Danielle Wertz, Dillon Vado, and Jeff Denson come together for the first time in this new trio setting. Presenting both arrangements of jazz standards and original compositions, their approach to the music comes from a place of honesty and raw emotion. Using this unconventional instrumentation, they work with new sonic possibilities to evoke deep emotions from the listener.
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Danielle Wertz - vocals, pedals
Dillon Vado - vibraphone
Jeff Denson - bass
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Water Feature is comprised of some of the Bay Area's young emerging talent. Together, the group explores original compositions and other tunes that pull from influences such as jazz, hip-hop, and global music.
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Nora Stanley - saxophone
Danielle Wertz - vocals
Luis Salcedo - guitar
Owen Clapp - bass
Matt Buckner - drums
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Nora Stanley is a Bay Area-based saxophonist and composer. She attended Berkeley High School and participated in conglomerate ...
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The Billie Holiday Project brings you back to the swinging jazz clubs of the 1930s and 1940s. Featuring some of the Bay Area's finest jazz musicians, the project captures the intensity and intimacy Lady Day is known and loved for. With stories of her life and music interspersed throughout the evening, the performance will include some of Billie's most recorded songs, as well as lesser-known tunes from her earlier years.
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Stella Heath - vocals
Neil Angelo Fontano - piano
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This year, the Hét Hat Club will be collaborating with Kjartan Code from the Szkojani Charlatans, focusing their repertoire on traditional and traditionally inspired original vocal and instrumental folk music from Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as highly energetic jazz manouche in the classic style of Django Reinhardt.
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Kjartan Code - vocals, bass, violin
Valentin Desmarais - saxophone
Bitó János - accordion
Isaac Misri - guitar, tambura
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A trio is a much more intimate, yet demanding, musical setting for musicians to explore. There is no place to hide, no weak link allowed. In such a small setting, the dynamics must become more acute, the musical idea that much more clear, the technique that much more precise. It is in that context that the Brian Andres Trio Latino, featuring Christian Tumalan and Aaron Germain, thrives. Three musicians making a statement with the freedom of jazz and the cultural richness of the Afro-Latino diasp...
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Lara Solnicki makes her Red Poppy debut in a program featuring new music from her soon-to-be-released album, The One and the Other—a cinematic, creative music project produced by multi-award-winning Canadian musician and composer Jonathan Goldsmith. The concert also includes music from her sophomore release, Whose Shadow?, tunes from the Great American Songbook, as well as free improvisation. Solnicki is joined by pianist, composer, and arranger Jeremy Siskind—winner of the 2012 Nottingham Inter...
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Saxophonist Daniel Rotem presents new music with an ensemble featuring some of the Bay Area's incredible horn players. The ensemble will perform new original compositions and arrangements by Rotem, as well as music off his second album, Serenading the Future.
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Daniel Rotem - saxophones, compositions, arrangements
Steven Lugerner - alto saxophone
Henry Hung - trumpet
Danny Lubin-Laden - trombone
Alex Boneham - bass
Roberto Giaquinto - drums
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SECOND SHOW ADDED! Advance tickets are now available online for the 8:45pm show. Additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door for both the 7:00-8:15pm (6:30pm doors) and 8:45-10:00pm (8:30pm doors) shows. Please arrive when doors open the day of the event.
Sibarg Ensemble explores creative intercultural music by combining the sounds of traditional Iranian melodies and jazz. Through original compositions, arrangements of classical and folk songs, and structured improvisati...
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SECOND SHOW ADDED! Advance tickets are now available online for the 8:45pm show. Additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door for both the 7:00pm (6:30pm doors) and 8:45pm (8:30pm doors) shows. Please arrive when doors open the day of the event.
Internationally acclaimed cellist, composer, and multilingual vocalist Ian Maksin is back in Bay Area with his freshest original compositions and latest acquisitions from his world travels—from the Balkans to Lake Baikal and from th...
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George Cole and EUROCANA fill it to the brim with unforgettable music featuring three-part harmonies delivered by top-tier vocalists and amazing instrumental virtuosity. Influenced by Django Reinhardt, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, and French chanson, the group swings with infectious joy, bringing audiences to their feet the old-fashioned way.
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George Cole - guitar, vocals
Madeline Tasquin - guitar, vocals, percussion
Kaeli Earle - bass, vocals
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Originally from Berkeley, Will Bernard is now a renowned New York guitarist. He joins San Francisco treasure Beth Custer in performance of original compositions ranging in styles from funky blues, to plaintive contemporary classical, to rollicking jazz. Always soulful and in synch, this duo has been playing together since they met in the 1980's.
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Will Bernard - guitars
Beth Custer - clarinets, vocals
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Grammy-nominated guitarist Will Bernard has pe...
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Antonio Feula Jazz Trio performs songs from its latest modern jazz album, Joint Path, and from the upcoming funk jazz album. With influences ranging from bebop, blues, and funk to classical music, the group’s original compositions have already impressed varying audiences, with people commenting on the catchy yet sophisticated nature of the music. Genuine improvisation and amazing interplay are also strong points of the trio.
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Ian McArdle - keyboard
Mike Quigg - drums
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Inspired by daily life, Jamie Zee composes music that embodies the experience of an LGBTQ Chinese-American woman. Her newly written works span various genres and blend musical traditions ranging decades. The vocalist is joined by guest, Bay Area Latin jazz legend, Dr. John Calloway.
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Jamie Zee - vocals
John Calloway - flute
Madison Bohrer - saxophone
William Bohrer - electric bass
Max Brody - guitar
Julian Lopez - piano
Alex Shapiro-Romano - drums
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Anton Schwartz and Josh Nelson have toured the U.S. and Canada with the award-winning Anton Schwartz Quintet, the 2017 Northwest Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year. Following one sold-out festival performance, they decided to play a pared-down duo concert, and the chemistry was palpable. Every now and then, they reassemble as a duo, to the delight of audiences, performing jazz standards and their own compositions.
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Anton Schwartz - saxophone
Josh Nelson - piano
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Composer, bandleader, and bassist Seth Ford-Young leads his dream quartet on a mission to integrate the transparent textures of chamber music and the ebullient bounce of Django Reinhardt-style jazz. The group will perform pieces from their newest release, Time Memory Beauty Hope, as well as favorites from their first album, Seth Ford-Young.
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Seth Ford-Young – bass
Evan Price – violin, octave violin
Rob Reich – accordion
Jason Vanderford – guitar
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Daniel Fabricant Trio joins forces with StringQuake for an evening of melodic French jazz, electrifying improvisations, and unusual meters.
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Daniel Fabricant Trio
Daniel Fabricant - bass
Aaron Kierbel - drums
TBD - piano
StringQuake
Amelia Romano - electric harp
Misha Khalikulov - cello
Josh Mellinger - cajón, tabla, frame drum
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Daniel Fabricant is a versatile bassist, playing both upright and electric, that can adapt to a wide range of mu...
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Flutist Rebecca Kleinmann celebrates her birthday by inviting Brazil in Trio directly from Goiania, Brazil. The trio presents their dynamic music ranging from choro and baião to originals.
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Rebecca Kleinmann - flutes, vocals
Julio Lemos - guitar
Everton Luiz - clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone
Diego Amaral - percussion
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Brazil in Trio creates fresh arrangements of traditional and modern Brazilian music with their dynamic guitar, wind, and perc...
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Thousand Miles, Morley’s sixth studio album, is the culmination of a global journey to sites of incredible resilience and tremendous trauma—from the United States, Rwanda, and Hiroshima, to the open uranium mines at the Pine Ridge Reservation in the Black Hills—where human dignity, love, and resolve are expanding the frontiers of change, justice, and healing. The 13 songs resound with a layered serenade to the most elemental forces holding humanity together—friendship and love—and to the sanctit...
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Invisible Bird is a guitar, trumpet, and drum trio collectively led by three engaging artists from the Bay Area—Scott Amendola, Shane Endsley, and Dave Devine. Together, their distinct compositional voices craft original music that transports the listener from rootsy back beats, to anthemic indie rock, to acoustic modern jazz, to ambient electronica.
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Shane Endsley - trumpet, whammy bass, electronics
Dave Devine - guitar, effects
Scott Amendola - drums, percussion, electron...
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Mean to Me is a quintet that resurrects classic jazz of the 1920s through 1940s—sometimes interlaced with the more modern stylings of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Ahmad Jamal—and an eclectic variety of soul and Latin jazz.
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Judy Butterfield - vocals
Ben Slater - saxophone, piano
Dave Shaff - trumpet, washboard
Cairo McCochran - drums
TBA - bass
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Mean to Me is comprised of four core members: Judy Butterfield, who trained as a cabaret sin...
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Javier and Luis Jiménez, founders of the acoustic global music septet Barrio Manouche, present new project RagaMenco along with Mallar Bhattacharya, Nilan Chaudhuri, and Satish Pillai. The group has been working together on the great adventure of blending Indian classical music with flamenco grooves and melodies. They will perform original arrangements influenced by ragas with an improvisational jazz approach.
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Devi SenGupta – vocals
Mallar Bhattacharya – sarode
Javier Jimé...
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On tour from Rio de Janeiro, Duo Violão Brasil presents a special evening of choro featuring compositions by Baden Powell, Pixinguinha, Radames Gnattali, as well as originals by Rogerio Souza. They will be accompanied by special guest percussionist Ami Molinelli.
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Rogerio Souza - 7-string guitar
Edinho Gerber - 7-string guitar
Ami Molinelli - percussion
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Duo Violão Brasil is the result of guitarists Rogério Souza and Edinho Gerber's reverence for ...
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With a focus on original compositions, the group brings together the influences of four rising Bay Area musicians with strong backgrounds in the jazz tradition. The music explores the blurring of lines between composition and improvisation through shared experience and close listening.
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Nora Stanley - saxophone
Luis Salcedo - guitar
Owen Clapp - bass
Matt Buckner - drums
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Nora Stanley is a local saxophonist, composer, and recent graduate of Ober...
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Bay Area trumpeter/composer Darren Johnston's newest project for showcasing his songwriting features the distinct instrumentation of two bass clarinets—played by powerhouse composers/improvisers/bandleaders Steven Lugerner and Cory Wright—along with Johnston on trumpet and vocals, as The Pipes. From short and sweet, quirky, groove-based songs to more expansive open improvisations, they've created a new recipe for experimental chamber-folk with a jazz reduction, telling stories of love and loss, ...
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Brian Andres returns to the Red Poppy to present original compositions and arrangements of classic jazz and Latin standards.
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Brian Andres - drumset
Christian Tumalan - piano
David Pinto - bass
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Drummer Brian Andres leads the Latin jazz group the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel. The nucleus of that ensemble is the trio, featuring Grammy Award-winning musicians Christian Tumalan on piano and David Pinto on bass. As they have with the larger ensemble, the t...
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Led by guitarist Will Brahm, Homenaje—meaning "tribute" in Spanish—pays homage to the support and unity of various types of music and cultures from all around the world. With roots in jazz, Cuban, African, Venezuelan, Israeli, and classical music, the group strives to bring different people together through their original songs.
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Will Brahm - guitar
Chris Wabich - drums/percussion
Ross Shodek - bass
Dina Zarif - vocals
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Born in Portland, Oregon,...
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Triism is a jazz trio from Northern California that plays creative arrangements of original compositions, Balkan folk music, pop songs, and jazz standards. Featuring saxophonist Levi Saelua, bassist Alex Reiff, and drummer Jim Frink, their collaborative arrangements often develop from conversations about politics, pop culture, science, and comedy.
Chord Four, a chord-less Los Angeles-based ensemble, then takes the stage to perform a wide repertoire heavily influenced by jazz, as well as the t...
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Kyle Blaze brings original pieces and arrangements with the musical expertise of Terrence Brewer on guitar and Ami Molinelli Hart on percussion. In a distinct blend of authentic cool, Call Me Blaze Quartet explores bossa nova, samba, salsa, jazz, funk, and soul.
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Terrence Brewer - guitar, ukulele, guitalele
Ami Molinelli Hart - percussion
Kyle Blaze - vocals, electric bairtone ukulele
TBA - bass
Student performers - TBA
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Kyle Blaze is an accompl...
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Award-winning jazz guitarist Leni Stern leads her trio project featuring original compositions written with reverence to the rhythms and tonalities of Mali and Senegal. Stern's performance celebrates her most recent release, 3, an authentic exploration of the interplay between traditional West African music and American jazz.
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TBA
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Leni Stern is an unstoppable force of bottomless energy. Her long-time fans know her from a successful jazz career that...
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The Alex Hand Band is riding the wave of its first full-length album, 2018's Traders of the Lost Arts, with performances featuring songs from this record as well as an upcoming one. The music is a mix of Romanian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian traditional folk dance tunes with original compositions inspired by years of playing these styles and studying music in Eastern Europe.
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Alex Hand - guitar
Gabe Case - bass
Kevin Gerzevitz - accordion, keys
Isaac Schwartz - drums
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