THU, OCT 24 · 7:30 PM

Tigran Hamasyan is one of his generation’s most celebrated pianists. His extraordinary albums document his ever-deepening engagement with Armenian folk music, including a stimulating pair of releases for the ECM label – 2015’s Luys i Luso, and 2016’s Atmosphères.

FRI, OCT 25 · 7:30 PM

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Israeli trumpeter and former SFJAZZ Collective member Avishai Cohen performs music from his two recent ECM releases, while jazz legend and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith presents the world premiere of Appassionata, a multi-movement work focusing on Anita Hill, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and more.

SAT, OCT 26 · 7:30 PM

Pianist/ composer Vijay Iyer’s longstanding trio has been his most acclaimed ensemble project for over a decade, called “the great new jazz trio” by The New York Times, and has been named DownBeat’s "Jazz Artist of the Year," "Group of the Year," and "Pianist of the Year" numerous times.

SUN, OCT 27 · 7:00 PM

While recording often for EMI, Gismonti has earned a vast international following through his work for ECM since the 1970s. An influential composer, multi-instrumental wizard, and skilled improviser, the Brazilian guitarist/ pianist draws on a multitude of folkloric styles, creating music that’s both supremely sophisticated and bracingly rustic.

THU, OCT 24 · 7:00 & 8:30 PM

Pianist Shai Maestro performs material from his 2018 ECM debut The Dream Thief with his trio featuring bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Ofri Nehemya. All About Jazz states that "hearing Shai Maestro is like awakening to a new world."

FRI, OCT 25 · 7:00 & 8:30 PM

Bassist Larry Grenadier is among the most respected and in-demand instrumentalists in jazz, a 25-year veteran of pianist Brad Mehldau’s epochal trio. He performs material from his 2019 ECM solo bass album The Gleaners.

SAT, OCT 26 · 7:00 & 8:30 PM

Perhaps best known for his career with the landmark fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead, the hugely influential, GRAMMY-winning drummer and composer performs material from his highly regarded ECM albums of the 1990s.

SUN, OCT 27 · 6:00 & 7:30 PM

Named for the trumpeter's 2007 album This Against That, a recording that made JazzTimes magazine’s Top 10 for the year, the quintet features an impressive cast of New York’s most exploratory musicians.

TUE, OCT 15 · 7:30 PM
MINER AUDITORIUM

This unique program unites two of the most creative and widely admired performers in music today, as jazz piano giant Brad Mehldau performs a newly composed song cycle The Folly of Desire with opera tenor Ian Bostridge. The music explores the nature of love and human desire through texts by Blake, Yeats, Shakespeare, Brecht, Goethe, Auden and E.E. Cummings.

THU–SUN, OCT 17–20
JOE HENDERSON LAB

Pianist/ composer Christian Sands is arguably the leading pianist of his generation. Widely known as part of Christian McBride’s hard-swinging Inside Straight band and his current trio, the GRAMMY-nominated virtuoso returns with music from his latest album Facing Dragons with a trio including bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Jerome Jennings.

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