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Annie Orzen Trio plays at Stookey's Blue Room. Annie Orzen is a 22-year-old pianist, bandleader, and educator based in San Francisco. While her formal training is rooted in jazz, Annie’s musical voice is shaped by a wide range of influences, from indie pop to classical to rock. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz...
This is a drop in jazz jam session, led by rotating musicians. Come catch the next generation of jazz cats and be transported back in time to the 1920’s.
Marissa McLain and Michael Potter bring an evening of intimate, swinging jazz to Stookey's Blue Room — McLain, described as having a "warm and rich voice, with a giant sense of swing," is an emerging San Francisco vocalist whose deeply unique approach to the Great American Songbook is rooted in endless curiosity, genuine respect for...
American songbook standards and Django-esque favorites as North Beach Django appears at Stookey's Blue Room. Sitters-inners welcomed after the first set when we welcome players and singers with open picks!
This is a drop in jazz jam session, led by rotating musicians. Come catch the next generation of jazz cats and be transported back in time to the 1920’s.
Modern Jazz Hot Club brings a fresh and exhilarating reimagining of the gypsy jazz tradition to Stookey's Blue Room — a guitar-driven ensemble that asks a fascinating question: how might Django Reinhardt have played the music that came after him? From the Django era and Brazilian master Pixinguinha all the way to Wayne Shorter and...
Smith Dobson brings a lifetime of musical depth and creative versatility to Stookey's Blue Room — a drummer and saxophonist from a renowned Santa Cruz musical family that includes his father, pianist Smith Dobson IV, and his sister, singer Sasha Dobson. A prodigy who began playing drums at age two and landed his first gig...
Heidi Evelyn brings the magic of Hollywood's Golden Age to Stookey's Blue Room — a leading Bay Area expert on vintage vocal jazz whose deep knowledge of authentic early jazz stylings, from ragtime and early blues to New Orleans traditional jazz and vintage swing, shines through every note she sings. Joined by New Orleans-based pianist...
This is a drop in jazz jam session, led by rotating musicians. Come catch the next generation of jazz cats and be transported back in time to the 1920’s.
Rabiah Kabir brings a meditative, conceptual, and deeply personal vision of jazz flute to Stookey's Blue Room — an East Bay-born artist who draws from her lived experience as a mixed Black woman to bend the expectations of what jazz can be, with a musical memory rooted in a Berkeley kitchen where Charles Mingus, Philip...
This is a drop in jazz jam session, led by rotating musicians. Come catch the next generation of jazz cats and be transported back in time to the 1920’s.
Dennis Palmieri brings a warm, loungy evening of pop piano cabaret to Stookey's Blue Room — a relaxed tour through favorites from the 70s, 80s, and the Great American Songbook, full of songs you'll likely know all the words to. Fresh off the release of his debut EP in October 2025 — a collection of...