SFJAZZ announces a new lineup of its award-winning all-star octet, the SFJAZZ Collective – trumpeter Sean Jones is replacing long-time member and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star award-winning jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performers and composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 …
SFJAZZ announced the artist programming for the SFJAZZ Center’s 2015-16 Season running September 10, 2015 to May 29, 2016. The organization is excited to present its fourth and biggest season since the Center’s opening in January 2013. The Center has been recognized as one of the best performing arts centers …
SFJAZZ Announces Programming for 33rd San Francisco Jazz Festival & Summer Sessions Concert Series Festival Runs June 9-June 21, 2015 2015 Summer Sessions Concert Series Runs July 16-August 23, 2015 Festival Highlights – Snarky Puppy, Tribute to Ernesto Lecouno with Chucho Valdes, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Michel Camilo, Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge, Goapele, Shelby …
SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco’s exclusive celebration of 50th Anniversary of A Love Supreme – curated by Ravi Coltrane. http://www.sfjazz.org/alovesupreme During the week of December 10-14, 2014, SFJAZZ in San Francisco is presenting an exclusive 50th Anniversary Celebration of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of A Love Supreme, recorded on December 9, …
SFJAZZ today released SFJAZZ Collective: 10, celebrating the SFJAZZ Collective’s 10-year musical legacy. 10 was recorded during the SFJAZZ Collective’s four-night residency on the SFJAZZ Center’s Robert N. Miner Auditorium stage in October 2013. The ten tracks are performed by the SFJAZZ Collective’s current lineup: alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, tenor …
Grammy-Winning Saxophonist and jazz legend Joe Henderson had a long and memorable history with SFJAZZ performing over a dozen times in various settings including a duet with tabla great Zakir Hussain at Grace Cathedral, a salute to Antônio Carlos Jobim with Herbie Hancock, and a 1993 tribute night entitled “We …
The 2014 SFJAZZ Center Gala on May 16, 2014 in San Francisco awarded Herbie Hancock the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award. With more than 600 guests, the Gala raised over $1.4 million for SFJAZZ artistic and education programs. Festivities included performances by Hancock with the star-studded SFJAZZ Collective, the award-winning SFJAZZ …
