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Emmet Cohen Quintet: Miles & Coltrane
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Emmet Cohen Quintet: Miles & Coltrane
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CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
w/ Benny Green & Gregory Hutchinson
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Thu, Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
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CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
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Fri, Sep 11 · 7:30 PM
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CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE'S URSA MAJOR
Bassist and composer Christian McBride ’s most recent project is a quintet showcasing several of the most exciting young players on the scene. Returning to the Miner Auditorium sta…
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Bassist and composer Christian McBride ’s most recent project is a quintet showcasing several of the most exciting young players on the scene. Returning to the Miner Auditorium stage for two nights, the cast features tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover , who has toured with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, performed with veteran masters such as drummer Al Foster, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, and bassist Reggie Workman, and recorded with pianist Aaron Diehl’s GRAMMY-nominated 2023 Mary Lou Williams project Zodiac Suite. Ely Perlman is an exciting young guitarist who has collaborated with Terreon Gully and Braxton Cook, and Chicago pianist Mike King has been touring with Dee Dee Bridgewater, and trumpeters Marquis Hill, Theo Croker, and Marcus Printup. Powering the band is Oakland native Savannah Harris , a remarkably poised young drummer who has made a major impact with the likes of vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kenny Barron, and Immanuel Wilkins. About Christian McBride More than a bass superstar, Christian McBride has become a commanding force in American culture. His responsibilities are legion, from producer and radio host to his recent post as artistic director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival. And that’s to say nothing of his era-defining work as an eleven-time GRAMMY Award-winning bandleader and recording artist who’s collaborated with everyone from McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea to Sting, Paul McCartney, Kathleen Battle, The Roots and James Brown.
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Sat, Sep 12 · 7:30 PM
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CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE'S URSA MAJOR
Bassist and composer Christian McBride ’s most recent project is a quintet showcasing several of the most exciting young players on the scene. Returning to the Miner Auditorium sta…
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Bassist and composer Christian McBride ’s most recent project is a quintet showcasing several of the most exciting young players on the scene. Returning to the Miner Auditorium stage for two nights, the cast features tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover , who has toured with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, performed with veteran masters such as drummer Al Foster, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, and bassist Reggie Workman, and recorded with pianist Aaron Diehl’s GRAMMY-nominated 2023 Mary Lou Williams project Zodiac Suite. Ely Perlman is an exciting young guitarist who has collaborated with Terreon Gully and Braxton Cook, and Chicago pianist Mike King has been touring with Dee Dee Bridgewater, and trumpeters Marquis Hill, Theo Croker, and Marcus Printup. Powering the band is Oakland native Savannah Harris , a remarkably poised young drummer who has made a major impact with the likes of vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kenny Barron, and Immanuel Wilkins. About Christian McBride More than a bass superstar, Christian McBride has become a commanding force in American culture. His responsibilities are legion, from producer and radio host to his recent post as artistic director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival. And that’s to say nothing of his era-defining work as an eleven-time GRAMMY Award-winning bandleader and recording artist who’s collaborated with everyone from McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea to Sting, Paul McCartney, Kathleen Battle, The Roots and James Brown.
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Sun, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
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BRIAN SIMPSON FEATURING GRACE KELLY
An artist whose work stands firmly inside the tradition, Los Angeles-based pianist and composer Brian Simpson gained fame for his decade-long tenure with the legendary George Duke …
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An artist whose work stands firmly inside the tradition, Los Angeles-based pianist and composer Brian Simpson gained fame for his decade-long tenure with the legendary George Duke and his 12 releases as a leader that have regularly topped smooth jazz charts since his 1995 debut Closer Still . For this special matinee, co-sponsored by the Smooth Jazz Cruise, Simpson and his finely wrought band will be joined by saxophonist and singer Grace Kelly . The Illinois-born Simpson was born into a musical family and cites the virtuosity of Oscar Peterson as one of his early guiding influences. Moving west after college, Simpson worked with guitarist Norman Brown and saxophonist Everette Harp before touring the world with Janet Jackson and getting the call from the iconic George Duke in 1990. He worked for a decade as music director with smooth jazz stalwart Dave Koz and has released an impressive series of albums including his latest, 2025’s Midnight Groove , featuring appearances by saxophonist Isaiah Collier and trumpeter Keyon Harrold. Called “the future of jazz” by NPR , award-winning saxophonist and vocalist Grace Kelly was recognized in nine consecutive DownBeat Critics Polls having won two “Rising Star” for alto and baritone saxophone. and has released 15 albums including 2024’s Grace Kelly with Strings: At The Movies .
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Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves
Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his superlative quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master and jazz’s greatest vocalist, Dianne Reeves , for a week devo…
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Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his superlative quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master and jazz’s greatest vocalist, Dianne Reeves , for a week devoted to the immortal music of John Coltrane, in honor of the centennial of his birth. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz master, three-time Grammy Award winner, and Tony and EMMY Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. The Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves will release a tribute album which revisits Coltrane’s seminal 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman. Originally recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in March of 1963, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman was a sublime showcase for Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, who gave remarkable depth and sensitivity to a selection of standards including Irving Berlin’s “They Say It’s Wonderful,” Guy Wood’s “My One and Only Love,” and the definitive version of Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life.” Bringing the songs to life was the distinctive, evocative baritone of crooner Johnny Hartman, who was the only vocalist Coltrane ever collaborated with. Interpreting the songs with her own singular gifts, Reeves is a five-time GRAMMY winner who is accurately called “The most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday” ( NY Times ). She is an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class, and improvisational poise, with an innate feel for swing.
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Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves
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Fri, Sep 18 · 7:30 PM
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FAMILY MATINEE W/ DESTINY MUHAMMAD
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Sat, Sep 19 · 11:00 AM
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Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves
Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his superlative quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master and jazz’s greatest vocalist, Dianne Reeves , for a week devo…
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Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his superlative quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master and jazz’s greatest vocalist, Dianne Reeves , for a week devoted to the immortal music of John Coltrane, in honor of the centennial of his birth. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz master, three-time Grammy Award winner, and Tony and EMMY Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. The Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves will release a tribute album which revisits Coltrane’s seminal 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman. Originally recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in March of 1963, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman was a sublime showcase for Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, who gave remarkable depth and sensitivity to a selection of standards including Irving Berlin’s “They Say It’s Wonderful,” Guy Wood’s “My One and Only Love,” and the definitive version of Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life.” Bringing the songs to life was the distinctive, evocative baritone of crooner Johnny Hartman, who was the only vocalist Coltrane ever collaborated with. Interpreting the songs with her own singular gifts, Reeves is a five-time GRAMMY winner who is accurately called “The most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday” ( NY Times ). She is an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class, and improvisational poise, with an innate feel for swing.
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Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves
Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his superlative quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master and jazz’s greatest vocalist, Dianne Reeves , for a week devo…
more
Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his superlative quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master and jazz’s greatest vocalist, Dianne Reeves , for a week devoted to the immortal music of John Coltrane, in honor of the centennial of his birth. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz master, three-time Grammy Award winner, and Tony and EMMY Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. The Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves will release a tribute album which revisits Coltrane’s seminal 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman. Originally recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in March of 1963, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman was a sublime showcase for Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, who gave remarkable depth and sensitivity to a selection of standards including Irving Berlin’s “They Say It’s Wonderful,” Guy Wood’s “My One and Only Love,” and the definitive version of Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life.” Bringing the songs to life was the distinctive, evocative baritone of crooner Johnny Hartman, who was the only vocalist Coltrane ever collaborated with. Interpreting the songs with her own singular gifts, Reeves is a five-time GRAMMY winner who is accurately called “The most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday” ( NY Times ). She is an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class, and improvisational poise, with an innate feel for swing.
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BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET
2011 NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis represents “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists” ( Los Angeles Times ). For this exclusive matinee concert co-sponsored by The Jaz…
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2011 NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis represents “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists” ( Los Angeles Times ). For this exclusive matinee concert co-sponsored by The Jazz Cruise, the New Orleans-born composer and bandleader returns with his superlative quartet featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo , bassist Eric Revis , and drummer Justin Faulkner to perform a hard-driving mix of standards and his own superlative compositions. As the eldest musical sibling in jazz’s most famous contemporary clan, Marsalis parlayed his formative experiences in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his brother Wynton’s band into simultaneous careers as a performer, educator, composer, label owner, and bandleader with over 30 albums to his name. A three-time GRAMMY winner and 18-time nominee, Marsalis’ insatiable desire to expand horizons has found him performing with the New York Philharmonic, embracing hip hop influences with his Buckshot LaFonque project, leading the house band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , working in the pop realm with Sting and Bruce Hornsby, and composing the score to the Oscar-winning 2020 film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom . He recorded his acclaimed 2013 live solo recital, In My Solitude , at Grace Cathedral as part of the 30th San Francisco Jazz Festival, and his latest album and Blue Note debut, 2025’s Belonging , is a reinterpretation of piano great Keith Jarrett’s landmark 1974 ECM quartet release of the same name.
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Mon, Sep 21 · 1:15 PM
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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA
Formed in 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has been the standard bearer of the large group format for over 35 years. The 14-piece assemblage of virtuosos has contemporize…
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Formed in 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has been the standard bearer of the large group format for over 35 years. The 14-piece assemblage of virtuosos has contemporized the notion of a "big band” by simultaneously honoring the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while debuting a stunning variety of commissions from jazz’s greatest names including Joe Henderson, Christian McBride, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, and Wynton Marsalis. Assembled as an outgrowth of the Lincoln Center’s Classical Jazz series, the orchestra was originally directed by composer, arranger, and Duke Ellington scholar David Berger before Wynton Marsalis became Artistic Director in 1991, issuing their debut release Portraits by Ellington the following year. Since then, the orchestra has constantly toured the world as cultural ambassadors for the music and released no less than 45 albums including Wynton Marsalis’s 1997 jazz oratorio Blood on the Fields , winning the first Pulitzer Prize for Music ever awarded to a jazz ensemble. Featuring a stellar lineup including saxophonist Sherman Irby , trumpeters Ryan Kisor and Marcus Printup, and former SFJAZZ Collective drummer Obed Calvaire , the band performs a selection of timeless compositions highlighting the power of swing. Please note that Wynton Marsalis will not be performing at this concert.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
A 2011 NEA Jazz Master and arguably the most famous jazz musician alive, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is an iconic figure in the evolution of the art form and a tireless advocate for …
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A 2011 NEA Jazz Master and arguably the most famous jazz musician alive, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is an iconic figure in the evolution of the art form and a tireless advocate for jazz as America’s classical music. On this bittersweet occasion, he returns for his final Bay Area appearances with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra before he steps down after the 2026-27 Season. From his New Orleans beginnings and fiery debut with legendary drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to his string of acclaimed albums, Marsalis has amassed an unrivaled number of awards and accolades, including nine GRAMMYs and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first ever awarded to a jazz artist. Since 1988, he led the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a 15-piece assemblage of virtuosos which has contemporized the notion of a "big band," simultaneously honoring the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while debuting a stunning variety of commissions from illustrious names including Joe Henderson, Christian McBride, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano and of course, Wynton himself. With these farewell performances, the 2022 SFJAZZ Gala honoree turns this page in his artistic evolution in grand style, appearing one last time on the Miner stage with the greatest large jazz ensemble on earth. Don’t miss it!
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Marcus Miller: We Want Miles
Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and helps …
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Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and helps us celebrate Miles’s centennial with music from Davis’s landmark 1982 live double album We Want Miles , along with classic Miles compositions spanning from the 1950s right up to his final era of Tutu in 1986 and Amandla in 1989 both of which Marcus Miller composed and produced. He will be joined by other members of Miles Davis’s 1980s comeback band guitarist Mike Stern , saxophonist Bill Evans and percussionist Mino Cinelu . A wildly prolific studio musician and bandleader, Miller and his distinctive bass virtuosity have been heard on well over 500 sessions for a dizzying array of major artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and McCoy Tyner to Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and Luther Vandross. He first appeared with Davis on the trumpeter’s 1980 comeback The Man with the Horn and went on to produce and largely compose Davis’s three late 80s albums Tutu (1986), Music from Siesta (1987), and Amandla (1989). 1982’s double live We Want Miles is a document of Davis’s first live performances after his self-imposed six-year retirement, culled from recordings in Boston, New York, and Tokyo and featuring two versions of the now-classic tracks “Jean-Pierre,” “Back Seat Betty,” and the Gershwin standard “My Man’s Gone Now.”
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Marcus Miller: We Want Miles
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Fri, Sep 25 · 7:30 PM
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
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Sat, Sep 26 · 11:00 AM
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Marcus Miller: We Want Miles
Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and helps …
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Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and helps us celebrate Miles’s centennial with music from Davis’s landmark 1982 live double album We Want Miles , along with classic Miles compositions spanning from the 1950s right up to his final era of Tutu in 1986 and Amandla in 1989 both of which Marcus Miller composed and produced. He will be joined by other members of Miles Davis’s 1980s comeback band guitarist Mike Stern , saxophonist Bill Evans and percussionist Mino Cinelu . A wildly prolific studio musician and bandleader, Miller and his distinctive bass virtuosity have been heard on well over 500 sessions for a dizzying array of major artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and McCoy Tyner to Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and Luther Vandross. He first appeared with Davis on the trumpeter’s 1980 comeback The Man with the Horn and went on to produce and largely compose Davis’s three late 80s albums Tutu (1986), Music from Siesta (1987), and Amandla (1989). 1982’s double live We Want Miles is a document of Davis’s first live performances after his self-imposed six-year retirement, culled from recordings in Boston, New York, and Tokyo and featuring two versions of the now-classic tracks “Jean-Pierre,” “Back Seat Betty,” and the Gershwin standard “My Man’s Gone Now.”
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Marcus Miller: We Want Miles
Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and helps …
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Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and helps us celebrate Miles’s centennial with music from Davis’s landmark 1982 live double album We Want Miles , along with classic Miles compositions spanning from the 1950s right up to his final era of Tutu in 1986 and Amandla in 1989 both of which Marcus Miller composed and produced. He will be joined by other members of Miles Davis’s 1980s comeback band guitarist Mike Stern , saxophonist Bill Evans and percussionist Mino Cinelu . A wildly prolific studio musician and bandleader, Miller and his distinctive bass virtuosity have been heard on well over 500 sessions for a dizzying array of major artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and McCoy Tyner to Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and Luther Vandross. He first appeared with Davis on the trumpeter’s 1980 comeback The Man with the Horn and went on to produce and largely compose Davis’s three late 80s albums Tutu (1986), Music from Siesta (1987), and Amandla (1989). 1982’s double live We Want Miles is a document of Davis’s first live performances after his self-imposed six-year retirement, culled from recordings in Boston, New York, and Tokyo and featuring two versions of the now-classic tracks “Jean-Pierre,” “Back Seat Betty,” and the Gershwin standard “My Man’s Gone Now.”
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HIROMI & KAZUNORI KUMAGAI
PLEASE NOTE Due to a scheduling conflict, Hiromi's Saturday, October 3rd concert program has changed from The Trio Project to a duo concert with tap dancer Kazunori Kumagai. If you…
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PLEASE NOTE Due to a scheduling conflict, Hiromi's Saturday, October 3rd concert program has changed from The Trio Project to a duo concert with tap dancer Kazunori Kumagai. If you have any questions, please contact our Box Office at boxoffice@sfjazz.org or 415-788-7353 ABOUT THIS SHOW Virtuoso pianist Hiromi returns to the Miner stage with four exclusive nights with projects ranging from solo to trio. She kicks off her residency with remarkable duo evening with Japanese tap dance master Kazunori Kumagai , revisiting their ongoing collaboration that goes back to their showstopping debut performance at the 2011 Tokyo Jazz Festival. Moving to New York at age 19 to immerse himself in tap culture, Kumagai is a veteran of Ted Levy and Savion Glover’s “Funk University” — the training ground for the landmark musical Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk — and studied with the late legend Gregory Hines. After moving back to Japan, Kumagai built on his affinity for jazz with the iconic Japanese trumpeter Terumasa Hino and opened his own studio in Japan in 2008. He was selected as one of the “100 Most Influential Japanese People” by Newsweek Japan and appeared as a solo performer at the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He and Hiromi first toured Japan together in 2018. Hiromi’s work in a duo setting has always been a hallmark of her career, in which the limitlessly talented pianist can play off their shared energy, taking both artists to new heights of creativity.
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JAHARI STAMPLEY FAMILY SOUL TRIO
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Fri, Oct 2 · 7:30 PM
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JAHARI STAMPLEY FAMILY SOUL TRIO
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HIROMI: THE TRIO PROJECT
with James Genus and Simon Phillips
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HIROMI: THE TRIO PROJECT
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KURT ELLING & THE YELLOWJACKETS
Modern jazz giants Kurt Elling and The Yellowjackets make their joint debut on the Miner Auditorium stage in tribute to the groundbreaking fusion of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter’s…
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Modern jazz giants Kurt Elling and The Yellowjackets make their joint debut on the Miner Auditorium stage in tribute to the groundbreaking fusion of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter’s Weather Report. There is simply no artist in jazz having more fun than vocalist Kurt Elling. Over the past decade, the 17-time GRAMMY Award nominee (and two-time GRAMMY winner) has cut loose, following his quicksilver muse wherever it flows. Whether he’s reinventing pop and rock hits with guitar wizard Charlie Hunter, crooning standards with the New York Philharmonic and Germany’s WDR Big Band, or thriving in the volatile fray of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Elling has been seizing any interesting opportunity to stretch his wings. One of his latest flights is a project with The Yellowjackets featuring his lyrics for seminal Weather Report compositions by Shorter and Zawinul. A brilliant wordsmith, Elling introduced several of the pieces with the SFJAZZ Collective last year. With The Yellowjackets he soars into the universe of fusion’s definitive band, transforming beloved instrumental pieces into enthralling songs. It’s a powerhouse collaboration that captures the celestial explorations, deep funk, world rhythms, and extended forms that made Weather Report a creative juggernaut.
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Thu, Oct 8 · 7:30 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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KURT ELLING & THE YELLOWJACKETS
Modern jazz giants Kurt Elling and The Yellowjackets make their joint debut on the Miner Auditorium stage in tribute to the groundbreaking fusion of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter’s…
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Modern jazz giants Kurt Elling and The Yellowjackets make their joint debut on the Miner Auditorium stage in tribute to the groundbreaking fusion of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter’s Weather Report. There is simply no artist in jazz having more fun than vocalist Kurt Elling. Over the past decade, the 17-time GRAMMY Award nominee (and two-time GRAMMY winner) has cut loose, following his quicksilver muse wherever it flows. Whether he’s reinventing pop and rock hits with guitar wizard Charlie Hunter, crooning standards with the New York Philharmonic and Germany’s WDR Big Band, or thriving in the volatile fray of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Elling has been seizing any interesting opportunity to stretch his wings. One of his latest flights is a project with The Yellowjackets featuring his lyrics for seminal Weather Report compositions by Shorter and Zawinul. A brilliant wordsmith, Elling introduced several of the pieces with the SFJAZZ Collective last year. With The Yellowjackets he soars into the universe of fusion’s definitive band, transforming beloved instrumental pieces into enthralling songs. It’s a powerhouse collaboration that captures the celestial explorations, deep funk, world rhythms, and extended forms that made Weather Report a creative juggernaut.
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Fri, Oct 9 · 7:30 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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MARCUS SHELBY NEW ORCHESTRA
w/ Cyrus Chestnut, Sarah Hanahan, & Warren Wolf
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Sat, Oct 10 · 7:30 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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SOMI
Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is a sublimely gifted artist possessed of rare power and clarity. A Doris Duke Performing Artist Award winner, TED Senior Fell…
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Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is a sublimely gifted artist possessed of rare power and clarity. A Doris Duke Performing Artist Award winner, TED Senior Fellow, and the first African artist nominated for the GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album, she is “a virtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers” ( The New York Times ). Following her standout performance at the 42nd San Francisco Jazz Festival in 2025, she returns for a night on the Miner Auditorium stage. Born into a Rwandan & Ugandan family, the Illinois-born Kakoma spent her early childhood in Zambia, where she absorbed the music of her adopted home before returning to the States for college studies in anthropology and music — a balance of interests that has come to define her singular vision. Somi was championed and mentored by the iconic South African jazz giant Hugh Masekela and released her 2007 debut Red Soil in My Eyes for Harmonia Mundi’s World Village label — a release that set her on the path to worldwide recognition and globe-spanning tours. 2014’s major label debut The Lagos Music Salon hit #1 on the Billboard jazz chart and featured guest appearances by Common and Angelique Kidjo. Her latest album, What Does It Take To Bloom? , is a deeply personal song cycle on becoming and the courage to come home to oneself.
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Sun, Oct 11 · 7:00 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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LILA DOWNS
With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist…
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With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist with a singular sound, magnetic stage presence, and recognized with multiple GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Awards, including the recipient of the 2026 Latin GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. With her new album Cambias mi Mundo ( You Change My World ), she returns to the Miner stage for four nights after her hugely successful run of Día de los Muertos performances at the Paramount. The album marks a return to her essence: deeply committed to global causes, passionate, intimate and celebratory. She made her major label debut with 1999’s jazz-informed La Sandunga , and her contributions to the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic Frida elevated her status to that of a major international star. Downs has become recognized worldwide as a global ambassador for Mexico’s folkloric traditions and champion for the preservation of native Mexican culture, recording songs in indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, Trique, and Purépecha languages. Rooted in Oaxaca and shaped between Mexico and the United States, she weaves Mexican tradition with jazz, cumbia, folk, and contemporary rhythms. Her music is both celebration and conscience; she turns each concert into a gathering—intimate, fearless, and deeply human.
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Thu, Oct 15 · 7:30 PM
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LILA DOWNS
With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist…
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With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist with a singular sound, magnetic stage presence, and recognized with multiple GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Awards, including the recipient of the 2026 Latin GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. With her new album Cambias mi Mundo ( You Change My World ), she returns to the Miner stage for four nights after her hugely successful run of Día de los Muertos performances at the Paramount. The album marks a return to her essence: deeply committed to global causes, passionate, intimate and celebratory. She made her major label debut with 1999’s jazz-informed La Sandunga , and her contributions to the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic Frida elevated her status to that of a major international star. Downs has become recognized worldwide as a global ambassador for Mexico’s folkloric traditions and champion for the preservation of native Mexican culture, recording songs in indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, Trique, and Purépecha languages. Rooted in Oaxaca and shaped between Mexico and the United States, she weaves Mexican tradition with jazz, cumbia, folk, and contemporary rhythms. Her music is both celebration and conscience; she turns each concert into a gathering—intimate, fearless, and deeply human.
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Fri, Oct 16 · 7:30 PM
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LILA DOWNS
With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist…
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With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist with a singular sound, magnetic stage presence, and recognized with multiple GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Awards, including the recipient of the 2026 Latin GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. With her new album Cambias mi Mundo ( You Change My World ), she returns to the Miner stage for four nights after her hugely successful run of Día de los Muertos performances at the Paramount. The album marks a return to her essence: deeply committed to global causes, passionate, intimate and celebratory. She made her major label debut with 1999’s jazz-informed La Sandunga , and her contributions to the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic Frida elevated her status to that of a major international star. Downs has become recognized worldwide as a global ambassador for Mexico’s folkloric traditions and champion for the preservation of native Mexican culture, recording songs in indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, Trique, and Purépecha languages. Rooted in Oaxaca and shaped between Mexico and the United States, she weaves Mexican tradition with jazz, cumbia, folk, and contemporary rhythms. Her music is both celebration and conscience; she turns each concert into a gathering—intimate, fearless, and deeply human.
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Sat, Oct 17 · 7:30 PM
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LILA DOWNS
With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist…
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With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” ( LA Times ), Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices - an artist with a singular sound, magnetic stage presence, and recognized with multiple GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Awards, including the recipient of the 2026 Latin GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. With her new album Cambias mi Mundo ( You Change My World ), she returns to the Miner stage for four nights after her hugely successful run of Día de los Muertos performances at the Paramount. The album marks a return to her essence: deeply committed to global causes, passionate, intimate and celebratory. She made her major label debut with 1999’s jazz-informed La Sandunga , and her contributions to the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic Frida elevated her status to that of a major international star. Downs has become recognized worldwide as a global ambassador for Mexico’s folkloric traditions and champion for the preservation of native Mexican culture, recording songs in indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, Trique, and Purépecha languages. Rooted in Oaxaca and shaped between Mexico and the United States, she weaves Mexican tradition with jazz, cumbia, folk, and contemporary rhythms. Her music is both celebration and conscience; she turns each concert into a gathering—intimate, fearless, and deeply human.
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Sun, Oct 18 · 7:30 PM
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EDWARD SIMON: FEMENINAS
w/ Magos Herrera, Luis Quintero, Matt Brewer, & Rafael Barata
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Fri, Oct 23 · 7:30 PM
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Marcus Shelby & Friends Family Matinee
PART OF THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY CONCERT SERIES! BUY SERIES TICKETS Bassist, arranger and bandleader Marcus Shelby highlights the many moods of the bebop era and the jazz legends who de…
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PART OF THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY CONCERT SERIES! BUY SERIES TICKETS Bassist, arranger and bandleader Marcus Shelby highlights the many moods of the bebop era and the jazz legends who developed this musically adventurous genre. From Dizzy, Bird and Monk and other noted pioneers to the icons of today, we amplify one of jazz music’s most enduring styles. PERSONNEL COMING SOON!
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Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AM
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CHARLES TOLLIVER
Presents Africa/Brass: Trane Forever
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Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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DAVID SÁNCHEZ’S CARIB PRESENTS TAMBÓ
For his night in our series devoted to solo projects by SFJAZZ Collective members, tenor saxophonist and composer David Sánchez brings his Carib ensemble to the stage, presenting t…
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For his night in our series devoted to solo projects by SFJAZZ Collective members, tenor saxophonist and composer David Sánchez brings his Carib ensemble to the stage, presenting the West Coast premiere of his new work, Tambó . Formed to record his 2019 album of the same name, Carib represents a deeply personal journey for Sánchez, and the GRAMMY-nominated debut recording was a trailblazing use of modern jazz to explore the kinship between the West African drum rhythms of Yuba, Calinda, and Sika and traditional music in Haiti, Carriacou, and his native Puerto Rico. Dedicated to the memory of Sánchez’s mentor, the late Nuyorican piano legend Eddie Palmieri, Tambó (drum) was inspired by a recent trip to Haiti and Puerto Rico and the chants and rhythms drawn from the *bomba* tradition he heard in Loíza and San Basilio de Palenque in Colombia. Since his early exposure with Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, Sánchez has become one of the most celebrated instrumentalists in jazz, recording ten albums as a leader and winning a Latin GRAMMY Award for his 2004 orchestral session, Coral. Over a career full of highlights, he’s performed with a roster of greats including Charlie Haden, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Haynes, Tom Harrell, Roy Hargrove, and Pat Metheny, among others. In addition to Palmieri, Tambó is, in Sánchez’s words, “dedicated to the ancestors who live through us and inspire us with their spiritual strength.”
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Thu, Oct 29 · 7:30 PM
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JOHN SCOFIELD’S ELECTROSPECTIVE
Featuring Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings, Adam Deitch
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Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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JOHN SCOFIELD’S ELECTROSPECTIVE
Featuring Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings, Adam Deitch
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Sat, Oct 31 · 7:30 PM
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SFJAZZ Auditorium
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Hayes Valley
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