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TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 Welcome from Executive Artistic Director 10 Letter from Chief Executive Officer12 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors14 SFJAZZ Membership15 SFJAZZ Leaders Circle16 SFJAZZ Legacy Giving17 SFJAZZ Giant Steps20 Feature Article: Family
Connections—The SFJAZZ Gala 2017 & Fifth Season Celebration
45 Something Else: Hanna & Greg Ostroff Media Production Room
SFJAZZ EDUCATION18 SFJAZZ Education Programs44 Family Matinee w/Marcus Shelby50 Family Matinee w/Tiffany Austin
CONCERTS24 Terrace Martin & the Polly Seeds25 Kamasi Washington
26 Chris Botti
27 SFJAZZ Center Open House
27 SFJAZZ Gala 2017 honoring Zakir Hussain
28 Tony Williams Spotlight
28 Joe Henderson Spotlight
29 Bobby Hutcherson Spotlight
29 John Handy Spotlight30 Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
Tommy Igoe Big Band
30 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
31 John Santos Sextet 31 Rova Saxophone Quartet
plays John Coltrane’s Ascension
32 Roger Glenn plays Cal Tjader’s Soul Sauce
32 Destiny Muhammad plays Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda
33 Jazz Mafia plays Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool
33 Joe Gilman plays Dave Brubeck’s Time Out
34 The Cookers
36 Vijay Iyer38 Paris Combo39 Dianne Reeves40 John Scofield Quartet41 Scott Amendola Band41 Hotplate: Atta Kid plays Lee Morgan’s
The Sidewinder
42 Ralph Towner, solo John Abercrombie Quartet
42 Ethan Iverson & Mark Turner duo Anja Lechner & François Couturier duo
43 Craig Taborn Quartet Aaron Parks Trio
43 Wolfgang Muthspiel Quintet Dave King Trio
44 Miguel Zenón Quartet
46 Destani Wolf: Women in Song
46 Tiffany Austin: Sings Abbey Lincoln
47 Jackie Ryan: Sings Betty Carter
47 Laurie Antonioli: Sings Joni Mitchell
48 Goran Bregovic49 Brad Mehldau, solo49 Cécile McLorin Salvant & Aaron Diehl50 Hotplate: Kristen Strom plays
Stan Getz’s Sweet Rain
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WE S T COA S T G E T DOWN
1|5 Terrace Martin & the Polly Seeds
1|6 -8 Kamasi Washington
1|10 -15 Chris Botti
SE A SO N 5 CELEB R ATIO N
1|16 SFJAZZ Center Open House
1|18 SFJAZZ Gala 2017 honoring Zakir Hussain
1|19 Tony Williams Spotlight Musical Director: Cindy Blackman Santana
1|20 Joe Henderson Spotlight Musical Director: Joshua Redman
1|2 1 Bobby Hutcherson Spotlight Musical Director: Stefon Harris
1|22 John Handy Spotlight Musical Director: Miguel Zenón
SEASON 5 CELEBRATION: JAZZ IN THE CITY
1|26 Electric Squeezebox Orchestra Tommy Igoe Big Band
1|27 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
1|28 John Santos Sextet
1|2 9 Rova Saxophone Quartet plays John Coltrane's Ascension
SFJA ZZ H OTPL ATE FE S TIVAL
1|26 Roger Glenn plays Cal Tjader’s Soul Sauce JHL
1|27 Destiny Muhammad plays Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda JHL
1|28 Jazz Mafia plays Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool JHL
1|2 9 Joe Gilman plays Dave Brubeck’s Time Out JHL
2|9 –12 The Cookers JHL
SFJA ZZ RE SIDENT ARTI S TIC DIREC TO R VI JAY I Y ER
2|8 Listening Party
2|9 w/Wadada Leo Smith & Rudresh Mahanthappa
2|10 Open City & Blind Spot w/Teju Cole
2|11 Vijay Iyer Trio plus Ambrose Akinmusire & Mark Shim
2|12 Tirtha w/Prasanna & Nitin Mitta
WEEK O F LOVE
2|14–15 Paris Combo
2|16 –19 Dianne Reeves
2|16 –19 Scott Amendola Band JHL
2|19 John Scofield Quartet
2|2 3 H OTP L ATE: Atta Kid plays Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder JHL
ECM FE S T
2|2 3 Ralph Towner, solo John Abercrombie Quartet
2|24 Ethan Iverson & Mark Turner duo Anja Lechner & François Couturier duo
2|2 5 Craig Taborn Quartet Aaron Parks Trio
2|26 Wolfgang Muthspiel Quintet Dave King Trio
2|2 5 FA M I LY M ATI N EE: w/Marcus Shelby
2|24–26 Miguel Zenón Quartet JHL
CELEB R ATING WO M EN IN JA ZZ
3|2 Destani Wolf: Women in Song JHL
3|3 Tiffany Austin: Sings Abbey Lincoln JHL
3|4 Jackie Ryan: Sings Betty Carter JHL
3|5 Laurie Antonioli: Sings Joni Mitchell JHL
3|9 –12 Goran Bregovic
3|12 Brad Mehldau, solo: The Music of Bach
3|16 H OTP L ATE: Kristen Strom plays Stan Getz’s Sweet Rain JHL
3|16 -19 Cécile McLorin Salvant & Aaron Diehl: Jelly & George
3|18 FA M I LY M ATI N EE: w/Tiffany Austin
3|19 Listening Party w/Ben Ratliff
3|23–26 Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley, Brian Blade: Still Dreaming
G E T OUT TA YOU R SE AT
3|23–24 FORQ feat. members of Snarky Puppy
3|25–26 Taylor McFerrin w/Marcus Gilmore
IN DIAN CO N N EC TIO N S
3|30 Karsh Kale presents Classical Science Fiction
3|3 1 Red Baraat’s Festival of Colors
4|1 Miles from India
4|2 Anoushka Shankar
F E B R U A R Y
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FOU R CO NTIN ENT S IN FOU R DAYS4|6 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
DAVIES
4|7 Hermeto Pascoal
4|8 King Sunny Adé
4|9 Nels Cline: Lovers
4|6 –9 SFJAZZ Poetry Festival JHL
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4|13–16 Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars
4|15 FA M I LY M ATI N EE: w/Rebeca Mauleón & Juan de Marcos
JO E H EN DER SO N FE S TIVAL
4|20 Dayna Stephens plays Joe Henderson’s Power to The People JHL
4|2 1 Patrick Wolff plays Joe Henderson’s Our Thing JHL
4|22 Howard Wiley plays Joe Henderson’s Lush Life JHL
4|2 3 Mad Duran plays Joe Henderson’s Inner Urge JHL
O MAR SOSA
4|20 NDR Bigband
4|2 1 Quarteto Afro-Cubano w/John Santos
4|22 JOG Trio w/ Yosvany Terry
4|2 3 Trio w/Trilok Gurtu & Paolo Fresu
4|26 Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares GRACE
4|27–30 Wayne Shorter Quartet
ART O F TH E TRIO
5|4–5 Gerald Clayton Trio JHL
5|6 –7 Wolff & Clark Expedition JHL
SFJA ZZ RE SIDENT ARTI S TIC DIREC TO R MARY S TALLING S
5|4 Feelin’ Good
5|5 Evening of Brazilian music
5|6 From Blues to Bebop
5|7 w/SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Big Band and Combo
5|7 Duo
ELIAN E ELIA S
5|11 Eliane Elias Quartet
5|12 Brazilian Night
5|13 Music of Frank Sinatra
5|14 Eliane Elias invites Steps Ahead
5|15 Monday Night Band Showcase Concert
5|18 H OTP L ATE:Morales, Dyer & Green play
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross The Hottest New Group in Jazz JHL
SFJA ZZ RE SIDENT ARTI S TIC DIREC TO R ROSAN N E C A SH
5|18–2 1 Rosanne Cash + Emmylou Harris + Lucinda Williams
5|2 5 –28 A Tribute to Ernesto Lecuona w/Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Michel Camilo
5|27 FA M I LY M ATI N EE: Tribute to Ernesto Lecuona w/Michel Camilo
6|7 Burt Bacharach DAVIES
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DEAR MUSIC LOVERS
Welcome to Season 5!
Thank you all—musicians, SFJAZZ
members, patrons, press—for giving
SFAZZ the opportunity to joyously
celebrate the milestone of our 5th Season
in the SFJAZZ Center.
This is a proud moment for us all—a time to reflect on what has been achieved, but more
importantly to look forward and build on what has been accomplished.
As we neared the opening of the Center in January 2013, I was often asked how it would
feel to see SFJAZZ’s dream of a dedicated building for jazz finally come to life: “You must
be very proud.” The reply was, “Yes it will be a great accomplishment for us, but I can give
you a better answer in 3 to 5 years.” The creation of the SFJAZZ Center was a risk – was
it possible to create a cultural institution, for jazz, here in San Francisco? It’s now time for
the answer, and it looks like the gamble has worked out and you, our audience, have made
it work: SFJAZZ membership has quadrupled since we broke ground—from 3,000 to
over 13,000 members; 2,000 concerts presented; 93% of all shows have sold out; 35,000
students have been reached through our education programs; and over 600,000 tickets
have been sold.
We all have built a community center that has been generously received by San
Franciscans and jazz fans, and we don’t intend to stand still. Our values of openness,
looking forward, presenting the highest levels of art, and community building are the
foundation for our growth. We will be announcing a number of new initiatives in the
months to come. Following are two examples: a partnership with the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music, who just announced a jazz studies program for the 2017–18
academic year with the SFJAZZ Collective as the core faculty; and we just became an
official “Curator” for Apple Music, providing our point of view on jazz.
We are proud to present to you Season 5! The schedule is full of “only-at-SFJAZZ”
experiences that we hope will inspire you. Thank you for your support. We are here
because of you, and we look forward to continuing to grow with you.
See you at the Center!
Randall Kline
SFJAZZ Founder & Executive Artistic Director
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“ We wanted to create a community gathering place around jazz. A place where jazz can do what it’s always done—grow and change. Now there’s a permanent place in San Francisco where it can flourish.” —RANDALL KLINE
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DEAR FRIENDSIt’s a little ironic perhaps that jazz is the
most musically improvisational art form,
and yet the SFJAZZ Center is here as its
most stable platform for jazz performance.
The doors opened on Martin Luther King Jr.
Day in 2013, and now amidst the heart of
Season 5 at the Center, we are presenting
you with music of many genres from around
the world week after week and night
after night. While the SFJAZZ staff and
volunteers work to make your experiences
wonderful and seamless, musicians
perform with confidence knowing that
SFJAZZ has established an inspiring,
flexible environment that will let their creativity reach its absolute potential and let great
jazz moments happen. Great moments that are both acoustically perfect for the art and
performed from a stage designed so that each of you has the best seat in the house.
It’s in that combined spirit of creativity and stability that we relaunched the Giant Steps
Program for you. When you join Giant Steps you’re adding to the foundation that makes
jazz so successful, fun and important at SFJAZZ. Please take a look at sfjazz.org/giantsteps
to find out how you can become a Giant Steps member, and we’ll see your name inscribed
in JAZZ on our great glass wall on the front of the Center. Nothing could say more than,
literally, putting your name on it. I am personally looking forward to joining you with my
support of this Giant Steps opportunity.
It might surprise you that there is anybody in the Bay Area that has not yet heard about what
happens at the SFJAZZ Center. That’s why, to launch the calendar year of Season 5, we’ve
created this huge and beautiful billboard a few hundred feet from the front doors for all to
see. When you’re heading toward Franklin and Fell you’ll probably see it too. Let us know
what you think!
Thank you for reminding your friends and family that jazz is here. We are always so glad to
have first-timers at the Center. Enjoy the performance tonight, and we look forward to seeing
you many nights to come.
Kindly in jazz,
Donald W. Derheim
SFJAZZ Chief Executive Officer
OFFICERSMichael Mauzé, Chair
Tony Harris, Vice Chair
Brian E. Hollins, Treasurer
Timothy Stultz, Secretary
TRUSTEESMichael Bell
Terry Berkemeier
John Botti
Sam Britton
Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Charles Charnas
Jack Conte
Bruce Cozadd
Timothy Dattels
Donald W. Derheim
David C. Drummond
Mark Dubovoy
Kate Duhamel
Mark Edmunds
Daniel Handler
William A. Holodnak
Jimmy Hormel
Bannus Hudson
Zakir Hussain
Randall Kline
Laurence Lasky
John Santos
Joseph L. Sherman
Denise Young Smith
Greg Stern
Jon Streeter
Sanjay Vaswani
HONORARY MEMBERSClinton Gilbert, Co-Founder
Shirley Read-Jahn
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The SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director program was established to give today’s most innovative and influential musicians the chance to curate exclusive programming at the SFJAZZ Center, often featuring unprecedented collaborations between world–renowned artists. Every two years, SFJAZZ selects a new group of forward–thinking musicians to participate in the program. Past SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors include Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Miguel Zenón, Regina Carter, John Santos, Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, Zakir Hussain, and Eric Harland. Notable world premieres have included pianist Moran’s pairing of jazz and live skateboarding, guitarist Bill Frisell’s
adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved featuring actor Tim Robbins, drummer Harland’s Voyager band paired with live video gamers, and an extensively revised presentation of trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s fully–staged opera Champion: An Opera in Jazz.
CHRISTIAN McBRIDE SEP 22–25At just 43, four–time GRAMMY winning bassist Christian McBride is widely regarded as the standard-bearer for jazz bassists in the 21st century. Among the more than 300 albums he’s appeared on are sessions by many of the most illustrious figures in jazz, including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, and Pat Metheny, while also collaborating with artists as diverse as Sting and Questlove of The Roots. McBride has been the linchpin of various all–star projects, such as the Five Peace Band with John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta, as well as the 2015 GRAMMY–lauded Chick Corea Trio with drummer Brian Blade. He’s led a procession of diverse groups since the mid-90s, most recently his Christian McBride Big Band, whose 2011 release The Good Feeling won that year’s GRAMMY for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. He has also found time to oversee jazz programming at Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, along with being the host of NPR’s Jazz Night in America. As an SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, McBride brings a kaleidoscopic musical vision and a restless drive for fresh avenues of expression.
VIJAY IYER FEB 9–12The brilliant and adventurous pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is a musician who stretches the boundaries of jazz. He was the recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius grant” in 2013 and the “quadruple crown” in DownBeat’s 2012 Critics Poll in the categories of Jazz Artist of the Year, Group of the Year, Pianist of the Year and Album of the Year. Iyer has collaborated with the most creative figures in modern jazz, including Steve Coleman, Wadada Leo Smith, Oliver Lake, Ambrose Akinmusire, and John Zorn, among others, and is a member of the visionary collective Fieldwork. He has recorded 15 albums since his debut in 1995, including the acclaimed sessions Historicity (2009), Accelerando (2011), and Break Stuff (2014) featuring his telepathic trio of bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore. Iyer’s role as an SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director allows him to explore his creativity in various settings, curating evenings devoted to challenging new music and exciting collaborations.
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“ It’s a great thrill and honor to be an SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director. The number one tradition of the jazz community is to create—always to create new, fresh, wonderful music.”
— CHRISTIAN McBRIDE
MARY STALLINGS MAY 4–7A supremely soulful jazz singer, the San Francisco native has appeared alongside jazz greats including Cal Tjader, Dizzy Gillespie and the Count Basie Orchestra over her stellar career. With her supple sense of swing, blues–inflected phrasing, and gift for empathic interpretation, it’s easy to see why The New York Times declared her “perhaps the best jazz singer alive today.” Following tours with Gillespie, Basie and Billy Eckstine in the late 60s and early 70s, she effectively retired from music, but made a triumphant return in the 1990s. She has since made up for lost time, recording a dozen sessions for Concord, MAXJAZZ and High Note. Stallings has a long history with SFJAZZ, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at our 2011 Gala and performing the opening song during the historic Opening Night concert in 2013. For her week as Resident Artistic Director, Stallings presents music from Feelin’ Good, a night devoted to Brazilian music, and collaborations in both an intimate duo setting and with the SFJAZZ High School All–Stars.
ROSANNE CASH MAY 18–21More than a country music icon, Rosanne Cash is America’s foremost musical woman of letters, who returns after her triumphant series of concerts premiering the songs from her latest Blue Note release, The River and The Thread. She has landed nearly a dozen #1 country hit singles while earning 13 GRAMMY nominations, culminating in three GRAMMY wins for The River & The Thread, which made “Best of Year” lists in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and USA Today. Leading publications including The Oxford-American and New York Magazine have published her essays and fiction, and she authored a volume of short stories, Bodies of Water, as well as a fascinating memoir, Composed. For her week, Cash presents a series of concerts in collaboration with fellow stars Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris—a project that has only occurred once before while Cash was an Artist-in-Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
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“ SFJAZZ has this expansive vision for artists that really allows me to experiment, and to do some really fun things.”
—ROSANNE CASH
“ I’m really excited to come back to the Bay Area as an SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director. I’m going to bring a lot of my friends and colleagues, some fantastic musicians...musically it will cover quite a range.”
—VIJAY IYER
“ It truly is an honor to be a Resident Artistic Director for SFJAZZ, an institution that has done a great service for this art form. The most wonderful level of art is being able to share something very dear—my music. I am excited to be able to share my musical journey in such a wonderful place.”
—MARY STALLINGS
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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP STARTS AT $60 All Membership levels enjoy the following benefits:
FIRST CHANCE TO BUY TICKETSPick your seats before anyone else. Tickets always go on sale to Members before the public. Several Season 5 concerts sold out during the Members-only period.
DEEP DISCOUNTS • 25% off select concerts
• 10% off single order of 10+ tickets
• 10% off SFJAZZ merchandise
INSIDER EVENTS• MEMBERS-ONLY CONCERTS—select performances not
open to the public
• LISTENING PARTIES—artists spinning playlists, share stories about the music, and mingle with Members
NO TICKET SERVICE FEES Save up to $7.50 per ticket
Other Membership levels and benefits:
HOUSEHOLD $75✚ Additional Member card included
CONTRIBUTOR $120 ✚ Free ticket exchanges with 24-hour notice
BENEFACTOR $300 ✚ Recognition in the SFJAZZ Program Books
✚ SFJAZZ High School All-Stars CD
PATRON $600 ✚ Invitation to a Leaders Circle Lounge
SENIOR $50
STUDENT $25
Other Leaders Circle levels and benefits:
DIRECTOR $2,500✚ Limited edition copy of SFJAZZ Collective CD set
PRODUCER $5,000 ✚ Sponsor recognition in association with a concert
ARTIST $10,000 ✚ Invitation to an Artists Dinner with special guests
✚ Free parking at the Performing Arts Garage for all SFJAZZ Center shows
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LEADERS CIRCLE STARTS AT $1,200Join the Leaders Circle and become a member of a close-knit group of music enthusiasts who share their passion for live performance. The Leaders Circle provides annual support to our artistic and educational programs. You will enjoy all the benefits of SFJAZZ Membership on page 14 as well as:
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YOU SUPPORT OUR MISSIONWith your help, we have built a home for jazz—the SFJAZZ Center. Here we’ll continue to serve the community with inspirational performances and educational programs. Here people of all ages can explore the full spectrum of jazz music.
CREATE YOUR OWN SFJAZZ LEGACY A gift in your will, or another type of legacy gift, will help us develop the next generation of jazz musicians and audiences. Your gift, when received, will be placed in our endowment.
SFJAZZ LEGACY CIRCLEWhen you notify us of your intended gift we will invite you to join our Legacy Circle. As a member, you will be invited to attend special events and be recognized in SFJAZZ materials. In stepping forward, you encourage others to do the same, though you may always choose to remain anonymous.
HAVE YOU ALREADY INCLUDED SFJAZZ IN YOUR WILL OR THROUGH ANOTHER LEGACY GIFT? Let us know so we may thank you for your thoughtfulness and commitment to our mission of jazz education and presentation.
PUT YOUR NAME ON ITDEDICATE A SEATCelebrate your passion for the music, remember a loved one, or commemorate your favorite jazz artist. When you make a gift of $5,000 or more to the SFJAZZ Endowment, a plaque bearing your name or dedication will be installed on a seat in Robert N. Miner Auditorium.
Installment plans are available and group gifts are welcome. For more information, please contact Katiti Crawford, Donor Engagement Director, 415.283.0324 or [email protected].
YOUR LEGACYAND THE FUTURE OF SFJAZZ
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GIANT STEPSYOUR NAME ON THE SFJAZZ CENTER
DURING THIS MILESTONE SEASON 5, we are reopening Giant Steps so that more of our growing community can help bring groundbreaking collaborations and cultural transformations to SFJAZZ stages—and beyond our walls. By making a three year membership commitment at any level from $300 Benefactor up through our Leaders Circle, you’ll become a Giant Steps Member and enjoy all of the core benefits of membership at your qualifying level, plus:
— GIANT STEPS BENEFITS — starts at $25 a month—includes core membership benefits listed on page 15 and the following:
YOUR NAME INSCRIBED ON THE SFJAZZ CENTER A recognition of your choosing will be added to our Giant Steps wall on Franklin Street.
NEVER MISS AN ONSALE Your Giant Steps membership will be active for three years. Forego renewal notices, save time, and help save resources.
AUTOMATIC MONTHLY OR ANNUAL PAYMENTS Your credit card will be securely stored and automatically charged monthly or annually for your convenience.
— LEADERS CIRCLE — starts at $100 a month—enjoy all of the above benefits of Giant Steps membership, plus:
PREMIUM SEATING Prime seats reserved just for you.
PERSONALIZED SERVICE Leaders Circle Ticket Concierge.
VIP ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE EVENTS Invitations to receptions, open rehearsals, and other behind-the-scenes events.
PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY Participate in a group of our most highly engaged supporters.
JOIN GIANT STEPS TODAY 415.283.0337 members@ SFJAZZ.org SFJAZZ.org/giantsteps
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DIGITAL LAB SESSIONSIDEAL FOR PRODUCERS, MUSICIANS, AND COMPOSITION STUDENTS
JAZZ IN THE MIX: RECORDING, SAMPLING, & MIXING JAZZ INSTRUMENTATIONMAR 18 SAT • 1–4pm Multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Adam Theis leads a hands-on workshop focusing on jazz instrumentation in modern musical styles of hip-hop, electronica, rock and more. Adam will demonstrate recording and editing of live instruments, how to manipulate these recordings with effects for evocative results, and share techniques for working with MIDI files and real instruments to create great sounding arrangements.
Adam Theis, Instructor
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
INTRO TO AUDIO PRODUCTION & THE DIGITAL STUDIOMAR 25 SAT • 1–4pm An introductory overview into the latest in recording equipment, microphones, home studio configuration, audio and MIDI editing, and an in-depth comparison of the most popular recording software. An excellent introduction to digital music production with acclaimed musician, producer, and DJ Jef Stott.
Jef Stott, Instructor
JAZZ APPRECIATIONKORET DISCOVER JAZZ SERIES
THE GREAT JAZZ WOMEN: NINA SIMONE w/TAMMY HALLMAR 8 WED • 7–8:30pm joe henderson lab
Rebeca Mauleón, Instructor
THE GREAT JAZZ WOMEN: HAZEL SCOTT w/TAMMY HALLMAR 15 WED • 7–8:30pm joe henderson lab
Rebeca Mauleón, Instructor
THE GREAT JAZZ WOMEN: MARIAN McPARTLAND w/LAURA KLEINMAR 22 WED • 7–8:30pm joe henderson lab
Rebeca Mauleón, Instructor
THE GREAT JAZZ WOMEN: VI REDD w/TIA FULLERMAR 29 WED • 7–8:30pm joe henderson lab
Rebeca Mauleón, Instructor
This series is made possible in part through the generosity of
SFJAZZ EDUCATION PROGRAMSINSPIRING, INFORMATIVE, INTERACTIVE
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FAMILY MATINEESSONGS OF FREEDOM
MARCUS SHELBY ORCHESTRAFEB 25 SAT • 1 1am miner auditorium
Ten years since Marcus Shelby found inspiration in a recent Harriet Tubman biography, the bassist and bandleader reignites Tubman’s mission with a thrilling presentation, highlighting the Negro Spirituals that served as coded messages to runaway slaves. The Marcus Shelby Orchestra celebrates the stunning musical stories of the Underground Railroad, and honors the memory of one of history’s most important champions of freedom: Harriet Tubman.
100 YEARS OF ELLA
TIFFANY AUSTINMAR 18 SAT • 1 1am miner auditorium
SFJAZZ celebrates the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald. Ella’s powerful tone, impeccable phrasing, and uncanny scatting made her one of the most beloved vocalists in American music history. From her exquisite rendition of “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” to her many collaborations with jazz giants, Fitzgerald was among the heralded jazz singers to successfully cross over to the non-jazz audience. For our Family Matinee in honor of Women’s History Month, Bay Area soulful songstress Tiffany Austin celebrates the legacy of one of the most iconic figures in American music.
This concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation.
WORKSHOPSFREE WORKSHOP FOR FEMALE MUSICIANS
THIRD ANNUAL GIRLS DAYMAR 11 SAT • 10am–12pm (vocals)
1–5pm (vocals & instruments) joe henderson lab
Join celebrated women jazz faculty in this very special session for female jazz instrumentalists and singers ages 13-18. Essential skills including ensemble techniques, improvisation, and musicianship will be the focus of this program geared toward emerging jazz musicians. The program will start in the morning for vocalists with a special 2-hour workshop; instrumentalists will begin at 1pm.
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ZAKIR HUSSAIN—master of the tabla, pioneer of world music—is talking about connections, musical connections. In essence, they are conversations, spoken through notes and rhythms, he says, no different than sitting down at the lunch counter with friends to talk about one’s children.
by RICHARD SCHEININ
“LET THE MOMENT
DICTATE HOW THE CONVERSATION
TAKES SHAPE.
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FAMILY CONNECTIONS:
& THE SFJAZZ GALA 2017 FIFTH SEASON CELEBRATION
He has learned this lesson so many times since moving from India to Marin County 45 years ago, jamming with the Grateful Dead, performing with Ali Akbar Khan, and then
striking up a connection, in the early-1980s, with a new organization called Jazz in the City, later to be known as SFJAZZ. That connection has birthed a world of musical conversation for Hussain, who remembers his 1990 duo encounter at Grace Cathedral with saxophonist Joe Henderson, who taught him “to create from a blank slate, to play the music as it reveals itself, letting it out, feeling its energy—something so fabulous.” That led him to pursue more duo concerts, again presented by SFJAZZ, first with saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and later with Charles Lloyd, who advised him to tune his tablas to “the key of the universe.” Now there was a connection. And through the years, there have been so many other encounters, with drummers Steve Smith and Eric Harland, with saxophonist Joshua Redman—on and on it goes, a web of relationships that runs deep.
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“Now we are family,” says Hussain, who will receive the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s 2017 Gala. All kinds of family will be there to cheer for Hussain and join him in musical conversation, including saxophonists Redman and Joe Lovano, the Kronos Quartet, drummers Harland, Cindy Blackman Santana and John Santos, as well as the SFJAZZ Collective. Hussain hints that he will explore the duo setting once again—maybe with Redman, maybe with Lovano—but mostly promises the sound of surprise: “To let the moment dictate how the conversation takes shape.”
SPOTLIGHT SERIES JANUARY 19–22
Much of the cast, including Hussain, will stay around for the next four nights as the organization celebrates its fifth season in the SFJAZZ Center with a string of programs spotlighting four legendary artists who have called the Bay Area home: drummer Tony Williams, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and reed master John Handy. For each, there are more stories to tell, linking them to the region, to the organization, to one another—more connections, more strands in the web. “These are the people who helped get us here,” says Randall Kline, who founded and directs SFJAZZ. “They helped establish the vibe of what we were and would become.” If the chemistry is right and the four concerts ignite, the concert hall will be “infused with the spirit” of these four incomparable musicians.
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Arguably jazz’s greatest prodigy, the drummer joined Miles Davis’s group at age 17 in 1963. He explored the avant-garde. He went electric. He lived for years in Pacifica and San Anselmo and sat on an early iteration of the SFJAZZ Board of Trustees.
The drum god went on to study composition at UC Berkeley, and, in 1990, SFJAZZ commissioned him to compose a piece for string quartet (Kronos), piano (Herbie Hancock) and percussion (Williams himself). It was performed at the Herbst Theatre, part of a concert that also featured Williams’ electric trio and acoustic quintet. Before the show, Kline chatted with Williams offstage and was momentarily perplexed when he heard the quintet doing its sound-check—with a drummer, a good one. “I thought, man, that sounds an awful lot like Tony,” he recalls. “I also thought, `Who would have the guts to fill Tony’s chair?’”
It was Cindy Blackman Santana, a protégé of Williams. Since his death in 1997, she has been on a mission to explain his genius to the world, recording his music and leading bands inspired by Williams’ electric Lifetime group, including at SFJAZZ. The mission continues at this show, of which she is musical director. Blackman Santana—who lives much of the year in Marin with her husband Carlos Santana—hopes to explore key phases of Williams’ career. “That whole ball of energy” that was Tony Williams, she says, was only one aspect of his musical personality. He was a chaser of beauty, a sound innovator, his formidable flow filled with “little subtleties, the in-between things that he’s doing. He had an incredible ear for picking out cymbals that sounded like a symphony when they were played together. People just don’t know.’”
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Which leads her to tell this story: When Williams replaced drummer Jimmy Cobb in Davis’s group, he gave Cobb a cymbal as a gift. In the mid-‘80s, Cobb passed that cymbal on to Blackman Santana, who called Williams to ask if he approved. He did. She held the cymbal up to the phone and gave it a tap. “Oh yeahhhh!” he said, with a growl of pleasure, recognizing its sound after 20-plus years. “Dark and pretty.”
JOE HENDERSON JANUARY 20
Three great tenor saxophonists will help pay tribute to this late titan of the instrument, who called San Francisco home.
Joshua Redman, who grew up in Berkeley and understands Henderson’s impact, will direct this evening’s program. (Redman goes way back with SFJAZZ, to 1984, when he was a 15-year-old at Berkeley High School, performing with its jazz band.) David Sanchez, who has arranged and played Henderson’s compositions as a member of the SFJAZZ Collective, once described himself as “baptized” in Joe’s “beautiful, dark, liquefied sound.” Joe Lovano, who preceded Sanchez in the Collective, remembers the Sunday matinee at Boston’s Jazz Workshop in the early 1970s, when, at age 18, he sat in with Henderson: “What a thrill, to feel his beautiful energy, to hear his sound and inspired solos. It’s something that keeps me inspired to this day.”
Henderson performed many times for SFJAZZ, with his small groups and big band, with the Kronos Quartet and Bobby
Hutcherson. He always set the bar for other musicians: “It was the way he stretched out and explored his instrument, always touching on the inner music of whatever tune it was,” Lovano says.
“And as a late teen, that really set me on my own path of trying to tell my own story. Joe loved to play and he drew you in because of that, and he basically elevated every musical situation—always generous to so many young cats. You grow up listening to masters like that and learn what it actually takes to get yourself together on your horn. He was one of the baddest cats ever.”
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The vibraphonist’s death in August at age 75 was a blow to the jazz world (he was one of its greatest improvisers), to the Bay Area music scene (his playing embodied its freedom, its open-minded ethos) and to SFJAZZ (he was in many ways its heart).
“Every note was an adventure for Bobby,” says vibraphonist Stefon Harris, who succeeded Hutcherson in the SFJAZZ Collective in 2007 and will direct this tribute. “He was the most emotionally articulate musician to ever play the instrument. Sometimes he would make it sound as if he were weeping, at other times literally as if he were laughing. He found a way to express the depths of his experiences—to the point that there was no separation between the way he played and the way he lived, and what was created became a sort of absolute beauty.”
Hutcherson, who lived in Montara, 20 miles south of San Francisco, first performed for SFJAZZ in 1984. (He played a set of duets with pianist George Cables.) In 1998, he shared the stage at the Masonic Auditorium with Milt Jackson and Harris, then in his mid-20s, for a program titled “Good Vibes: The Heritage of Jazz Vibraphone.” Harris remembers feeling “emotionally overwhelmed” before the event. But the moment he arrived for rehearsal, the two elders gave him a “warm embrace that just put me at ease and let me know that I was welcome to be there and that if I worked hard and continued in my direction, that I would have the honor of carrying on this legacy.”
Harris also remembers his final meeting with Hutcherson, only a year ago at the SFJAZZ Center: “David Sanchez and I were standing backstage with Bobby, and there were certain harmonic concepts that he was working on that he was sharing. And there was so much joy there,” even though Hutcherson was seriously debilitated by emphysema. “There was so much energy, so much exploration—the idea that learning never stops. There are those
HERBIE HANCOCK & TONY WILLIAMS
BOBBY HUTCHERSON
JOE HENDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET
SUMMER 2017 JAZZ IMMERSION PROGRAMS
650-736-0324 | stanfordjazz.org
• Week-long jazz immersion programs at Stanford Uni-versity for middle- and high school musicians and adults
• Focus on improvisation and combo playing• Two-week packages available
• Recent faculty includes Chick Corea, Larry Grenadier, Ingrid Jensen, Julian Lage, Billy Hart, Tia Fuller, Fred Hersch, Anat Cohen, Kenny Burrell, Allison Miller, Linda Oh, Peter Erskine, Ethan Iverson, and many more
JAZZ CAMP - For high school musiciansWeek 1: July 16 - 21 & Week 2: July 23 - 28
JAZZ INSTITUTE - For adults (17 and under by audition)July 30 - August 4
GIANT STEPS DAY CAMP - For middle school musiciansJuly 10 - 14
WORLD RHYTHM @ SJW - For adults (17 and under, too)July 30 - August 4
VELVET PORTRAITS
TERRACE MARTIN and the Polly Seeds
JAN 5 THU • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
An integral part of the red-hot South Central Los Angeles music scene that includes saxophonist Kamasi Washington, producer Steven “Flying Lotus” Ellison, and bassist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, saxophonist and producer Terrace Martin is one of the major figures behind rapper Kendrick Lamar’s multiple GRAMMY-winning 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly. Martin’s new album, Velvet Portraits, is his most expansive and personal statement yet.
Terrace Martin keyboards, vocals, saxophoneTaber Gable keyboardsBrandon Owens bassTrevor Lawrence drumsRose Gold vocals
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THE EPIC
KAMASI WASHINGTONJAN 6 FRI • 7:30PM JAN 7 SAT • 7:30 & 10PM JAN 8 SUN • 3 & 7PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
A saxophonist and composer who has risen from the underground Los Angeles music scene to become one of the most celebrated faces in jazz today, Washington brings the irrepressible energy and stylistic breadth showcased on his expansive three-CD release, The Epic. The album has made him the biggest crossover jazz artist on the scene, earning Album of the Year in the DownBeat Critics Poll.
Kamasi Washington tenor saxophone Ricky Washington saxophones, flute Ryan Porter trombone Brandon Coleman keyboards Miles Mosley bass Tony Austin drumsRonald Bruner drums Patrice Quinn vocals
The January 8th concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Bill & Margie Holodnak.
“ The most-talked-about jazz musician since Wynton Marsalis arrived on the New York scene three decades ago.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES
WEST COAST GET DOWNJAN 5–8
TRUMPET SUPERSTAR
CHRIS BOTTIJAN 10–12 TUE–THU • 7:30PM JAN 13–14 FRI–SAT • 7 & 9:30PM JAN 15 SUN • 3 & 7PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
The world’s top-selling jazz instrumentalist, trumpeter Chris Botti is a subtle trumpeter with a sumptuous clarion sound, fluent phrasing and sense of space—a masterly musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop. He has collaborated with everyone from Yo-Yo Ma and Herbie Hancock to Paul Simon and Sting, and his newest album, Impressions, was a GRAMMY winner for Best Instrumental Pop Album.
The January 14th concert is made possible in part through the generosity of John Gordon and Margo Goodwin-Gordon, Zalise Edwards and Donald Gonsalves. The January 11th, 14th and 15th concerts are made possible in part through the generosity of
“ Mr. Botti’s work functions both on the level of flickering intimacy and thundering grandiosity. He’s adept at exuding human warmth on a sweeping scale” —THE NEW YORK TIMES
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MLK DAY
OPEN HOUSE SEASON 5 CELEBRATIONJAN 16 MON • 11am, 2pm & 5pm MINER AUDITORIUM
To celebrate our 5th Season, we kick off 2017 by honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and welcoming families to explore our beautiful space and listen to exciting live music. Join the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Big Band and special guests for a wonderful day of music, children’s activities, and tours of the beautiful SFJAZZ Center!
These concerts are made possible in part through the generosity of
5TH ANNIVERSARY
SFJAZZ GALA 2017 HONORING ZAKIR HUSSAINJAN 18 WEDSFJAZZ CENTER
The pre-eminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain is an international phenomenon in the field of percussion and in the music world at large. He is one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians and widely considered a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement.
On January 18, the SFJAZZ Center will fill with cultural and political leaders, celebrities, artists, and music enthusiasts to present Zakir Hussain with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award and celebrate our 5th Anniversary Season in the SFJAZZ Center. VIP supporters will enjoy an elegant cocktail hour and seated dinner with our featured artists, followed by lavish seating for the once-in-a-lifetime Gala concert featuring some of the biggest names in jazz—all erupting into the AfterJam Party. Gala-goers and after-partiers will be spoiled with an array of cuisine and drinks throughout the evening, with late night fare from our favorite neighborhood spots.
SEASON 5 CELEBRATIONJAN 16–22
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SEASON 5 CELEBRATION
TONY WILLIAMS SPOTLIGHT Musical Director CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA
JAN 19 THU • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
Curated by powerhouse drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, this night honors the work of master drummer Tony Williams, a hugely influential artist who provided the polyrhythmic fire powering Miles Davis’ second great quintet in the mid 1960s. His band Lifetime helped pioneer the fusion movement, and in 1990 the longtime Bay Area resident premiered an SFJAZZ-commissioned work that featured Herbie Hancock and the Kronos Quartet.
SEASON 5 CELEBRATION
JOE HENDERSON SPOTLIGHT Musical Director JOSHUA REDMAN
JAN 20 FRI • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
The life and music of saxophone titan Joe Henderson is celebrated in a performance curated by saxophonist Joshua Redman that draws on Henderson’s rich songbook. A San Francisco resident since 1971, Henderson had a lengthy association with SFJAZZ beginning with his appearance at the third Jazz In The City Festival in 1986, and culminating in the 1993 “We Love Joe” tribute at Davies Symphony Hall.
Honoring both the all-star performances from 2013’s Grand Opening week and the ongoing Season 5 theme of “traditions in transition,” all four nights following the 2017 SFJAZZ Gala will focus on tributes to iconic artists with long ties to the Bay Area, curated by today’s jazz
SPECIAL GUESTSCindy BlackmanKronos QuartetJoe LovanoBill FrisellTerence BlanchardJoshua RedmanStefon HarrisZakir HussainMary StallingsEric HarlandJohn Santos
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVEMiguel ZenónDavid SánchezSean JonesRobin EubanksEdward SimonWarren WolfMatt PenmanObed Calvaire
SPECIAL GUESTSJoshua RedmanJoe LovanoBill FrisellTerence BlanchardStefon HarrisZakir HussainMary StallingsEric HarlandJohn Santos
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVEMiguel ZenónDavid SánchezSean JonesRobin EubanksEdward SimonWarren WolfMatt PenmanObed Calvaire
The January 20th concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Kaitlyn & Mike Krieger.
The January 19th concert is in memory of Don Bell.
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giants who followed in their legendary footsteps. In addition to the curating artist, each night will include performances by the SFJAZZ Collective, Grand Opening week performer Joe Lovano, and former SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors Terence Blanchard and Bill Frisell.
SEASON 5 CELEBRATION
BOBBY HUTCHERSON SPOTLIGHT Musical Director STEFON HARRIS
JAN 21 SAT • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
A Bay Area resident and founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective, vibraphonist and composer Bobby Hutcherson has been a vital part of SFJAZZ since the beginning. This performance curated by vibraphonist Stefon Harris offers highlights from Hutcherson’s musical legacy that includes over 40 classic albums and sideman work with every major jazz figure from the 1960s to today.
SEASON 5 CELEBRATION
JOHN HANDY SPOTLIGHT Musical Director MIGUEL ZENÓN
JAN 22 SUN • 7:30pm
MINER AUDITORIUM
Rising to prominence with jazz giant Charles Mingus, saxophonist John Handy has been a Bay Area resident for most of his life. A masterful performer and composer, he performed at the first Jazz in the City Festival in 1983 as well as the Grand Opening of the SFJAZZ Center. This night curated by SFJAZZ Collective saxophonist Miguel Zenón pays tribute to Handy and his music.
SPECIAL GUESTSJoe LovanoBill FrisellTerence BlanchardJoshua RedmanStefon HarrisZakir HussainMary StallingsEric HarlandJohn Santos
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVEMiguel ZenónDavid SánchezSean JonesRobin EubanksEdward SimonWarren WolfMatt PenmanObed Calvaire
SPECIAL GUESTSJohn HandyMiguel ZenónJoe LovanoBill FrisellTerence BlanchardJoshua RedmanStefon HarrisZakir HussainMary StallingsEric HarlandJohn Santos
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVEMiguel ZenónDavid SánchezSean JonesRobin EubanksEdward SimonWarren WolfMatt PenmanObed Calvaire
The January 21 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Mark Zitter & Jessica Nutik Zitter.
The January 22 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Mr. & Mrs. Gregory T. Stern.
SEASON 5 CELEBRATIONJAN 16–22SEASON 5 CELEBRATIONJAN 16–22
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BAY AREA BIG BANDS
ELECTRIC SQUEEZEBOX ORCHESTRA/TOMMY IGOE GROOVE CONSPIRACYJAN 26 THU • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
Led by one of the most in-demand drummers and educators in the world, the hard-hitting Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy band includes members of Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Tower of Power, and the Doobie Brothers. The 17-piece ESO is a top shelf big band made up of many of the Bay Area’s finest, under the direction of trumpeter Erik Jekabson. Their new album received a 4.5 star DownBeat review.
SWING!
LAVAY SMITH & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
JAN 27 FRI • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
Fronted by the sultry Smith, a singer whose style draws on Dinah Washington and Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, the band performs tasty arrangements of tunes from the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, as well as original numbers. Led by arranger and pianist Chris Siebert, the group includes artists who cut their teeth with everyone from Big Joe Turner to Ray Charles.
“ Hands-down the best thing to come out of the jump/swing revival... the gal can sing her tail off.” —SEATTLE TIMES
JAZZ IN THE CITYJAN 26–29
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TRIBUTE TO LOCAL GREATS
JOHN SANTOS SEXTETJAN 28 SAT • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
Percussion great Santos and his longstanding Afro-Cuban sextet return to pay tribute to the Bay Area artists who have helped enrich local culture. For this exclusive event, vocalist Maria Marquez, multi-instrumentalist Jose Roberto Hernandez, and a pair of young siblings who are making great waves in jazz, pianist Samora Pinderhughes and flutist, vocalist, and SFJAZZ High School alum Elena Pinderhughes, join the band.
The January 28 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Charles and Margaret Charnas.
JOHN SANTOS SPECIAL GUESTSJohn Santos percussion Maria Marquez vocals Saul Sierra bass Jose Roberto Hernandez guitar, Marco Diaz piano, trumpet violin, fluteDr. John Calloway flute, piano Samora Pinderhughes piano Melecio Magdaluyo saxophones Elena Pinderhughes flute, vocals David Flores drums
ELECTRIC ASCENSION & NO FAVORITES
ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET plays John Coltrane’s Ascension and A Tribute to Butch Morris
JAN 29 SUN • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
In an evening of adventurous music, the ROVA Saxophone Quartet is joined by guests including Björk harpist Zeena Parkins, bassist Fred Frith, and guitarists Ava Mendoza and Trey Spruance to perform their celebrated arrangement of John Coltrane’s ecstatic masterpiece Ascension. The other half of the evening pays homage to the late cornetist, composer, and conductor Lawrence “Butch” Morris in a program called No Favorites.
ELECTRIC ASCENSION NO FAVORITESBruce Ackley soprano saxophone Bruce Ackley soprano saxophoneSteve Adams alto saxophone Steve Adams alto saxophone Larry Ochs tenor saxophone Larry Ochs tenor saxophoneJon Raskin baritone saxophone Jon Raskin baritone saxophone
with withAva Mendoza electric guitar John Schott electric guitarTrey Spruance electric guitar Tara Flandreau viola Darren Johnston trumpet Christina Stanley violinTom Djll trumpet electronics Alex Kelly celloZeena Parkins electric harp Scott Walton acoustic bassFred Frith electric bass Jason Hoopes electric bassDonald Robinson drums Jordan Glenn drums
Gino Robair conductor
JAZZ IN THE CITYJAN 26–29
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SFJAZZ HOTPLATE FESTIVAL
ROGER GLENN plays Cal Tjader’s Soul Sauce
JAN 26 THU • 8 & 9:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
Veteran jazz multi-instrumentalist Roger Glenn salutes his former employer, Bay Area Latin jazz vibraphone icon Cal Tjader, with music from Tjader’s signature 1964 Verve album Soul Sauce.
SFJAZZ HOTPLATE FESTIVAL
DESTINY MUHAMMAD plays Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda
JAN 27 FRI • 8 & 9:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
Acclaimed Bay Area harpist Destiny Muhammad presents the expansive, meditative music from Alice Coltrane’s landmark 1971 Impulse! release dedicated to guru Swami Satchidananda, Journey in Satchidananda.
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JAZZ MAFIA plays Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool
JAN 28 SAT • 8 & 9:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
Musicians from the Bay Area collective headed by trombonist and bassist Adam Theis celebrate Miles Davis’ 1958 cool jazz masterpiece Birth of the Cool.
SFJAZZ HOTPLATE FESTIVAL
JOE GILMAN plays Dave Brubeck’s Time Out
JAN 29 SUN • 5:30 & 7PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
Music from Dave Brubeck’s seminal 1959 quartet album Time Out is showcased by acclaimed pianist and educator Joe Gilman and his band.
SFJAZZ HOTPLATE FESTIVALJAN 26–29
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JAZZ MASTER SUPERGROUP
THE COOKERSFEB 9–11 THU–SAT • 7 & 8:30pm FEB 12 SUN • 5:30 & 7pm
JOE HENDERSON LAB
The members of the Cookers have each made a major impact on the jazz world as both leaders and sidemen since the 1960s. From the group’s inception, they have decidedly been a band rather than a one-off assemblage of veterans playing a predictable list of standards—a cohesive unit performing their own superlative compositions with more fire and passion than the generations of musicians they’ve inspired.
Billy Harper tenor saxophone Donald Harrison tenor saxophoneEddie Henderson trumpet David Weiss trumpetGeorge Cables piano Cecil McBee bassBilly Hart drums
The February 12 concert is made possible in part The February 9–12 concerts are made through the generosity of Al Bedecarré & Claire Ernst. possible in part through the generosity of
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AN EVENING OF DUETS
VIJAY IYER with Wadada Leo Smith & Rudresh Mahanthappa
FEB 9 THU • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
Iyer’s first night as Resident Artistic Director is an evening of duets with master improvisers and long-term collaborators. Iyer was a member of Smith’s Golden Quartet and their inspired 2016 ECM duo release is titled A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke. Iyer has partnered with saxophonist Mahanthappa for two decades, recording seven sessions together including their 2006 duo release Raw Materials.
Vijay Iyer piano, Fender RhodesWadada Leo Smith trumpetRudresh Mahanthappa alto saxophone
The February 9–12 concerts are made possible in part through the generosity of Bill & Margie Holodnak and
OPEN CITY & BLINDSPOT
VIJAY IYER LARGE ENSEMBLE with Teju Cole
FEB 10 FRI • 7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM
Iyer’s large group project was inspired by the award-winning 2012 novel Open City by Nigerian-American poet and writer Teju Cole, who adds spoken word passages from the work into this performance, which features a spectacular eight-piece band including longtime trio bassist Stephan Crump, drummer Tyshawn Sorey, saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman, flutist and SFJAZZ High School All-Stars alum Elena Pinderhughes, cornetist Graham Haynes, and more.
Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes Graham Haynes cornetSteve Lehman alto saxophone Mark Shim tenor saxophone Patricia Brennan marimba Rafiq Bhatia guitarOkkyung Lee cello Stephan Crump bassTyshawn Sorey drums Teju Cole spoken word
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VIJAY IYER TRIO with Ambrose Akinmusire & Mark Shim
FEB 11 SAT • 7:30PM
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Pianist and composer Iyer’s longstanding trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore has been his most acclaimed and elastic ensemble project for over a decade. For this date the trio, with the masterful drumming of Tyshawn Sorey in place of Gilmore, is joined by Oakland-born trumpeter Akinmusire and tenor saxophonist Shim—a pair of exploratory instrumentalists working on the cutting edge of modern jazz.
VIJAY IYER TRIO SPECIAL GUESTSVijay Iyer piano Ambrose Akinmusire trumpetStephan Crump bass Mark Shim tenor saxophoneTyshawn Sorey drums
“ Presto! Here is the great new jazz piano trio.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES
TIRTHA
VIJAY IYER with Prasanna & Nitin Mitta
FEB 12 SUN • 4PM
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Originally coming together in 2007, Tirtha’s approach was concisely summed up by NPR, who described it as “a distillation of jazz improvisation, creative conversation and carnatic music from India.” The trio features Carnatic electric guitarist Prassana, known for his work with George Brooks and Victor Wooten, and virtuoso tabla drummer Mitta. Their debut 2011 ACT Music release was described by the All Music Guide as “a triumph.”
Vijay Iyer pianoPrasanna guitarNitin Mitta tabla
“ Bewitching…takes listeners to places they’ve never heard.” —LOS ANGELES TIMES
SFJAZZ RESIDENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR VIJAY IYERFEB 9–12
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FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
PARIS COMBOFEB 14–15 TUE–WED • 7:30PM
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Called “cool, continental, witty and more than a little mysterious” by the Boston Herald, Paris Combo is as diverse and sophisticated as the city from which the band hails. Combining Gypsy swing with elements of flamenco, chanson and alt-cabaret, the quintet mixes in Latin and North African rhythms for good measure. They return for these exclusive Valentine’s Day performances.
Belle du Berry vocals David Lewis trumpet, pianoPotzi guitar Beniot Dunoyer de Segonzac bassFrançois Jeannin drums, vocals
The February 15 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Debra DeMartini.
“ Swinging cabaret songs of the 1930’s, with an airy chanteuse and touches of Django Reinhardt-styled guitar.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES
WEEK OF LOVEFEB 14–19
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SONGS OF LOVE
DIANNE REEVESFEB 16–18 THU– SAT • 7:30PM FEB 19 SUN • 3PM
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The greatest living jazz vocalist returns for her February performances that have become a Valentine’s Day tradition. An artist who embodies jazz’s enduring values of elegance, class and improvisational poise, Reeves has been one of the music’s brightest stars for more than three decades. Her Concord Records debut, Beautiful Life, won the 2015 GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album, melding jazz with elements of R&B, pop and Latin music.
Dianne Reeves vocals Romero Lubambo guitarPeter Martin keyboards Reginald Veal bassTerreon Gully drums
The February 16–19 concerts were made The February 18 concert is made possible in part possible in part through the generosity of through the generosity of Tony & Angela Harris.
“ Dianne Reeves is one of our generation’s definitive jazz masters, a vocal stylist of extraordinary skill and vivacity.” —THE HUFFINGTON POST
WEEK OF LOVEFEB 14–19
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COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
JOHN SCOFIELDFEB 19 SUN • 8PM
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A master improviser and 2015 GRAMMY winner for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Scofield is universally regarded as one of the greatest figures in jazz guitar history. With his latest project, Country For Old Men, Scofield re-imagines the music of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, and other country greats with a top tier band featuring organist Larry Goldings, bassist Steve Swallow, and drummer Bill Stewart.
John Scofield guitarLarry Goldings organ, pianoSteve Swallow bassBill Stewart drums
The February 19 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger.
“ One of the contemporary jazz world’s finest guitarists.”
—LOS ANGELES TIMES
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SCOTT AMENDOLA BAND with Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, Jenny Scheinman, and John Schifflett
FEB 16–18 THU–SAT • 7 & 8:30PM
FEB 19 SUN • 5:30 & 7PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
A first-call West Coast drummer, Scott Amendola can be found accompanying some of jazz’s most inventive artists, from violinist Regina Carter to guitarists John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Charlie Hunter. But he’s forged an equally formidable reputation as a bandleader and composer, and this version of his band includes Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker, and violinist Jenny Sheinman.
Scott Amendola drumsJenny Scheinman violinNels Cline guitarJeff Parker guitarJohn Schifflett bass
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ATTA KID plays Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder
FEB 23 THU • 8 & 9:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
Led by keyboardist Max Cowan and saxophonist Daniel Cesares, Oakland-based funk unit Atta Kid takes a fresh approach to Morgan’s 1964 Blue Note masterwork The Sidewinder.
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ECM WEEK: GUITAR
RALPH TOWNER, SOLO/ JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTETFEB 23 THU • 7:30PM
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Founder of the great world-jazz ensemble Oregon, Towner contemporized the acoustic guitar in jazz. In addition to over 20 releases on ECM as a leader, he has made indelible contributions to the work of Paul Winter and Weather Report. Abercrombie has had a four-decade career with ECM, releasing the classic debut Timeless and the hugely influential Gateway Trio recordings with Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette.
Ralph Towner guitar
JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTETJohn Abercrombie guitarMarc Copland pianoDrew Gress bassJoey Baron drums
This concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Aric, Danielle, Alijah & Saul Rubin.
ECM WEEK: DUOS
ETHAN IVERSON & MARK TURNER/ ANJA LECHNER & FRANÇOIS COUTURIERFEB 24 FRI • 7:30PM
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Two of jazz’s most influential artists share a bill with a critically lauded contemporary classical duo. Iverson is best known as pianist behind The Bad Plus, while Turner’s eclecticism and vision have been heard as a leader, as part of Dave Holland Sextet, and in the SFJAZZ Collective. Lechner and Couturier are part of the Tarkovsky Quartet and released an acclaimed 2014 duo album on ECM, Moderato Cantabile.
Ethan Iverson pianoMark Turner tenor saxophone
Anja Lechner celloFrançois Couturier piano
ECM FESTFEB 23–26
RALPH TOWNER ETHAN IVERSON
JOHN ABERCROMBIE LECHNER & COUTURIER
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CRAIG TABORN QUARTET/ AARON PARKS TRIOFEB 25 SAT • 7:30PM
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This night is a double bill with two of the most forward-thinking pianists on the scene. Taborn has established himself as a modern master through five explorative releases and sideman roles with Chris Potter, Roscoe Mitchell, Tim Berne, and David Binney. Parks is known for his work as part of the all-star quartet James Farm with Joshua Redman, as well as his expansive 2013 solo album on ECM, Arborescence.
CRAIG TABORN QUARTETCraig Taborn pianoChris Speed tenor saxophoneChris Lightcap double bassDave King drums
AARON PARKS TRIOAaron Parks pianoThomas Morgan bassRJ Miller drums
ECM WEEK: ENSEMBLES
WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL QUINTET/DAVE KING TRIOFEB 26 SUN • 4PM
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Masterful ensemble interplay is on tap for this evening. Austrian guitarist Muthspiel is an acclaimed and prolific artist who succeeded Pat Metheny in Gary Burton’s band and has led over 30 sessions. His high-powered quintet includes trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and drummer Brian Blade. Best known as the rhythmic engine behind The Bad Plus, King presents his telepathic trio featuring the superlative pianist Bill Carrothers.
WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL QUINTETWolfgang Muthspiel guitarAmbrose Akinmusire trumpetGwilym Simcock pianoScott Colley bassBrian Blade drums
DAVE KING TRIODave King drumsBill Carrothers pianoBilly Peterson bass
ECM FESTFEB 23–26 ECM FESTJAN 23–26ECM FESTFEB 23–26
CRAIG TABORN WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL
AARON PARKS DAVE KING
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SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE SAXOPHONIST
MIGUEL ZENÓN QUARTETFEB 24–25 FRI–SAT • 7 & 8:30PM
FEB 26 SUN • 7 & 9:30PM
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A founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective, Zenón is the most celebrated altoist of his generation. He is a multi-GRAMMY nominee and both a Guggenheim and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow who has extended jazz’s conceptual reach with a series of albums exploring the music of his native Puerto Rico. He performs with his ironclad quartet including Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, and Henry Cole.
Miguel Zenón alto saxophoneLuis Perdomo pianoHans Glawischnig bassHenry Cole drums
SONGS OF FREEDOM
FAMILY MATINEE w/Marcus Shelby Orchestra
FEB 25 SAT • 11AM
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Ten years since Marcus Shelby found inspiration in a recent Harriet Tubman biography, the bassist and bandleader reignites Tubman’s mission with a thrilling presentation, highlighting the Negro Spirituals that served as coded messages to runaway slaves. The Marcus Shelby Orchestra celebrates the stunning musical stories of the Underground Railroad, and honors the memory of one of history’s most important champions of freedom: Harriet Tubman.
This concert is made possible in part through the generosity of
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SOMETHIN’ ELSE: HANNA & GREG OSTROFF MEDIA PRODUCTION ROOM
The SFJAZZ Center was conceived to not only be the best possible venue to experience live music, but to have the capability to disseminate performances and educational events beyond its walls to viewers around
the world. State-of-the-art recording and streaming were major goals for SFJAZZ as the Center was being designed and constructed, and the finished building is one of the most technologically advanced concert facilities in existence.
Every audio patch point and signal run from both stages and all educational rooms are integrated with feeds from multiple robotic HD video cameras and funneled into the third floor Hanna & Greg Ostroff Media Production Room, where Director
of Video Production Jake Richmond is able to record, edit, and stream events that range from simple single camera setups to 12 camera HD productions ready for primetime television.
Since the production suite has been up and running, SFJAZZ has amassed over 30TB of footage, recorded over 250 full-length concerts and presented over 30 corporate live webcasted shows including TED@IBM San Francisco 2016, the 2016 Nor Cal Emmy Awards, and the Google Chrome Developers Summit.
SFJAZZ is currently streaming selected education events through SFJAZZ.org, Facebook Live, YouTube Live and UStream. The digital future will be very exciting indeed! ■
Jake Richmond, Director of Video Production
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WOMEN IN SONG
DESTANI WOLFMAR 2 THU • 7 & 8:30PM
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Raised in Berkeley and now based in Los Angeles, vocalist Destani Wolf is a distinctively soulful singer who instills a deep feel for the blues into every song she sings, from contemporary R&B to timeless jazz standards. On this night, Wolf celebrates many of the female songwriters and performers who have influenced her including Roberta Flack, Adele, and Nina Simone, along with her own originals.
“ With her 1000-watt smile and huge, soul-drenched voice, Destani Wolf doesn’t tend to go unnoticed for long.” —BERKELEYSIDE
SINGS ABBEY LINCOLN
TIFFANY AUSTINMAR 3 FRI • 7 & 8:30PM
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One of the Bay Area’s finest young vocalists returns with a tribute to one of her greatest influences – singer and social activist Abbey Lincoln. Blending elements of R&B, hip-hop, and the blues, Austin brings a fresh approach to the music associated with Lincoln, whose impassioned voice was both a sublime vehicle for jazz classics and synonymous with the protest songs of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
“ East Bay vocalist Tiffany Austin is finding her way as a jazz singer by tapping into classic soul.” —BERKELEYSIDE
WOMEN IN JAZZMAR 2–5
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SINGS BETTY CARTER
JACKIE RYANMAR 4 SAT • 7 & 8:30PM
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JazzTimes magazine calls Jackie Ryan “one of the most outstanding vocalists of her generation.” She has lent her sublime voice to work with jazz heavyweights Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, and Jon Hendricks, and her music encompasses a wide array of jazz idioms, from blues and gospel-flavored songs to Gershwin classics and original compositions. This intimate show pays homage to iconic vocalist and composer Betty Carter.
“ She not only has style, she has her own style, the true calling card of a real jazz singer. An endangered species if ever there was one.” —NPR
SINGS JONI MITCHELL
LAURIE ANTONIOLIMAR 5 SUN • 5:30 & 7PM
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A consummate interpreter of standards and American popular song whose storied career includes work with Joe Henderson, Mark Murphy, and Bobby McFerrin, masterful Bay Area vocalist Laurie Antonioli honors Joni Mitchell, the subject of her 2014 album Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light. In addition to her work as a performer, Antonioli is a respected educator and currently Vocal Chair at the California Jazz Conservatory.
“ With her pleasingly husky tone and incisive phrasing, Antonioli brings hard-won emotional insight to every track.” —SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
WOMEN IN JAZZMAR 2–5 WOMEN IN JAZZMAR 2–5
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BALKAN CELEBRATION
GORAN BREGOVIĆ and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra
MAR 9–10 THU–FRI • 7:30PM MAR 11 SAT • 7:30 & 9PM MAR 12 SUN • 3PM
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Called “a musical spectacle unlike anything else on North American stages” by the San Francisco Chronicle, the sublime madness of composer/guitarist Bregovic’s trans-Balkan musical feast makes a long-awaited return after a sold-out 2011 performance, featuring Gypsy brass players, Bulgarian vocalists and conservatory-trained string players from Belgrade in a kaleidoscope of action, color and intoxicating beats.
The March 11 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of The Dattels Family.
“ Bregovic is both the catalyst and ringmaster for a musical spectacle unlike anything else on North American stages.”—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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SOLO BACH
BRAD MEHLDAUMAR 12 SUN • 3PM
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Described by DownBeat as “the most influential jazz artist of his generation,” Mehldau is at his most expansive in solo recitals where he gives free rein to his imagination. Echoing his magical solo performance during the inaugural season of the SFJAZZ Center, he returns with a recital devoted to his Carnegie Hall commissioned work Three Pieces After Bach and selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
This concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Nion McEvoy.
“ Perhaps the most influential jazz artist of his generation.” —DOWNBEAT
JELLY & GEORGE
CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT & AARON DIEHLMAR 16–18 THU–SAT • 7:30PM
MAR 19 SUN • 4PM
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The 2016 GRAMMY winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, vocalist Salvant and pianist Diehl return following their sold-out shows last year with a new collaboration titled “Jelly and George,” a project that presents a fresh approach to the music of Jelly Roll Morton and George Gershwin, joined by special guests. These shows will be, in the words of The Guardian, “artistry of the highest class.”
Aaron Diehl piano Cécile McLorin Salvant vocalsAdam Birnbaum piano Evan Christopher clarinetCorey Wilcox trombone TBA trumpetPaul Sikivie bass Lawrence Leathers drums
The March 16 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of Lori Lerner & Terry Berkemeier. The March 17 concert is in honor of Randall Kline. The March 18 concert is made possible in part through the generosity of The Three Vernas.
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SFJAZZ HOTPLATE
KRISTEN STROM plays Stan Getz’ Sweet Rain
MAR 16 THU • 8 & 9:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB
Composer, bandleader and tenor saxophonist Kristen Strom puts her personal stamp on music from Stan Getz’s influential 1967 Verve release, Sweet Rain.
100 YEARS OF ELLA
FAMILY MATINEE w/Tiffany Austin
MAR 18 SAT • 11AM
MINER AUDITORIUM
SFJAZZ celebrates the centennial of one of the greatest voices in jazz, the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald! Ella’s powerful tone, impeccable phrasing, and uncanny scatting made her one of the most beloved vocalists in American music history. From her exquisite rendition of “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” to her many collaborations with jazz giants, Fitzgerald was among the heralded jazz singers to successfully cross over to the non-jazz audience. For our Family Matinee in honor of Women’s History Month, Bay Area soulful songstress Tiffany Austin celebrates the legacy of one of the most iconic figures in American music.
This concert is made possible in part through the generosity of the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation.
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LISTENING PARTY
BEN RATLIFF “Every Song Ever”
MAR 19 SUN • 7:30PM
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One of the most respected music journalists working today, Ben Ratliff has been jazz and pop critic for The New York Times since 1997. For this Listening Party, Ratliff will discuss his latest book, Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty, which examines the ways we listen to music when nearly everything is available and free.
Maria Schneider OrchestraThe Thompson Fields
Feb 19ZELLERBACH HALL
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rare human beings whose genius unfolds throughout their entire lives, and that was Bobby Hutcherson.”
JOHN HANDY JANUARY 22
“Traditions in Transition” is a motto for SFJAZZ: the idea that the music is always in flux, absorbing influences and growing toward the next level. A member of the SFJAZZ Collective since 2004, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon embraces that ideal. His own rapturous performances integrate New York modern jazz with Puerto Rican folk traditions and a classical sensibility. The process is one of staying “connected to a tradition, but stepping out into all these other areas that become vehicles for expression,” he says.
He is just the right musician to curate this night’s tribute to saxophonist John Handy, which will feature the master himself, now 83 years old.
For more than a half-century, Handy has absorbed influences and expanded to new levels; he has demonstrated that “fusion,” in the true sense of the word, can make for profound musical expression. After performing with Charles Mingus in the late 1950s, the saxophonist—who lives in Oakland and played in Jazz in the City’s inaugural concert, in 1983—entwined his jazz roots with Spanish flamenco and Indian raga, with funk, with classical strings. Explaining his affinity for Gypsy music, he says,
“I found it akin to African-American spirituals—the mournful cry that’s turned me on since I was a very young child.”
In the early ‘60s, while attending San Francisco State, Handy befriended a pair of Indian students through whom he met Ravi Shankar, who sat him down and explained Hindustani musical systems. One thing led to the next, and, within a few years, he was performing with Ali Akbar Khan, master of the sarod, who lived in Marin. At a rehearsal with Khan in 1971, he met a 19 year-old kid who played the tablas: Zakir Hussain, who would become a lifelong friend and musical collaborator.
Connections: it seems Handy is always open to them. “Because African-Americans, we pretty much live an improvised culture,” he says. “We have to be ready for things to be a little bit different each day, and so the music is a reflection of that. I pick up the saxophone and, with my first utterance, I’m looking for a new point of departure—the sound of surprise.” ■
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& Ms. Dianna WaggonerMark & Linda AllenMount Allen & Linda Strack-AllenNancy AlpertMr. James R. AlwardMs. Jan AnackerHelen AnawaltSusan Anderes & John SternStacey Anderson & Mike FottrellMs. Judith D. AuerbachAnne & Greg AvisJim BaerJames R. BancroftProfessor Chris BarkerCarol Batte & Ron BuckhammerMr. Michael BellRiva & David BerelsonBruce Bern & Medea Isphording BernPhil Black & Brigitte L. SandquistMs. Carol BlockRick & Vicki Block, Block Builders, Inc.Dr. Ben A. Bowen
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& Gillian CampbellClay & Nancy CampbellDr. Venetta Campbell
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& Ms. Anne SimonsFrank J. CaufieldMr. Jeffrey Chanin
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Anonymous
Jonathan Ballon
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B EN EFAC TO R S$300 — $599
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Jose Allen & Irvenia Waters
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Brinton Family
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Jethro S. Busch
David Butler Family Foundation
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M. Brett Gladstone
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David S. Leinbach
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Susan Shawl
Gail Sinquefield
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EXECUTIVEDonald Derheim Chief Executive Officer
Randall Kline Founder & Executive Artistic Director
Traci O’Hagan Executive Administrator & Board Liaison
MARKETING
TJ Gorton Director of Marketing
Marshall Lamm Publicist
Rusty Aceves Marketing Manager
Teddy Hutcherson Marketing Production Manager
Ross Eustis Digital Marketing Specialist
Jill Deitch Advertising & Media Sponsorship
Jen Nelson Graphic Designer
Jesse Loesberg Web Producer
BOX OFFICEJustin Walters Box Office Manager
Montra Egerton Box Office Operations Assistant Manager
Bel Bran Group Sales & Retail Box Office Assistant Manager
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Brian Herman Customer Service Associate
Trace Hollenbeck Customer Service Associate
Erasmo Martinez Customer Service Associate
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FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONKaren H. Chreston Director of Finance
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Laura Williams Senior Accountant
Paulette Galiothe Staff Accountant
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EDUCATIONRebeca Mauleón Director of Education
Jef Stott Digital Resources & Production Coordinator
Erin Putnam Ensemble Manager
Vanessa Varela Community Outreach Coordinator
Jasmarie Murry Education Administrative Assistant
Veronica Limacaco Education Administrative Assistant
DEVELOPMENTBarrett Shaver Director of Development
Emily Everding Associate Director, Development Events
Katiti Crawford Donor Engagement Director
Kellyn Lopes Donor Services Manager
Lindsay Fyffe Leaders Circle Manager
Tyler Wanshura Major Gifts Officer
Mark Fedronic Major Gifts & Research Coordinator
Polly Springhorn Grants Manager
Eli Carrillo Donor Services Assistant
Esther Flaharty Events Associate
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Amy Heiden Technical Manager
Michelle Travers Production Administrator
Josh Badura Event Technician
Martin Carmona Audio Engineer
Maya Finlay Audio Engineer
Leah Hammond Lead Artist Assistant
Colby Jensen Event Technician Coordinator
Henriette Lenssen Logistics Coordinator
Blake Manship Lighting Director
Jake Richmond Video Production Supervisor
Jeff Umetsu Production Manager
Christian Vela Senior Production Manager
Tony Wilson Stage Manager
Masanori Yura Chief Audio Engineer
ARTISTICLilly Schwartz Artistic Producer
Aaron Johnson Associate Artistic Manager
Karen Hyun Artistic Administrator
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Mount V. Allen lll Director of Operations
Tina Segrove Facility Operations Manager
Thor Baliwas Facility Maintenance Technician
Steve Shiotsu Office Manager
Harry Hoang Applications Specialist
Eric Colby Audience Services Manager
Glenn Larsen Lead House Manager
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Melinda Stefanski House Usher
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Lynne Windfeldt House Usher
RENTALS Tom Hansen Rental Manager
Chris Koenig Rental Sales Manager
VOLUNTEERS WITH OVER 500 HOURS IN SERVICE TO SFJAZZ CENTER
Desne AhlersMarina AlyeaNorisa BerardiAnnette FajardoDexter KhouryPenney Mitchell
Jon RosenthalBeverly ShniperJill SolleEddie SudolLynne WindfeldtEvelyn Yturralde
VOLUNTEERS WITH OVER 250 HOURS IN SERVICE TO SFJAZZ CENTER
Francoise BlanchardEllen ChangMonica ConradyForrest DelambertDebbie EngChristopher FishelWill GetterRoberta Gonzales-GreggPaula GrovesBarb Hauser
Susan HonColum KeelaghanJulie KimballBarry LeschMichael RudmanVirgil SkiptonJean-Margaret StraussDenise WardAnita WatkinsMarie Womack-McCallum
VOLUNTEERS WITH OVER 100 HOURS IN SERVICE TO SFJAZZ CENTERJoan AdamJohn AdamMiriam AlperAnne AverillGail BlumbergLynn BregerElizabeth CervantesTim CharlesPatricia CrosbyFrancis, DeLeonAnn ElliottMichelle FajardoShelly GinenthalBruce GrimesJudie GuerrieroDi Harris
Kathy KayKate KilbourneAllen KleinUrsula KloetersCharles LégierRosamaria LégierJean MarshTerri MassinMaria MatsuDana MillerGuy PurksMichael RobinGillian ScharffGuenet SebsibeDavid Silva
Scott Chernis
Ronald Davis
Bill Evans
James Knox
Grason Littles
Rick Swig
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ONLINE SFJAZZ.org
MEMBERS 415.788.7353
PUBLIC 866.920.5299
LEADERS CIRCLE 415.398.3755
All programs are subject to change
BOX OFFICE 201 Franklin Street (at Fell) San Francisco, CA 94102
Open Tuesday–Saturday 11am–5:30pm and 90 minutes prior to show time
All purchases at our Box Office are exempt from ticket service fees.
HANDLING FEESMembers: no chargePublic: $7.50/ticketPrint-at-home: $5/ticket
GROUPSGroups of 10 or more save 10–15%. Call 415.283.0314
PARKINGPerforming Arts Garage Civic Center GarageCalifornia Parking Place 2 Park Douglas Parking
PUBLIC TRANSITMuni Lines: 5, 5R, 6, 7X, 9, 21, 47, 49, 7, 7R, 90
Muni Metro: Van Ness Station Civic Center Station
BART: Civic Center Station
For detailed directions, please visit 511.org.
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—RENTALS AT SFJAZZ CENTER—STYLE, SOPHISTICATION & UNIQUELY SAN FRANCISCO
SFJAZZ Center is one of San Francisco’s newest and most exciting event venues. Our dynamic and flexible performance spaces and stylish lobbies make us the perfect venue for conferences, meetings, performances, and much more.
Our stunningly modern and intimate Miner Auditorium is scalable from 200-700 seats. Custom Meyer sound, state-of-the-art lighting, high-definition projection and an expandable stage make us the perfect turn-key option for your next conference.
415.283.0335 • [email protected] SFJAZZ.org/rentals