Joe Farnsworth & Eric Alexander's Big Room QT at Black Cat brings the respected jazz drummer to San Francisco for a three-night residency behind his latest album The Big Room. Born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and shaped by mentors Alan Dawson and Arthur Taylor, Farnsworth graduated from William Paterson University, established himself quickly on the...
Joe Farnsworth & Eric Alexander's Big Room QT at Black Cat brings the respected jazz drummer to San Francisco for a three-night residency behind his latest album The Big Room. Born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and shaped by mentors Alan Dawson and Arthur Taylor, Farnsworth graduated from William Paterson University, established himself quickly on the...
Sean Leahy brings his soulful, gritty guitar playing and vocals to the Black Cat Jazz Supper Club . A Bay Area fixture for three decades, Leahy has performed and toured with Guitarmageddon, the Kofy Brown Band, Boomshanka, Four Year Bender, and London Street, creating a guitar-forward sound that draws on Southern rock, heavy blues, funk,...
Joe Farnsworth & Eric Alexander's Big Room QT at Black Cat brings the respected jazz drummer to San Francisco for a three-night residency behind his latest album The Big Room. Born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and shaped by mentors Alan Dawson and Arthur Taylor, Farnsworth graduated from William Paterson University, established himself quickly on the...
A Tribute To Prince by the Black Cat All Stars brings Bay Area drummer, composer, and bandleader Sheldon Alexander together with a collective of musicians from across the Bay Area to celebrate the music and legacy of Prince. Spanning funk, soul, R&B, rock, and pop, the evening features fresh interpretations of songs from Prince's expansive...
A Tribute To Prince by the Black Cat All Stars brings Bay Area drummer, composer, and bandleader Sheldon Alexander together with a collective of musicians from across the Bay Area to celebrate the music and legacy of Prince. Spanning funk, soul, R&B, rock, and pop, the evening features fresh interpretations of songs from Prince's expansive...
Nate Gilbreath and Alan Jones’s OHANA Collective at Black Cat showcases a young San Francisco quintet co-led by trombonist Nate Gilbreath and bassist Alan Jones, taking its name from the Hawaiian word for family. Gilbreath is a 2025 graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Roots, Jazz, and American Music program, where he studied with...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
Amanda Addleman at Black Cat brings the New York City–based, San Francisco–raised vocalist, pianist, composer, and arranger home for a program exploring the fusion of her two worlds: her Bay Area roots and her growing New York presence. Her voice is rooted yet unmistakably modern, built on a sincere reverence for jazz's great traditions and...
Amanda Addleman at Black Cat brings the New York City–based, San Francisco–raised vocalist, pianist, composer, and arranger home for a program exploring the fusion of her two worlds: her Bay Area roots and her growing New York presence. Her voice is rooted yet unmistakably modern, built on a sincere reverence for jazz's great traditions and...
Sami Stevens at Black Cat brings her intimate, piano- and Wurlitzer-driven original songwriting to San Francisco, drawing on jazz, soul, folk, and indie rock influences in the lineage of the great American singer-songwriters of the 1960s and '70s. She released her debut solo album Morning on Sunnyside Records in 2023, earning praise from Glide Magazine...
Marty Isenberg at Black Cat presents The Way I Feel Inside, his acclaimed theatrical jazz project inspired by the films of Wes Anderson, performed by his inventive New York ensemble. Whimsical, offbeat, and deeply human, the music moves through nostalgia, loneliness, and wonder with the flow of a cinematic soundtrack; the album earned a 4.5-star...
Marty Isenberg at Black Cat returns with an inventive New York ensemble for a two-set evening of modern jazz. This 7:00 PM set features original music from Isenberg's forthcoming sophomore album alongside new works from the band, fresh material heard up close as it takes shape. Isenberg is joined by vocalist Sami Stevens, guitarist Alicyn...
INSTANT ALTER at the Black Cat features a new Future Fusion group led by saxophonist Emilio Modeste and vocalist Natasha Agrama In a world full of one-dimensional and referential musical stylings, INSTANT ALTER cuts through the noise with a fearlessly genre-bending and extremely fresh sound that blends jazz, rock, soul, storytelling, and the celebratory spirit...
INSTANT ALTER at the Black Cat features a new Future Fusion group led by saxophonist Emilio Modeste and vocalist Natasha Agrama In a world full of one-dimensional and referential musical stylings, INSTANT ALTER cuts through the noise with a fearlessly genre-bending and extremely fresh sound that blends jazz, rock, soul, storytelling, and the celebratory spirit...
INSTANT ALTER at the Black Cat features a new Future Fusion group led by saxophonist Emilio Modeste and vocalist Natasha Agrama In a world full of one-dimensional and referential musical stylings, INSTANT ALTER cuts through the noise with a fearlessly genre-bending and extremely fresh sound that blends jazz, rock, soul, storytelling, and the celebratory spirit...
INSTANT ALTER at the Black Cat features a new Future Fusion group led by saxophonist Emilio Modeste and vocalist Natasha Agrama In a world full of one-dimensional and referential musical stylings, INSTANT ALTER cuts through the noise with a fearlessly genre-bending and extremely fresh sound that blends jazz, rock, soul, storytelling, and the celebratory spirit...
Tonight's show at the Black Cat features Currents, a Bay Area–based modern jazz collective rooted in post-bop tradition and contemporary improvisation, with a focus on original composition and evolving ensemble interplay. Featuring internationally active performers and recording artists, the group draws on extensive experience across major jazz stages, festivals, and clubs worldwide. Their sound balances straight-ahead...
Daniel Winshall and Pher at the Black Cat feature Boston-raised upright and electric bassist Daniel Winshall and vocalist-songwriter Pher leading a band reimagining classics from the Family Stone songbook in a modern setting, backed by keyboardist Javier Santiago, guitarist Matt Sewell, and drummer Dom Gervais. A New School for Contemporary Jazz graduate who launched his...
Daniel Winshall and Pher at the Black Cat feature Boston-raised upright and electric bassist Daniel Winshall and vocalist-songwriter Pher leading a band reimagining classics from the Family Stone songbook in a modern setting, backed by keyboardist Javier Santiago, guitarist Matt Sewell, and drummer Dom Gervais. A New School for Contemporary Jazz graduate who launched his...