THU-SUN, SEP 5-8
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An NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Living Jazz Legend, pianist Ahmad Jamal has long been recognized as one of the most influential figures in jazz history, and makes a welcome return to SFJAZZ with his first appearances in the intimate setting of Miner Auditorium.

THU-SUN, SEP 5-8
JOE HENDERSON LAB

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The buzz-worthy 25-year-old vocalist has set the jazz world on fire after her second-place finish at the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. The rising star performs with pianist and composer Emmet Cohen's trio, which features some of the hottest young jazz players on the scene.

THU, SEP 12 · 7:30PM
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The vocalist and composer beautifully blends R&B, jazz, folk, blues, and gospel into her own unique and passionate sound. Wright’s performs music from her latest release, Grace, featuring sparking covers of Nina Simone’s “Seems I’m Never Tired Lovin’ You” and Frank Perkins’ immortal 1934 standard “Stars Fell on Alabama.”

FRI, SEP 13 · 7:30PM
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Called “one of the outstanding singers of our time” by The Wall Street Journal, GRAMMY-winning vocalist Catherine Russell brings music from her latest album, Alone Together, the follow-up to her 2016 GRAMMY-nominated session Harlem On My Mind.

“If there’s a post-millennial answer to Dinah Washington, surely it’s Catherine Russell" — JazzTimes

SAT, SEP 14 · 7:30PM
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“Hers is a voice so big and so spine-tingling beautiful that on a nightly basis it does the near impossible” (The Guardian). The two-time GRAMMY winner has toured for over 25 years with the Rolling Stones and made a standout appearance in the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom.

SUN, SEP 15 · 7PM
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8-time GRAMMY nominee Tierney Sutton, “a serious jazz artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level” (NY Times), and Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway, “one of the best equipped jazz vocalists swinging today” (Chicago Tribune), unite to sing timeless songs of the movies, from the classics of the 30s and 40s to the present day.

THU-SUN, SEP 19-22
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“Bobby McFerrin’s greatest gift to his audience may be changing them from spectators into celebrants and transforming a concert hall into a playground, a village center, a joyous space” (The Los Angeles Times). The iconic 2020 NEA Jazz Master, vocalist, and composer makes his SFJAZZ Center debut.

SAT, SEP 28 · 7:30PM
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GRAMMY-winning drummer and composer Brian Blade presents the West Coast premiere of his new sextet project Life Cycles, in tribute to the late vibraphonist and jazz legend Bobby Hutcherson.

SUN, SEP 29 · 3PM & 7PM
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““One of the premier musicians of his generation” (DownBeat), bassist Christian McBride brings his GRAMMY-winning big band. Featuring a cast of New York’s best sidemen, the music is steeped in old-school swing, Latin jazz, funk and Ray Charlesian soul-blues, bristling with hotshot soloists.

SAT, OCT 12 · 8PM
PARAMOUNT THEATRE, OAKLAND

GRAMMY-winning vocalist Lila Downs presents a special night of music, celebrating Día de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead featuring stunning themed projected visuals, folklorico dancing, and the all-female group Mariachi Femenil Flores Mexicanas.

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