WEEK 1 FESTIVAL SHOWS IN
JOE HENDERSON LAB

LEGENDARY ORGANIST
FORMERLY W/ TOWER OF POWER & SANTANA

WED, JUN 6
7PM & 8:30PM

ALMOST SOLD OUT

MEMBERS SAVE 25%

One of the most revered Hammond organists alive, Chester Thompson has led a charmed musical life – writing, recording and performing for four decades with two of the legendary bands to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s, Tower of Power and Santana.

EYEDENTITY BLENDS NEO-SOUL, HIP-HOP,
& FUNK W/ DEEP SAMBA GROOVES

THU JUN 7
7PM & 8:30PM

Founded by vocalist Diana Purim, daughter of percussion legend Airto Moreira and iconic vocalist Flora Purim, and percussionist/rapper Krishna Booker, nephew of Wayne Shorter. The group celebrate the release of their new album, Many Bodies, One Mind, an inspired new project featuring appearances by Herbie Hancock, Moreira, the late George Duke.

ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS
IN JAZZ RIGHT NOW

FRI, JUN 8
7PM & 8:30PM

Named one of the “Five Drummers Whose Time Is Now” by The New York Times, the Houston-raised Scott is a prodigious musician, composer and bandleader. He can often be found on the road with Terence Blanchard, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kurt Elling and most recently, the Blue Note All-Stars. He’s released several albums with Oracle exploring his own spiritually charged compositions, featuring his working unit of saxophonist John Ellis, guitarist Mike Moreno, piano maestro Taylor Eigsti, and bassist Joe Sanders.

EXPLOSIVE DUO THAT EXPLORE THE FRINGES OF JAZZ COMPOSITIONS

SAT, JUN 9
7PM & 8:30PM

Trumpeter Nate Wooley and multi-reedist Ken Vandermark, two of the brightest talents working at the exploratory fringes of jazz composition and improvisation, revisit their superb duo. Selected as one of DownBeat’s “25 For The Future” list of most significant improvisors, the Chicago-based Vandermark has collaborated with a host of fellow boundary-pushers including Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, Paal Nilssen-Love, Paul Lytton, Joe Morris, and Fred Anderson. Wooley has performed with John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith, and Evan Parker. The duo perform music off their new album.

A RAMBUNCTIOUS BLEND OF RAGTIME, BLUES, STRIDE, AND SWING

SUN, JUN 10
6PM & 7:30PM
DANCE FLOOR SHOW | LIMITED SEATING

Formed by a pair of former Cal Berkeley students who shared a love of early jazz and barroom blues, the band began as humbly and seemingly incongruously as possible, with the pair dragging their battered Wurlitzer spinet around to busk on street corners and in BART stations around San Francisco and the East Bay. They have built a devoted fanbase one show at a time, blending timeless classics and original compositions with nearly irrepressible energy. The Bay Bridged, the band responded, “This group is a punk band with jazz instruments and classical inclinations.”

FEATURE ARTICLE
NEW FACES OF THE FESTIVAL

The San Francisco Jazz Festival has always been a platform for showcasing new upcoming musicians, and this year's no exception. Here's a look at eight young artists debuting at SFJAZZ as a leader including Monsieur Periné, Diana Purim & Eyedentity, Soweto Kinch, Mary Halvorson and others.