Events for Monday, November 2 - Monday, November 16

Described as “one of the most exciting new pianist-composers of her generation” (Qobuz) with “piano playing at a quite unbelievably jaw-dropping level” (London Jazz News), Helen Sung is a dazzling story-teller at her instrument, moving listeners with her passion and inspired creativity. Sung is based in New York City, but is visiting faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory […]

Joshua Redman acknowledges that the title of his new Blue Note album, Words Fall Short, could be viewed ironically. His previous and widely acclaimed Where Are We was his first to pair a vocalist with one of his many monumental quartets; yet Words Fall Short is anything but a comment on the saxophonist’s last triumph. […]

Joshua Redman acknowledges that the title of his new Blue Note album, Words Fall Short, could be viewed ironically. His previous and widely acclaimed Where Are We was his first to pair a vocalist with one of his many monumental quartets; yet Words Fall Short is anything but a comment on the saxophonist’s last triumph. […]

Gabrielle Cavassa is a singer and composer from Escondido, California. She was ushered into the spotlight through her collaboration with renowned saxophonist Joshua Redman on his 2023 record where are we. In a five-star album review by DownBeat, Cavassa is hailed as “a young singer with a deep, rich, and fragile voice…a star in the […]

“What I do is instinctive, quiet and naturalistic. I want to document unobtrusively. I want to see who people really are. I frame up the situation and then I push the button. I always want it to look exactly the way it looks to me.” – Henry Diltz Henry Diltz's work as an iconic photographer […]

In celebration of the centennial of trumpeter Miles Davis, the Marcus Shelby Nonet presents Birth of the Cool: Revisited, featuring music from the groundbreaking Davis recording performed in its original instrumentation. Birth of the Cool was not a singular session, but the composite work of a young innovative genius at the beginning of a long […]

Join bassist and music educator Diane Bock for Music Matters! Beyond the Notes to explore innovative strategies, activities and insights to connect and create a successful musical learning experience.  Musicians of all ages, skill levels and abilities thrive and respond positively when their teachers and peers incorporate elements of honest engagement, trust, reflection along with […]

French acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and composer Pierre Bensusan, surnamed “Mister DADGAD”, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album "Encore", voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine readers’ Poll, winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album, Pierre is recognized […]

Ken Okada Group feat. YOYOKA is a San Francisco Bay Area-based jazz fusion ensemble blending Japanese and American jazz fusion traditions with modern improvisation and vibrant rhythmic interplay. Led by bassist and composer Ken Okada, the group features GRAMMY award-winning saxophonist Ben Torres, DownBeat ‘Rising Star’ guitarist Hristo Vitchev, four-time GRAMMY award nominee Murray Low, […]

With a career spanning more than twenty years and six studio albums, Las Migas have become one of the most internationally acclaimed Spanish bands. They have performed in more than fifty countries and have been nominated four times for the Latin GRAMMY Award in the Best Flamenco Album category (2016, 2022, 2024, and 2025), winning […]