Patrick Wolff Quartet featuring Matt Wilson at Keys Jazz Bistro brings together San Francisco saxophonist and clarinetist Patrick Wolff, drummer Matt Wilson, pianist Keith Saunders, and bassist Eric Markowitz for a deeply swinging Post-Bop set. Wolff’s lyrical, lineage-spanning approach meets Wilson’s playful, propulsive drumming—shaped by his work with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Dena DeRose—as...
Dahveed Behroozi Quartet at Mr. Tipples highlights the San José–born pianist and composer’s lyrical, colorful approach to modern jazz. A Manhattan School of Music graduate who studied jazz piano with Fred Hersch, and a Brooklyn College master’s graduate in classical piano under Ursula Oppens, Behroozi brings classical detail, American Songbook fluency, and open-ended improvisation into...
Richard Howell’s Sudden Changes at Mr Tipples is led by the Bay Area saxophonist, vocalist, composer, producer, and educator whose spontaneous, spiritually charged “Bridge Music” connects Modern Jazz with Funk, Soul, African and Latin rhythmic traditions, and expressive improvisation. Howell’s broad musical life includes work with Etta James, Chaka Khan, Maurice White, Don Cherry, Charlie...
Lorca Hart Quartet at The Deluxe features the acclaimed West Coast drummer and educator, a Taos, New Mexico native whose playing is deeply rooted in jazz history while alive to modern, collaborative improvisation. A CalArts graduate and son of jazz great Billy Hart, he has performed with Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Carmen Lundy, Hugh Masekela,...
Jaz Sawyer Quartet at Mr Tipples continues a musical tribute to John Coltrane’s centennial. Haight-Ashbury–raised drummer Jaz Sawyer leads James Mahone on saxophone, Maya Kronfield on piano, and David Ewell on bass through music that honors Coltrane’s restless creativity and spirit of improvisation. Sawyer has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the...
Marcus Shelby Quartet Celebrates Monk and Trane at Keys Jazz Bistro honors two innovators of modern jazz: pianist-composer Thelonious Monk and saxophonist John Coltrane. San Francisco bassist and bandleader Marcus Shelby leads Raffi Garibedian on tenor saxophone, Greg Jacobs on piano, and Jaimeo Brown on drums through a program centered on their music. Two Shows:...
Dennis Mitcheltree Trio at Bird & Beckett brings the Los Angeles tenor saxophonist and composer to Glen Park days after the release of Seeing Red, his eighth album as a leader. Mitcheltree spent two decades in New York and studied at Berklee with Joe Lovano, Billy Pierce and George Garzone; he has recorded or performed...
Benito Gonzalez Trio featuring drummer living legend Jeff “Tain” Watts at Black Cat brings the two-time Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night run of propulsive, Afro-Latin-driven piano trio jazz....
Benito Gonzalez Trio featuring drummer living legend Jeff “Tain” Watts at Black Cat brings the two-time Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night run of propulsive, Afro-Latin-driven piano trio jazz....
Dennis Mitcheltree Quartet at Mr Tipples features the tenor saxophonist and composer alongside Johannes Wallmann on piano, Jesse Crawford on bass, and Bill McClellan on drums. After decades of playing...
Benito Gonzalez Trio featuring drummer living legend Jeff “Tain” Watts at Black Cat brings the two-time Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night run of propulsive, Afro-Latin-driven piano trio jazz. Gonzalez's explosive sound draws on the influence of McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, built from major runs with Kenny Garrett and...
Benito Gonzalez Trio featuring drummer living legend Jeff “Tain” Watts at Black Cat brings the two-time Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night run of propulsive, Afro-Latin-driven piano trio jazz. Gonzalez's explosive sound draws on the influence of McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, built from major runs with Kenny Garrett and...
Benito Gonzalez Trio featuring drummer living legend Jeff “Tain” Watts at Black Cat brings the two-time Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night run of propulsive, Afro-Latin-driven piano trio jazz. Gonzalez's explosive sound draws on the influence of McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, built from major runs with Kenny Garrett and...
Mike Zilber at Keys Jazz Bistro brings a saxophone-led post-bop sound, balancing intense swing, lyrical ballads, and adventurous improvisation. He’s joined by pianist Peter Horvath, bassist Dan Feiszli, and drummer Jason Lewis for a contemporary jazz quartet set.
Benito Gonzalez Trio featuring drummer living legend Jeff “Tain” Watts at Black Cat brings the two-time Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night run of propulsive, Afro-Latin-driven piano trio jazz. Gonzalez's explosive sound draws on the influence of McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, built from major runs with Kenny Garrett and...
Standard Issue at Bird & Beckett celebrates the release of the band's self-titled debut, a seven-track set recorded at Oakland's 25th Street Studios that runs from Monk and McCoy Tyner to Sun Ra and Víctor Jara's protest anthem “El Derecho de Vivir en Paz.” Trumpeter Darren Johnston — billed here on “peace cannon” — made...
Kurt Ribak Trio at Bird & Beckett features the Berkeley bassist and composer, a Berklee graduate who sang with the San Francisco Boys' Chorus before he found the bass and has four albums as a leader, most recently Onward. In 2012 a driver ran a stop sign and shattered Ribak's left arm, costing him roughly...
San Francisco saxophonist Patrick Wolff brings his quartet to Keys Jazz Bistro, featuring Los Angeles guitar virtuoso Anthony Wilson. Known for his deep lyricism and reverence for the jazz lineage, Wolff pairs his tenor and alto saxophone work with Wilson’s sophisticated harmonic sensibility and swinging phrasing—honed through Wilson's celebrated solo career and worldwide tours with...
Multi-reedist and composer Matt Renzi brings his quartet to Mr. Tipples for an evening of modern jazz and intricate group improvisation. With a career spanning more than twenty-five years performing across international jazz festivals and clubs in the United States and Europe, the San Francisco native leads an ensemble featuring pianist Dahveed Behroozi, bassist Josh...
Bay Area trumpeter, composer, and arranger Erik Jekabson brings his quintet to Keys Jazz Bistro to present A Tale of Three Cities. Having lived and worked in New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco, Jekabson wrote the suite of original compositions as a musical tribute to the history and distinct musical character of each pivotal...
Guggenheim Fellow, pianist, and composer Helen Sung brings her Oracles Quartet to Keys Jazz Bistro. A graduate of the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (now...
Oakland-born saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee brings his quartet to Mr. Tipples for an evening of modern post-bop and modal jazz. A graduate of The New School’s Jazz and...
The Hard Bop Quintet is a jazz group from the San Francisco Bay Area inspired by the fiery style of the early 1960s New York jazz scene. The group began as the brainchild of two Bay Area jazz musicians who grew up together in Santa Cruz, California: trombonist Scott Larson, and trumpeter Jay Sanders -...
Richard Howell’s Sudden Changes at Mr Tipples is led by the Bay Area saxophonist, vocalist, composer, producer, and educator whose spontaneous, spiritually charged “Bridge Music” connects Modern Jazz with Funk, Soul, African and Latin rhythmic traditions, and expressive improvisation. Howell’s broad musical life includes work with Etta James, Chaka Khan, Maurice White, Don Cherry, Charlie...
Oakland-raised saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee brings his quartet to The Deluxe. A graduate of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, Nakadegawa-Lee leads an ensemble featuring pianist Henry Plotnick alongside a dynamic rhythm section. His playing merges an expressive, vocal-like horn tone with deep blues roots and angular modern...