"...a ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer and arranger" (San Francisco Chronicle), Julian Pollack's trio will follow a rousing set by Americas finest gypsy swing band in the style of Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, the Hot Club of San Francisco.
Kim Nalley, one of the world’s best jazz and blues vocalists, has the sexy aura of a diva from the forties,
Saturday July 20, 10:00 AM Matheson Theater “When you hear how great these young kids play, you know the future of our music is in good hands.” – Thelonius Monk, ...
Saturday July 20, 3:00 PM Preston Hall “When you hear how great these young kids play, you know the future of our music is in good hands.” – Thelonius Monk, ...
A smashing evening with the Festival Big Band Orchestra, led by Allan Pollack, who plays a mean saxophone.
Saturday, July 19, 2014, 3:00 PM Preston Hall A favorite of the Festival as Big Band singer, Kathleen Grace returns with her own band and her own songs that fuse ...
Featured wines at this performance The annual Big Band concert will feature vocalist Kim Nalley, former owner of the San Francisco Jazz Club at Pearl’s. She has an amazing 3 ...
Superheroes of the Bay Area Jazz Scene. Listen to the magic as Smith, who combines the confessional imperative of a singer/songwriter with the rhythmic acuity of a jazz chanteuse, teams ...
Featured wines at this performancePoncho Sanchez’s music is a swirl of some of the hottest colors and brightest lights to emerge from either side of the border. At every show ...
Featured wines at this performanceIrma Thomas won a Grammy in 2007 for Best Contemporary Blues Album and was chosen as one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices. Dubbed the Soul Queen of ...
Two of the most brilliantly talented pianist/composers from the New York scene team up to play the driving, rhythmic music of Adams, Reich, and their own compositions, as well as ...
Featured wines at this performanceThe Joni Mitchell Project, featuring Mark Summer and Serge Merlaud. Tierney Sutton will present some of the material from her acclaimed album After Blue, her tribute ...
Grammy-nominated guitarist Alex de Grassi has influenced a whole generation of guitarists with his compositions, recordings and performances for solo guitar. The Wall Street Journal calls his playing “flawless,” and ...
Featured wines at this performanceThe Festival Big Band comprises seventeen nimble, creative, steaming and swinging pros who come together year after year for the sheer love of music-making with bandleader Allan ...
The Jade Jazz Ensemble and singers from the Berkeley Young Musicians Choral Orchestra will present JASBO (Jazz, Art Song, Broadway, Opera). The mission of the Young Musicians Choral Orchestra is ...
Featured wines at this performance A bold composer, a brilliant jazz pianist and an inventive vocalist all rolled into one, Clarice Assad floats freely across musical idioms. Born into one ...
Alex de Grassi and Grammy award winner Andrew York are widely acclaimed as leading innovators and virtuosos of acoustic and classical guitar; the duo combine their distinctive compositions, arrangements, and technical mastery to deliver an astonishingly diverse program of music. Assad is a vibrant and exciting singer/guitarist from Brazil who transcends traditional styles with her unique ...
This woman can do it all," is how the Los Angeles Daily News describes Clairdee. With her lustrous voice, soulful delivery, and scene-stealing charisma, she has honed a repertoire of standards set to state of the art arrangements that are equally smart and entertaining. Pianist Ken French has been performing jazz piano professionally for nearly ...
This woman can do it all!" --Los Angeles Daily News With her lustrous voice, soulful delivery, and scene-stealing charisma, Clairdee has honed a repertoire of standards set to state of the art arrangements that are equally smart and entertaining. Pianist Ken French has been performing jazz piano professionally for nearly two decades on the San ...
Marko Djordjevic (left) with Julian Pollack (right) An exciting and many faceted evening inspired by traditional Serbian folk music. Enjoy Julian with drummer Marko Djordjevic’s band, Sveti, and their amazing compositions based on Serbian folk rhythms. The international women's vocal group ROSA, specializing in Serbian non-tempered singing, will round out a complex and riveting musical ...
Zoe Ellis's dramatic and colorful voice is well known to music fans in the Bay Area and beyond. Described by reviewers as "a resourceful and inventive vocalist," she sang for ...