Cosmo Alleycats bring their refreshingly old fashioned sound to The Deluxe — a San Francisco favorite since 2010, led by jazz vocalist Emily Day, whom critic Scott Yanow calls "one of the major singers in her field." Rooted in New Orleans jazz & R&B, speakeasy and 1920s jazz, and classic R&B, blues, and soul, their...
Frankie and the Pool Boys bring sun-soaked, reverb-drenched good times to The Deluxe — this instrumental surf combo has been riding the wave since 2009, logging hundreds of shows and touring Europe twice, as well as Mexico and Japan. Headliners at the legendary Surfer Joe Festival in Livorno, Italy and the Baja Surf Stomp in...
Curious Planet featuring DOT COM at The Deluxe pairs a San Francisco jazz band with vocalist, dancer, and storyteller DOT COM for an energetic, audience-facing set. DOT COM developed into a regular crowd favorite after initially joining Curious Planet onstage as a guest.
The Smith Dobson Quartet brings nearly two decades of Bay Area jazz experience to The Deluxe, led by Smith Dobson — a rare triple threat on drums, vibraphone, and saxophone, and a Santa Cruz native steeped in the jazz tradition from birth. Dobson carries on a distinguished family legacy: his late father, Smith Dobson IV,...
The High Water Line brings a fresh and fearless take on West Coast bluegrass to The Deluxe — four Bay Area musicians who crossed paths in 2017 through the Northern California bluegrass community and have spent the years since growing into one of the scene's most distinctive and dynamic acts. Rooted in the time-honored Northern...
Danny’s Live Dead at The Deluxe features drummer and former Terrapin Crossroads regular Danny Luehring leading a popular Northern California Grateful Dead cover band and jam ensemble in an intimate San Francisco room. Known for keeping the spirit of the NorCal jam scene alive, the group brings its shifting, all‑star lineup—regularly heard at Wednesday jam...
The Heeters at The Deluxe bring a Bay Area Soul, R&B, and Funk sound built around deep grooves, tightly arranged three-part harmonies, and uplifting original songs. The band features Tom Quell on vocals and guitar, Nadav Beary on drums, and California Honeydrops members Lorenzo Loera on keys and Miles Blackwell on bass; Quell and Loera...
Sweet Lew at The Deluxe features San Francisco vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Lewis Gallardo, whose intimate, palm-muted guitar style and emotive voice shape what he calls Chicano Southwest Soul. His songs address poverty, anti-capitalism, immigration, racism, heartbreak, food, and radical love with a direct, community-minded perspective; he has also led the San Francisco soul band...
Howell Devine brings a rollicking, deeply rhythmic take on rural blues to The Deluxe — a sound distinctive enough to make them the first blues act signed to the legendary Arhoolie Records by founder Chris Strachwitz in over 25 years. At the heart of the band is triple-threat Joshua Howell — guitarist, harmonica player, vocalist,...
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,...
Aaron Burnham and The Brushfires at The Deluxe bring the Oakland-based band’s dance-floor-ready blend of country, Americana, honky-tonk, rockabilly, and Western swing. Led by Burnham’s rich tenor and original songwriting, the group pairs familiar covers—from Hank Williams and Patsy Cline to more contemporary country—with rootsy originals, drawing on jazz standards and classic American songcraft for...
Jacknife brings hard-hitting West Coast post-bop to The Deluxe as San Francisco saxophonist Steven Lugerner leads his formidable quintet through the music of jazz legend Jackie McLean — exploring tunes from McLean's seminal early- and mid-1960s Blue Note albums Jacknife, It's Time, Let Freedom Ring, and New Soil with the creative heat and searing intensity...
Nick Rossi and His Swing 4 brings a lifetime of deep musical devotion to The Deluxe, a Bay Area guitar legend who rose through the local R&B scene with The Loved Ones and Ron Silva & The Monarchs before dedicating himself fully to jazz guitar and its history from the 1920s through the 1960s. Internationally...
Cyril Guiraud brings a truly international perspective to The Deluxe — a French-born saxophonist, producer, and composer based between San Francisco and Paris, he has recorded and performed alongside luminaries...
Farmer & Adele at The Deluxe bring the Nashville-based, Ameripolitan Award–winning duo of Grace Adele and Keenan Wade to Haight Street for a bright, harmony-rich revival of Western swing. Bound by marriage and music, the pair updates the cowboy-songbook tradition with Grace’s warm vocals and rhythm guitar alongside Keenan’s mandolin, drawing inspiration from Bob Wills,...
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of rotating musicians to The Deluxe every Monday — a revolving cast of Bay Area talent coming together to keep the jazz...
Elé Howell at The Deluxe features the Bay Area–born, New York–based drummer, percussionist, and composer whose highly interactive playing combines rhythmic sophistication with a broad, exploratory jazz vocabulary. Howell has toured and recorded with major artists including Ravi Coltrane and Chief Adjuah, and his work moves fluidly between modern jazz, global rhythm, and creative improvisation.
Richard Howell and Sudden Changes at The Deluxe features the veteran Bay Area tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator leading his protean jazz ensemble through surging energy, quicksilver improvisation, and spiritually charged original music. Rooted in the legacy of John Coltrane, Sudden Changes merges jazz with soul, funk, gospel, and global influences, using collective interplay to...
The Charles Unger Experience at The Deluxe features longtime San Francisco saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and visual artist Charles Unger, whose exuberant live shows draw on decades of Bay Area musical life. Playing alto, tenor, and soprano saxophone, Unger fuses jazz with blues, R&B, soul, world beat, and New Orleans funk, balancing deep improvisation with a...
The Dred Scott Trio at The Deluxe features the iconoclastic pianist and composer Dred Scott, a Bay Area–rooted, New York–based multi-instrumentalist recognized for playful original music, inventive jazz improvisation, and unexpected pop-song reinterpretations. A co-founder of San Francisco’s influential hip-hop-jazz group Alphabet Soup, Scott balances deep jazz scholarship with an irreverent sense of humor; his...
Americano Social Club at The Deluxe brings San Francisco’s “la dolce vita” ensemble, led by mandolinist and vocalist Michael Zisman, for a romantic, cosmopolitan set that travels across musical borders....
Rome Yamilov Blues Band at The Deluxe features the Bay Area–based guitarist and vocalist, whose encyclopedic command of blues styles is paired with an adventurous, cross-cultural instinct. Yamilov is known for work with Aki Kumar and for The Lenoir Investigation, his collaboration with guitarist Henry Kaiser, where he joined June Core, Kid Andersen, and Jim...
The Good Bad at The Deluxe brings a high-energy San Francisco newgrass band whose tight three-part harmonies and nimble string playing push traditional bluegrass toward a raucous, modern sound. Formed in 2010, the group blends bluegrass foundations with folk, country, rock ’n’ roll, and the occasional punky edge; its current five-piece lineup features mandolin/guitar, banjo,...
Stella Heath at The Deluxe showcases one of the Bay Area’s most compelling jazz vocalists, known for her warm, story-centered delivery, supple swing, and command of a wide repertoire. Since...
Fault Line Trio brings sophisticated, groove-driven crossover jazz to The Deluxe on Tuesday, September 8, at 7 PM. Led by San Francisco pianist, keyboardist, and trumpeter Jay Sanders, with Lukas Vesely on bass and Brian Fishler on drums, the group blends original music and tightly reworked covers with elements of jazz fusion, funk, soul, R&B,...