SAT, OCT 16 · 7:30PM
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An Ethio-American singer, guitarist, Bay Area resident, and TED Senior Fellow, Meklit writes music steeped in traditional Ethiopian rhythms blended with her singer-songwriter’s poetic core, with floating melodies and dancing grooves that draw on sources as varied as East African music, Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell. She returns for the 2021-2022 Season to celebrate the release of her brand new album.

SUN, OCT 17 · 7PM
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Bay Area vocalist and SFJAZZ Collective member Martin Luther McCoy honors the legacy of soul singing legend Marvin Gaye for the 50th anniversary of his landmark 1971 album What’s Going On.

THU-SUN, OCT 21-24
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2011 NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis represents “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists” (Los Angeles Times). He returns with his superlative quartet, featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Reevis, and drummer Justin Faulkner.

"Saxophonist Marsalis leads one of the most cohesive, intense small jazz ensembles on the scene today." — Associated Press

THU-SUN, OCT 28-31
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Featuring an all-star cast that includes saxophonists Chris Potter and David Sánchez, trumpeter Etienne Charles, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Edward Simon, bassist Matt Brewer, drummer Kendrick Scott, and vocalists Gretchen Parlato and Martin Luther McCoy, the SFJAZZ Collective presents new music reflecting the moment, addressing racial injustices, the global pandemic, and the unprecedented political polarization and upheaval we are facing in our daily lives.

THU-SUN, NOV 4-7
MINER AUDITORIUM

For this exclusive four-night run, saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane explores the music of his legendary parents John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. With these concerts, Coltrane is furthering his family legacy by “embracing jazz’s past only as a means to communicate his own modern-day voice” (Okayplayer).

MON-TUE, NOV 8-9
PARAMOUNT THEATRE

The multiple GRAMMY-winning supergroup collective which features a revolving cast of up to a dozen musicians makes what it likes to call “music for your brain and booty.” Led by bassist and composer Michael League, Snarky Puppy is the most explosively funky mega-band in the land, mixing deep and soulful grooves with a breathless array of instrumental fireworks.

THU, OCT 14
7PM & 8:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB

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Bay Area born pianist Parker Grant and Kyle Athayde, a gifted vibraphonist who studied trumpet at Manhattan School of Music, bring their abundant skills and vivid imaginations to Crystal Silence’s beloved tunes by Chick Corea and Steve Swallow.

FRI, OCT 15
7PM & 8:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB

SFJAZZ Collective members Warren Wolf and Edward Simon team up for a very special vibraphone/piano duo performance. As bandmates in the Collective for nearly a decade Wolf and Simon have explored the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Sly and the Family Stone, Joe Henderson, Michael Jackson, and Miles Davis in both acoustic and electric incarnations.

SAT, OCT 16
7PM & 8:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB

Two exceptional young musicians who embody the best of the Bay Area jazz scene and are alumni of the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars, vibraphonist Sasha Berliner and pianist Matt Wong are San Francisco-reared players who’ve spent the past five years or so making waves in New York City.

SAT, OCT 17
6PM & 7:30PM
JOE HENDERSON LAB

Playing tunes from the U.S., Cuba, and Brazil, pianist Marcos Silva and vibraphonist Roger Glenn have designed a program that exemplifies the different ways that African and European cultures converged.

EVERY FRIDAY AT 7PM OR 7:30PM PT,
— SEE SCHEDULE

The new weekly online concert series Fridays Live, which takes place every Friday at 7PM OR 7:30PM PT (unless when noted — see schedule), includes many excited live upcoming concerts featuring Claudia Villela (7PM PT), Thelonious Monk's Birthday Concert, SFJAZZ Collective, Ravi Coltrane, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pink Martini, and many more!

RECORDED: SEP 24, 2021
AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
THROUGH JAN 5

Tabla genius Zakir Hussain signaled the official re-opening of the SFJAZZ Center with drumset phenomenon Eric Harland and Uzbek dorya master Abbos Kosimov on Sep 24, 2021. The concert is available On-Demand now, starting at only $4.99 for Members!

WEDNESDAYS
NOW THRU DEC 18

Insightful and informative workshops exploring how digital music is created and performed today, with an emphasis on live performance and improvisation, DJing, recording, mixing and mastering. Learn the latest in music production techniques in semi private small online classes with top shelf instructors.

No experience or software required. Open to all levels and ages.

WEDNESDAYS
OCT 27-NOV 17
3-CLASS COURSE

In 1958, Art Kane assembled an unforgettable cast of jazz legends for one of the most indelible images of all time, A Great Day in Harlem (1958). Join Terrence Brewer and an amazing cast of musicians as we explore many of the key figures of Black American Music—from stride piano giant Willie “The Lion” Smith to some of the greatest improvisers of all time.

PHONE
Public: 866.920.5299
Members: 415.788.7353
Groups: 415.283.0314
Rentals Inquiry: 415.283.0335

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SUN & MON: Closed
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