Kevin Person Jr. has been captivating audiences with his piano artistry for over two decades. His journey began with a spark of inspiration, ignited by jazz, when his father encouraged him to join the renowned jazz program at Alta Sierra Middle School under the guidance of Paul Lucckesi. During his teenage years, Kevin's musical horizons...
Ladies and Gentemen, introducing Fog City Swing! The bay area's newest and hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you...
The N. T. B. Collective is a Bay Area based jazz fusion group merging sounds and styles from all over the world. The N.T.B. trio, which will be featured for this event, is comprised of drums, bass, and piano. Each musician is highly accomplished; coming together to generate a unique musical energy. N.T.B. has been...
Jinx Jones Biography (Jazz Trio) "Jinx is a guitar virtuoso who seamlessly moves from rockabilly to jazz to twang and back again, sometimes in the same song. Those with a liner note obsession will remember Jinx’s playing on En Vogue’s “Free Your Mind.” (San Francisco Chronicle) Jinx Jones boasts a prolific career spanning from the...
Early exposure to jazz through educational programs (b.1979 SF, CA) allowed Luke to participate in the Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Grammy in the Schools programs as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival. In the years following those early days Luke has secured his reputation as a first call Jazz guitar player in the...
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At just 21 years of age, Graham is a young gun making a name for himself in the world of Jazz today. A dyed-in-the-wool bebop pianist, he seeks to uphold the tradition of Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Kenny Clarke, Hank Jones, and Barry Harris, among others, and treats their music equally as soul food and...
Early exposure to jazz through educational programs (b.1979 SF, CA) allowed Luke to participate in the Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Grammy in the Schools programs as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival. In the years following those early days Luke has secured his reputation as a first call Jazz guitar player in the...
Introducing The Verve Quintet, The Bay Area’s hottest new jazz ensemble! Celebrating the effervescent sound of the 1960’s hard bop era. In addition to performing their own original compositions they honor the great jazz artists like Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Lee Morgan to name a few. The Verve...
Mike Olmos has become one the most in demand jazz musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area while maintaining a frequent national and international performance/touring schedule. In the Bay, Mike...
Lilan Kane at Dawn Club will be performing songs by female singers who have influenced her personal musical journey and style. Lilan Kane is a vocalist rooted in jazz and soul. Often noted for her distinct vocal timbre and musicality, she has captured audiences in the Bay Area for years selling out venues like SFJAZZ...
Drummer/Vibraphonist/Saxophonist Smith Dobson V has been performing in the Bay Area for nearly twenty years. Originally from Santa Cruz, Ca., Dobson is a member of an important Jazz family. His father, the late Smith Dobson IV, was a world renown Pianist and director of the Jazz series at the Garden City in San Jose for...
The Midnight Blue Organ Trio is a hard swinging group inspired by Jazz organ greats Jimmy Smith, Larry Young and Dr. Lonnie Smith. The trio's repertoire includes compositions by contemporary...
What do you get when you fuse the spicy grooves of Afro-Peru with that funky sound of Oaktown? A ground-breaking, new, energetic genre with distinctive rhythms and innovative melodies that will inspire you to hit the dance floor. Oaklando is the brainchild of SF native Patrick Morehead, the composer and keyboardist who’s played with such...
Ladies and Gentemen, introducing Fog City Swing! The bay area's newest and hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you drop rhythm section. This seven piece ensemble will transport you to the 1940’s, it is truly the world’s smallest big band! Fog City Swing is...
Adam Klipple, who has been described as "a standout pianist who has gone to school on McCoy Tyner and Cecil Taylor and earned his degree," plays piano, Hammond organ, sampler, and a variety of vintage keyboards. He currently is a member of the legendary jazz rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears. He also currently performs...
Arthur Khu is a world-renowned pianist whose remarkable virtuosity and artistry draws inspiration from Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter as well composers such as Chopin and Debussy. Collaborating with some of California’s finest musicians, his music is always intense, emotional, and driving.
Patrick Wolff is a saxophone and clarinet player with a long history in the jazz scenes of New York City and San Francisco. He has performed or recorded with Albert "Tootie" Heath, Matt Wilson, Grant Stewart, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Dena Derose, and many other jazz greats. Since moving to San Francisco in 2009, Wolff has played...
Join us at the Dawn Club for the late night set. JC Grady is a Bay Area drummer with a broad orbit — bandleader, collaborator, composer, teacher. Her music finds...
McCall, Hawaii’s first lady of jazz is a multi-award winning vocalist. She is heir to the vocal tradition of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald. Her warmth and sense...
McCall, Hawaii’s first lady of jazz is a multi-award winning vocalist. She is heir to the vocal tradition of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald. Her warmth and sense...
Ladies and Gentemen, introducing Fog City Swing! The bay area's newest and hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you...
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...
Longtime San Francisco-based guitarist Nick Rossi at Dawn Club leads a classic Hammond organ combo for a night of swinging, soulful jazz. Rossi mixes swing and soul with his fantastic working trio featuring Ray Jacildo at the Hammond organ. Rossi is a Bay Area jazz scene stalwart, whose stylish presence in the swing dance world...
Max Ehrhardt is a Oakland based trumpet player and educator dedicated to spreading music and creativity into the Bay-Area community. Growing up in programs like Oaktown Jazz Workshops and earning...
Kevin Person Jr. has been captivating audiences with his piano artistry for over two decades. His journey began with a spark of inspiration, ignited by jazz, when his father encouraged...