 8pm at Community Music Center
Jeff Denson leads on double and electric basses with vocals, accompanied by Lyle Link on tenor and soprano saxes, Dahveed Behrhoozi on piano, and Alan Hall, drumset. Sitting in will be pianist Michael Echaniz as Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Emerging Artist.… Read More
Friday, February 16, 8pm at Community Music Center
Three voracious, innovative young Bay Area jazz composers share their new music in a vibrant exposition of the state of jazz today. Brazilian composer, guitarist, and vocalist Ian Faquini leads a luminous exploration of traditional Brazilian rhythms and rich harmonies with his group, Quinteto Brasiliense.… Read More
Friday, January 19, 8pm at Community Music Center
Music from the newly released CD, Ben Goldberg School, Vol. 1: The Humanities, will be performed by Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Kasey Knudsen, alto sax; Jeff Cressman, trombone; Rob Reich, piano and accordian; David Ewell, bass; and Jason Lewis, drums.… Read More
Friday, November 17, 8pm at Community Music Center | tickets |
Vocalist Clairdee performs with Ken French, piano; Gary Brown, bass; and Jim Zimmerman, drums. Her special guest will be vocalist and percussionist Daria Johnson.
Clairdee is a captivating song stylist who has has an intimate, vulnerable and gentle way with a ballad, yet can swing or shout at will.… Read More
Friday, October 20, 8pm at Community Music Center | tickets |
Bassist Marcus Shelby and sax player Charlie Gurke join with Max Miller-Loran, trumpet; Adam Shulman, piano; and Michael Mitchell, drums, to form a quintet for this engagement.
Charlie Gurke is one of the most in-demand baritone sax players in the area.… Read More
Saturday, May 27, 8pm at Community Music Center | Get tickets |
Jazz in the Neighborhood presents the Montclair Women’s Big Band, a Bay Area treasure, as they celebrate their 20th anniversary. Founded in 1997 by veteran trumpeter Ellen Seeling and saxophonist Jean Fineberg, the group is an alliance of some of the region’s most formidable jazz women, who range in age from their twenties to their seventies.… Read More
Saturday, April 22, 8pm at Community Music Center
Presented as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of Asian Improv Arts, Jon Jang, piano, and Francis Wong, sax, will be joined by special guest Hafez Modirzadeh on sax with Gary Brown on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums.… Read More
