Stacy Dillard & Josh Evans 5tet

Stacy Dillard & Josh Evans 5tet at Black Cat bring a powerhouse frontline to San Francisco for a four-night run of hard-swinging, real-time modern jazz. Saxophonist Stacy Dillard is known for a rich, commanding tone that pianist Eric Reed has called “a true improviser,” with Roy Hargrove praising him as “a one-of-a-kind musician”; trumpeter Josh Evans brings a voice shaped by the lineage of Jackie McLean, Rashied Ali, Benny Golson, Cedar Walton, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Gregory Porter, and T.S. Monk. Together they lead a quintet built for sharp interplay and late-night jazz energy.