COMING SOON TO SFJAZZ

Terence Blanchard

Celebrating the release of the new Blue Note album Live

Terence Blanchard E-Collective

Live Album Release Shows

SAT, APR 21
7PM & 9:30PM

As a part of Jazz & Social Justice week (Apr 18-22), trumpeter Terence Blanchard brings his GRAMMY-nominated E-Collective, performing music of hope and healing from their forthcoming Blue Note Records album Live, a collection of live recordings made in Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Dallas – three cities scarred by the violence and tension between law enforcement and their African-American populations.

Experimental, electric and exotic, E-Collective consists of Blanchard on trumpet, Charles Altura on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano and synthesizers, Oscar Seaton on drums, and new addition David “DJ” Ginyard on bass.

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AFRICAN DIASPORA
THIS WEEK

David Sanchez Carib

David Sánchez Carib

THU, APR 5 · 7:30PM

A GRAMMY-winning saxophonist and member of the SFJAZZ Collective, David Sánchez presents his newest septet project, CARIB – a deeply personal journey using modern jazz to explore the kinship between the West African drum rhythms of Yuba, Calinda, and Sika and music in Haiti, Carriacou, and his native Puerto Rico.

Meklit

Meklit

FRI, APR 6 · 7:30PM

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An Ethio-American singer, guitarist, 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.

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Apr 8 | Fatoumata Diawara

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Ana Moura

FADO SUPERSTAR

Ana Moura

THU-SUN, APR 12-15

SAT ALMOST SOLD OUT

Ana Moura is one of fado music's greatest stars. With a singular gift for inhabiting the spirit of the lyrics, she captures the spirit of the iconic fadista, a singer devoted to the tradition-bound Portuguese musical style that marries poetry about love, loss and the vicissitudes of fate to sumptuously plaintive melodies. She has captured fans like Caetano Veloso, the Rolling Stones and Prince.

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NEWS & HAPPENINGS

Paula West: Almost Sold Out

SAT, APR 7 · 7:30PM

ALMOST SOLD OUT

Paula West, an artist JazzTimes calls “the finest jazz-cabaret singer around,” presents a timely exploration of the political moods of America through the years, focusing on protest songs by Simon and Garfunkel, John Lennon, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Nina Simone, and more.

SFJAZZ POETRY FESTIVAL

2018 SFJAZZ Poetry Festival: Wordology

THU-SUN, APR 5-8
JOE HENDERSON LAB

Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area including Al Young, Arlene Biala, Royal Kent, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Paul Flores, Aya De Leon, Tony Robles, Marshall Trammell, Francis Wong and more.

SFJAZZ BLOG

SFJAZZ BLOG

GRAMMY-winning saxophonist and SFJAZZ Collective member David Sánchez discusses his musical influences, why he chose the tenor sax, growing up in Puerto Rico and how music has helped heal and aid the country.

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