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SUMMARY:CoHo Jams
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URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/coho-jams-2/2026-07-06/
LOCATION:CoHo\, 459 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Year-Round Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260710T193000
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SUMMARY:The Music of Duke Ellington with Nick Rossi's Jazzopaters
DESCRIPTION:San Francisco guitarist Nick Rossi is one of the world’s foremost experts on pre–World War II jazz\, both as a practitioner and a scholar. A few years ago he traveled to Paris for the International Duke Ellington Meeting\, a three-day conference for historians\, musicians\, and devotees of Ellingtonia. Rossi delivered a talk on guitarist Fred Guy\, a key member of the Ellington Orchestra from 1925 to 1949\, and after spending time with some of his favorite authors and researchers\, he returned home with a nagging question and the seed of his next musical mission. \nThe Bay Area was clearly in need of a band devoted to the small-group music recorded by Ellington\, Billy Strayhorn\, and the orchestra’s featured soloists\, including baritone saxophonist Harry Carney\, altoist Johnny Hodges\, and trumpeter Cootie Williams. The result was the nine-piece Jazzopaters\, which has been delighting audiences and dancers at the region’s finest clubs and venues for the past two years. Featuring many of the Bay Area’s finest improvisers\, the group proudly keeps seldom-performed gems by the incomparable Ellington in circulation. \nhttps://nickrossimusic.com/ \nPersonnel (subject to change): \n\nPatrick Wolff\, alto sax & clarinet\nNathan Tokunaga\, clarinet & tenor sax\nKamrin Ortiz\, baritone sax & clarinet\nJames Dunning\, trumpet\nVictor Imbo\, trombone\nAdam Shulman\, piano\nNick Rossi\, guitar\nMikiya Matsuda\, bass\nRiley Baker\, drums
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/the-music-of-duke-ellington-with-nick-rossis-jazzopaters/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T193000
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SUMMARY:Nicolas Bearde Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Nicolas Bearde earned an avid following as a solo act crooning sophisticated R&B before evolving over the past decade into a captivating jazz singer who brings easy-going authority to ballads and swaggering mid-tempo standards. He made his Stanford debut in 2024 with a program drawn from his album I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole\, and will broaden the repertoire for this performance. \nBearde first gained widespread notice in the late 1980s as a founding member of Bobby McFerrin’s innovative\, improvisation-steeped a cappella ensemble Voicestra. He spent much of the 1980s and 1990s pursuing a dual-track career as a musician and actor\, working on stage and television. Thankfully\, music has been his primary pursuit in recent years. Whether navigating Billy Strayhorn’s rueful “Lush Life\,” Eden Ahbez’s beatific “Nature Boy\,” or Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane’s impetuously grooving “Come Back to Me\,” Bearde finds the emotional core of every lyric. \nNicholas Bearde Website \nPersonnel: \n\nNicolas Bearde\, vocals
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/nicolas-bearde-quintet/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T193000
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SUMMARY:Marcus Shelby Sextet Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus
DESCRIPTION:Marcus Shelby has never shied away from extending his creative reach. From his early years as a young lion recording for some of jazz’s most vaunted labels\, the San Francisco bassist\, composer\, bandleader\, and educator has earned renown for his wide-ranging leadership. He’s best known for ambitious\, historically informed works like 2006’s Port Chicago (Noir Records)\, a suite for jazz orchestra inspired by the World War II miscarriage of justice\, and 2018’s Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues\, a suite commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. \nHe has served as a musical foil for playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith during the development of her interview-driven one-woman show about the school-to-prison pipeline\, Notes From the Field. Since taking over as artistic director of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival in the fall of 2020\, he has significantly expanded the already internationally recognized organization. While his temperament is the mirror opposite of the tempestuous Charles Mingus\, Shelby is steeped in Mingus’s music and is ideally placed to offer insight into his composing\, bandleading\, and gift for coaxing superlative performances from collaborators. \nPersonnel: \n\nMarcus Shelby\,  bass\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/marcus-shelby-sextet/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T193000
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SUMMARY:Christina Galisatus Quintet plays Joni Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Now living in Los Angeles\, Christina Galisatus has gained recognition in recent years as one of the brightest young artists on the vibrant Southland scene. A versatile creative force as a pianist and multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, vocalist\, and songwriter\, she has released several critically acclaimed albums\, including 2023’s Without Night and 2025’s Hold Still\, which brought her lustrous vocals to the fore. \nRaised on the Peninsula\, she graduated from Stanford with honors and practically grew up at the Workshop. It has surprised exactly none of her Bay Area fans that she is thriving in Los Angeles. She returns to campus with her new Joni Mitchell project\, delving into the extraordinary songbook of one of her primary influences. Though she approaches Mitchell’s music with reverence\, Galisatus infuses the songs with her distinctive harmonic language and melodic imagination\, transforming them into deeply personal vehicles for emotional expression. \nChristina Galisatus Website \nPersonnel: \n\nChristina Galisatus\, piano & vocals\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/christina-galisatus-quintet-plays-joni-mitchell/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T193000
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SUMMARY:Jimmy Heath Centennial Celebration with Jeb Patton & David Wong
DESCRIPTION:Jimmy Heath would likely give a wry smile at the thought that his 100th birthday might be overshadowed by the centennial celebrations for Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Hailing from one of jazz’s most distinguished families\, Heath was both universally esteemed by his peers and\, at times\, underappreciated — particularly when it came to his prowess on the tenor saxophone (he was also formidable on flute and soprano sax). \nHis success as an arranger and composer — he wrote at least a half-dozen standards\, including “Gingerbread Boy\,” “Gemini\,” “C.T.A.\,” and “For Minors Only” — meant that he never quite received his full due as an improviser. Pianist Jeb Patton and veteran bassist David Wong experienced the creative intensity of Heath’s horn firsthand as members of the Heath Brothers band alongside drummer Tootie Heath. Both have led distinguished careers accompanying masters who came of age in the 1940s\, including drum legend Roy Haynes\, saxophone great George Coleman\, and alto powerhouse Charles McPherson. They co-lead this celebration of Jimmy Heath’s music — tunes that helped define the hard-bop era. \nJeb Patton Website \nPersonnel: \n\nJeb Patton\, piano\nDavid Wong\, bass\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/jimmy-heath-centennial/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T193000
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CREATED:20260128T202939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T113044Z
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SUMMARY:Victor Lin: Gershwin Reimagined
DESCRIPTION:Victor Lin always brings a thoughtful and imaginative game plan to the Festival. A mainstay at the Workshop since the late 1990s\, he has emerged in recent years as a savvy producer with a gift for conceptual concerts that highlight both repertoire and relationships among Workshop faculty. This year\, Lin turns his attention to the music of George Gershwin\, re-examining one of America’s most enduring composers through a contemporary jazz lens. \nLin’s past Festival projects have explored a wide range of themes\, from the music of Disney films and Dave Brubeck to the meeting point of jazz and European classical traditions. He has also revisited the landmark year of 1959\, when Brubeck\, Coltrane\, Miles Davis\, Ornette Coleman\, and Charles Mingus all released seminal recordings. More recently\, he has explored music composed for anime and Joe Hisaishi’s scores for Studio Ghibli films\, helping introduce that cinematic repertoire to jazz audiences in New York City and beyond. \nWith this new program\, Lin brings that same spirit of curiosity and collaboration to Gershwin’s songs and orchestral works\, revealing their rhythmic vitality\, harmonic sophistication\, and deep jazz roots. His gift lies not only in the material he chooses\, but in the musicians he gathers — a rotating cast of friends and colleagues who bring fresh perspective\, shared history\, and joyful spontaneity. \nArtist Website \nColumbia University Article \nRutgers-Newark Article \nPersonnel: \n\nVictor Lin\, piano & violin\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/victor-lin-gershwin/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260716T193000
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CREATED:20260120T230559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T113044Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Mayo Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Los Angeles\, Michael Mayo seemed destined for a life in music. His father is a vocalist and saxophonist who performed with Earth\, Wind & Fire and Sérgio Mendes\, while his mother’s distinguished career as a background vocalist includes work with Beyoncé\, Diana Ross\, Luther Vandross\, and Whitney Houston. A testament to both nature and nurture\, he has emerged over the past decade as a supremely gifted vocalist\, composer\, songwriter\, and arranger. \nA graduate of New England Conservatory and the Thelonious Monk Institute (now the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz)\, Mayo has honed an enthralling sound steeped in jazz\, neo-soul\, and R&B. He’s toured with Herbie Hancock\, recorded with drummer Nate Smith\, and collaborated widely with Taylor Eigsti\, lending his voice to the title track of the pianist’s GRAMMY-winning 2021 album Tree Falls. Since then\, Mayo has released two acclaimed albums of his own\, firmly establishing himself as one of jazz’s most exciting young vocalists. \nMichael Mayo Website \nPersonnel: \n\nMichael Mayo\, vocals\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/michael-mayo/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T193000
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SUMMARY:Anat Cohen
DESCRIPTION:There’s no artist in jazz with a creative vision quite like Anat Cohen. Since arriving in New York City in 1999\, she has moved fluidly from trad jazz ensembles devoted to the early music of Louis Armstrong to post-bop alongside her generation’s most cutting-edge improvisers and composers. She has soared in orchestral settings\, celebrated Benny Goodman with Benny Green at the Village Vanguard\, and walked a musical tightrope in duet with Fred Hersch in Healdsburg — all documented on record. \nShe has joined forces with her brothers (trumpeter Avishai and soprano saxophonist Yuval) in 3 Cohens and navigated Oded Lev-Ari’s intricate compositions for the Anat Cohen Tentet. Her love of Brazilian music has often shaped her Festival appearances\, where she’s collaborated with some of the world’s greatest Brazilian artists. Whether exploring the music of overlooked genius Moacir Santos or MPB icon Milton Nascimento\, playing choro\, bossa nova\, or Brazilian jazz with her Quartetinho\, Cohen remains a nonpareil clarinetist and suavely swinging tenor saxophonist at the peak of her powers. \n\n\nAnat Cohen Website \nPersonnel: \n\nAnat Cohen\, clarinet\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/anat-cohen/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T193000
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CREATED:20260120T234918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T213644Z
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SUMMARY:The Westerlies
DESCRIPTION:Featuring trumpeters Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands\, along with trombonists Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon\, The Westerlies sound like no other group in jazz. It’s no mean feat introducing a new instrumental concept after more than a century of jazz-powered innovation\, but The Westerlies combine the dynamic precision of a string quartet\, the sonic punch of a rock band\, and the derring-do of a circus act. Across 10 acclaimed studio albums\, the ensemble has reimagined and performed music by a dazzling array of composers and collaborators\, including Caroline Shaw\, Nico Muhly\, Conrad Tao\, Wayne Horvitz\, Robin Holcomb\, and Theo Bleckmann. \nLast year the group released two major projects: Paradise\, a breathtaking reimagination of the Shape Note choral tradition; and Songbook\, Vol. 3\, a live EP and concert film celebrating friends and recent collaborators\, including Samora Pinderhughes\, Anaïs Mitchell\, Aoife O’Donovan\, and Joanna Newsom. This year The Westerlies present a major retrospective of new music by mentor Bill Frisell\, along with an adaptation of Maria Schneider’s Grammy-winning song cycle Winter Morning Walks featuring South African vocalist Vuyo Sotashe. You don’t need a weatherman to know that the most interesting music blows in with The Westerlies. \nThe Westerlies Website \nPersonnel: \n\nRiley Mulherkar\, trumpet\nChloe Rowlands\, trumpet\nAndy Clausen\, trombone\nAddison Maye-Saxon\, trombone
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/the-westerlies/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T193000
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SUMMARY:Anisha Rush Quartet & Ben Flocks: Moonshades
DESCRIPTION:An integral part of the Workshop family since he was a teenager\, Flocks has earned widespread esteem performing and recording with a glittering constellation of jazz stars\, from Dave Brubeck\, Patrice Rushen\, and Joshua Redman to Antonio Sanchez\, Javier Santiago\, and Caili O’Doherty. He’s focused on writing and performing with a stripped-down trio\, honing an approach that’s intensely lyrical and palpably physical. \nSharing the evening is Colorado Springs–reared\, Chicago-based saxophonist\, composer\, and educator Anisha Rush\, an intrepid improviser who draws from the kindred currents of jazz\, soul\, R&B\, and gospel. A rising bandleader in her own right\, she’s made a powerful impression as a sidewoman with veteran masters such as Makaya McCraven\, Ron Miles\, Matt Wilson\, and Art Lande. \nBen Flocks: Moonshades Personnel: \n\nBen Flocks\, saxophones\nJosh Thurston-Milgrom\, bass\nJohn Sturino\, drums\nBennett Paster\, piano\n\nAnisha Rush Quartet Personnel: \n\nAnisha Rush\, alto saxophone\nAdi Meyerson\, bass\nLuther Allison\, drums\nRob Clearfield\, piano/synth
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/anisha-rush-quartet-ben-flocks-moonshades/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T193000
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SUMMARY:Miles Davis Centennial Celebration featuring Jeremy Pelt
DESCRIPTION:A prodigious trumpeter\, producer\, and composer who has been at the center of the New York jazz scene for a quarter century\, Jeremy Pelt has released some two dozen albums as a leader exploring a wide array of instrumental settings. The Los Angeles native has traversed similarly expansive terrain as a sideman on more than five dozen recordings with both veteran masters — including Gerald Wilson\, Cedar Walton\, Louis Hayes\, and Wayne Shorter — and contemporaries such as Camille Thurman\, Somi\, and Jaleel Shaw. \nEqually eloquent delivering a ballad or tearing through a post-bop harmonic steeplechase\, Pelt is also a founding member of the all-star Black Art Jazz Collective alongside drummer Johnathan Blake and tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery. Embracing his role as an established veteran\, he mentors younger players while sharing wisdom gleaned from well-traveled cats in his book series\, Griots: Examining the Lives of Jazz’s Great Storytellers\, featuring interviews with jazz masters. Many of the veterans he’s interviewed are Miles Davis alumni\, and Pelt is uniquely prepared to celebrate Miles’ centennial both as both a player and raconteur. \nJeremy Pelt Website \nPersonnel: \n\nJeremy Pelt\, trumpet\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/miles-davis-centennial/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T193000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Davies' Blues Night featuring Sean "Mack" McDonald
DESCRIPTION:When John Lee Hooker needed to put some boom in his “Boom Boom\,” he gave Ruth Davies a call. When R&B great Charles Brown sought a supple pulse for his cool West Coast blues\, Davies supplied the beat. And when Elvin Bishop required extra propulsion for a new band\, Davies provided the fuel. Over the past four decades\, she’s been the bassist of choice for dozens of masters across blues\, jazz\, R&B\, and beyond\, from Taj Mahal and Barbara Dane to Clark Terry and Maria Muldaur. \nAt Stanford\, she’s taken it upon herself to ensure the blues always has a place on the program\, bringing in a special guest each season. She’s usually featured a well-established star — a Charlie Musselwhite\, Joe Louis Walker\, or Ruthie Foster. But this year’s featured artist is 23-year-old Sean “Mack” McDonald\, an Augusta\, Georgia-raised guitarist at the forefront of a new wave of brilliant young Black musicians revitalizing the blues. Steeped in Chicago and West Coast postwar blues\, he channels the sounds of Bobby “Blue” Bland\, Louis Jordan\, T-Bone Walker\, and early B.B. King. \n  \nArtist Website \nSanctuary Magazine Article \nPersonnel: \n\nSean “Mack” McDonald\, guitar & vocals\nRuth Davies\, bass\nKristen Strom\, saxophone\nJohn R Burr\, keys\, piano & organ\nDanny Caron\, guitar\nLeon Joyce Jr.\, drums
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/ruth-davies-blues-night/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T021301
CREATED:20260122T175206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T113032Z
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SUMMARY:Stefon Harris & Blackout
DESCRIPTION:The contemporary jazz scene is in the midst of an unprecedented wave of vibraphone innovation\, and no artist deserves more credit for this development than Stefon Harris. Since emerging in the late 1990s with a series of highly acclaimed albums for Blue Note Records\, the New York native has mentored many of the brightest young players to follow in his wake (including Sasha Berliner). But over the past two decades\, his appearances in clubs and recording studios have been relatively rare. \nHis latest album\, 2018’s Sonic Creed (Motéma)\, featuring his band Black Out\, is a brilliant\, lushly produced program of Harris originals alongside hard-bop classics by Horace Silver\, Wayne Shorter\, Bobby Timmons\, and Bobby Hutcherson. Like much of his work since a highly productive trip to Cuba in 2008\, the album explores the kindred roots of jazz and rumba\, featuring percussion great Pedrito Martinez. An ambitious composer\, startlingly eloquent improviser\, and savvy bandleader\, Harris continues to expand and deepen the Black Out musical family. He brings the band’s latest iteration west for a rare Stanford sojourn. \nStefon Harris Website \nPersonnel: \n\nStefon Harris\, vibraphone & marimba\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/stefon-harris-blackout/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T021301
CREATED:20260203T204122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T222103Z
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SUMMARY:Yilian Cañizares Trio
DESCRIPTION:Cuban violinist and vocalist Yilian Cañizares is on the cusp of becoming a major figure on the North American jazz scene. Introduced to Bay Area audiences through her collaboration with piano great Omar Sosa — with whom she recorded the gorgeous\, spiritually charged 2018 album Aguas — the Swiss-based Cañizares has been eager to return ever since. Born in Havana\, she moved at 14 to Venezuela to study at El Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu’s Academia Latinoamericana de Violín in Caracas\, and three years later relocated to Switzerland to continue her conservatory training in Fribourg and Lausanne. \nIncreasingly drawn to blending her Cuban roots with jazz\, she launched her first band\, Ochumare\, named for “rainbow” in Yoruba\, which became a proving ground for her rapidly evolving music. That early venture laid a foundation for collaborations with Cuban piano stars such as Chucho Valdés\, Omar Sosa\, and Roberto Fonseca. But Cañizares’s musical reach extends far beyond her homeland\, encompassing work with Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf\, Romani flamenco legend Diego El Cigala\, South Korean vocalist Youn Sun Nah\, Tunisian oud master and vocalist Dhafer Youssef\, and Cameroonian bass master Richard Bona. \n\nYilian Cañizares Website\n\nPersonnel: \n\nYilian Cañizares\, voice\, violin and keyboards\nChildo Tomas\, electric bass\nRoberto Vizcaino\, percussion
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/yilian-canizares-trio/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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SUMMARY:Sasha Berliner
DESCRIPTION:On a jazz scene bristling with brilliant young vibraphonists\, Sasha Berliner has distinguished herself with a lithe electro-acoustic group sound rooted in post-bop improvisation and shaped by contemporary currents. Now based in Los Angeles\, the San Francisco native spent formative years at the Workshop. On her first of three high school visits she was still focused on drums; by her return trips she had switched to vibes\, soaking up invaluable experience in a combo led by Victor Lin. Sessions with Ambrose Akinmusire and Billy Hart helped prepare her for New York City and studies at the New School. \nShe has been soaring ever since as a bandleader\, sidewoman\, and composer. Last year she released her third studio album\, Fantôme (Outside In Music)\, a supple\, lyrically charged project threaded with electronic textures and imaginative production. In the fall\, the storied Frankfurt Radio Big Band performed a concert devoted to arrangements of her compositions\, and Berklee closed a seminar on her music with a program by the Sasha Berliner Berklee Ensemble. With artists such as Christian McBride\, Cécile McLorin Salvant\, and Tyshawn Sorey calling her for gigs\, she continues to flourish as a full-spectrum creative force. \nSasha Berliner Website \nPersonnel: \n\nSasha Berliner\, vibraphone\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/sasha-berliner/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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SUMMARY:Guitar Night featuring Camila Meza & Dan Wilson
DESCRIPTION:A long-running\, ever-evolving showcase for jazz’s finest guitar stylists\, Guitar Night pairs two extraordinary bandleaders with strikingly different sounds this season. Chilean-born Camila Meza first drew widespread attention on the New York scene in the late aughts performing with Cuban pianist Fabian Almazan and trombonist Ryan Keberle\, who began featuring her vocals in arrangements for his Pan-American ensemble Catharsis. She has since carved out a distinctive voice as a composer\, most vividly through her eight-piece Nectar Orchestra. \nDan Wilson likewise came to prominence as a sideman\, touring extensively with Hammond B3 legend Joey DeFrancesco and later with bass virtuoso Christian McBride. Deeply inspired by guitar masters Wes Montgomery\, Charlie Christian\, Joe Pass\, and George Benson\, Wilson came up playing in church\, and his phrasing carries that sanctified grounding. With the release of his fourth album as a leader\, Things Eternal\, last year\, he cemented his status as one of jazz’s most expressive and accomplished guitarists. \nPersonnel: \n\nCamila Meza\, guitar\nDan Wilson\, guitar\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/guitar-night-featuring-camila-meza-dan-wilson/
LOCATION:Campbell Recital Hall\, 541 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T200000
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SUMMARY:George Cables and Friends
DESCRIPTION:A treasured presence at the Workshop for years\, George Cables made his mark on classic recordings by era-defining musicians including Freddie Hubbard\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Joe Henderson\, and Woody Shaw. As a bandleader and composer\, he’s released some two dozen albums\, most recently his 2024 trio session I Hear Echoes with bassist Essiet Essiet and drummer Jerome Jennings. \nSince his recording debut on the 1968 album Electrifying Sounds of the Paul Jeffrey — a quintet session with drummer Billy Hart\, later his bandmate in the all-star combo The Cookers — Cables has distinguished himself with his bright\, voluptuous sound and a vivifying blend of elegance and grit. Altoist Art Pepper famously dubbed him “Mr. Beautiful” for his sublime melodic sensibility\, but he could just as easily have been describing Cables as a man. A composer of arrestingly alluring tunes\, he has left a deep imprint wherever he’s spent time\, nowhere more so than in Northern California\, where his regular presence at Keystone Korner helped define the storied North Beach venue’s creative mojo. \nArtist Website \nWBGO Article \nHarlem World Article \nPersonnel: \n\nGeorge Cables\, piano\nAdditional personnel TBA\n\nMedia shown is representative of the artist’s work and may not reflect the exact repertoire or ensemble configuration presented at this performance.
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/george-cables/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260729T200000
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SUMMARY:Aldo López-Gavilán
DESCRIPTION:Even in a country with a glorious tradition of extravagantly talented pianists\, Havana-reared Aldo López-Gavilán is a conspicuously commanding musician. Steeped in jazz\, Afro-Cuban\, and European classical traditions\, he hails from an illustrious musical family: his father\, Guido López-Gavilán\, is an esteemed conductor and composer\, and his late mother\, Teresita Junco\, was an acclaimed concert pianist. His older brother\, violinist Ilmar Gavilán of the Harlem Quartet\, joined him in the long-awaited collaboration chronicled in the 2020 documentary Los Hermanos/The Brothers. \nAfter making his professional debut at age 12 with the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra\, he went on to perform Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba. Even as he immersed himself in the classical canon\, he was honing his skills as an improviser. Invited to perform at the Havana Jazz Festival with Chucho Valdés\, he made such an impression that the legendary pianist declared him “simply a genius\, a star.” He’s been living up to that praise ever since. \nAldo López-Gavilán Website \nPersonnel: \n\nAldo López-Gavilán\, piano\nAdditional personnel TBA\n\nMedia shown is representative of the artist’s work and may not reflect the exact repertoire or ensemble configuration presented at this performance.
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/aldo-lopez-gavilan/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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SUMMARY:Taylor Eigsti Group feat. Gretchen Parlato and Zack Grooves
DESCRIPTION:Taylor Eigsti’s annual performance at the Stanford Jazz Festival typically falls in the Festival’s last week\, providing a bold exclamation point to the previous weeks of musical adventures. Though he’s never hidden his incandescent talent\, Eigsti waited a decade between albums before reemerging with 2020’s Tree Falls\, a GRAMMY winner. His 2023 release\, Plot Armor\, took home another GRAMMY\, and he’s joined here by the luminous Gretchen Parlato\, who lends her voice to both albums. \nEigsti has toured widely with Parlato and recorded on several of her albums. They’re thrilled to regroup with a newer collaborator\, YouTube sensation ZackGrooves (aka Zack Graybeal). A stellar drummer who was known mostly as a busy sideman around North Carolina\, he’s turned his YouTube channel into a bustling educational resource for fellow trap set acolytes with close to a half-million subscribers. ZachGrooves has been touring with Eigsti over the past couple of years\, including a 2024 European jaunt featuring Parlato and tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel and a fall 2025 European tour with vocalist Becca Stevens. The concert has all the makings of a season highlight. \nArtist Website \nGRAMMY Article \nWBGO Article \nPersonnel: \n\nTaylor Eigsti\, piano\nZack Graybeal\, drums\nBen Williams\, bass\nGretchen Parlato\, vocals\n\nMedia shown is representative of the artist’s work and may not reflect the exact repertoire or ensemble configuration presented at this performance.
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/taylor-eigsti-quartet/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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SUMMARY:SJW All-Star Jam
DESCRIPTION:At this lovingly curated annual jam session\, you’ll hear parings and combinations of jazz artists you’ll never hear anywhere else. In duet\, trio\, quartet\, and larger ensembles\, these amazing top-tier players can let their unbridled creativity soar. Though the list is subject to change\, it’s likely that you’ll experience the playing of amazing artists such as pianists George Cables\, Dena DeRose\, and Taylor Eigsti; guitarists Camila Meza and Dan Wilson; bassists Carlos Henriquez and Ben Williams; saxophonists Caroline Davis\, Mark Turner and Patrick Wolff; trumpeter Marquis Hill; trombonist Kalia Vandever and drummer Obed Calvaire + more. The SJW All-Star Jam is always the highlight of the season! \nSponsored by the SJW Board of Directors \nPersonnel: \n\nCarolin Davis\, saxophone\nMark Turner\, saxophone\nPatrick Wolff\, saxophone\nMarquis Hill\, trumpet\nKalia Vandever\, trombone\nObed Calvaire\, drums\nTina Raymond\, drums\nDena DeRose\, vocals & piano\nGeorge Cables\, piano\nTaylor Eigsti\, piano\nCarmen Staaf\, piano\nAldo López Gavilán\, piano\nRandy Porter\, piano\nBen Williams\, bass\nCarlos Henriquez\, bass\nHannah Marks\, bass\nJosh Thurston-Milgrom\, bass\nCamila Meza\, guitar\nDan Wilson\, guitar
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/sjw-all-star/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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