Markus Howell Quintet, featuring Roy McCurdy

Markus Howell’s intensely beautiful alto sax has been heard the world over with both Count Basie’s Orchestra and Michael Bublé, and here he’s joined by his Quintet including two very special guests: drum legend Roy McCurdy and Grammy winner Sullivan Fortner on piano. You want swing at its finest? This is your show, as longtime Stanford Jazz Festival fans will already know, having watched Markus develop from SJW’s Mentor Fellow program to one of the most exciting rising stars of the alto saxophone.