Jazz DateBook
Find what is happening tonight, tomorrow, and this week across Bay Area stages, with ticket status and location first.
Wed, Feb 18, 3:30 AM
Bird & Beckett Books and Records • San Francisco •
Jerome Sabbagh, tenor #sax; Essiet Okon Essiet, #bass; Sylvia Cuenca, #drums The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 4 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village. Seating is limited, so call ahead to reserve: (415) ...
Thu, Feb 19, 3:00 AM
Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 Eytan Schillinger-Hyman is an accomplished bassist and composer born and raised in San Francisco and based in New York City, who is renowned for his creativity and groove on both upright and #electric bass. Eytan i...
Fri, Feb 20, 3:00 AM
Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30 “Every song is a work of art in Champian’s hands and #voice” (the Aboslute Sound). Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her...
Fri, Feb 20, 3:30 AM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
Saxophonist and composer Nicole McCabe has quickly emerged as one of the defining new voices in contemporary jazz. Rooted in the hard-bop tradition yet unafraid to explore electronic textures, expansive improvisation, and modern rhythmic language, her music reflects a bold, searching artistry shaped by both deep study ...
Fri, Feb 20, 5:15 AM
Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30 “Every song is a work of art in Champian’s hands and #voice” (the Aboslute Sound). Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her...
Sat, Feb 21, 3:00 AM
Tickets: $20 , $40 , $50 , $60 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45 “Every song is a work of art in Champian’s hands and #voice” (the Aboslute Sound). Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her...
Sat, Feb 21, 5:30 AM
Tickets: $20 , $40 , $50 , $60 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45 “Every song is a work of art in Champian’s hands and #voice” (the Aboslute Sound). Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her...
Sun, Feb 22, 1:30 AM
Piedmont Piano Company • Oakland • East Bay •
Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus Charles Mingus was one of the most iconic and prolific composers and bassists in the history of American music. Bassist Marcus Shelby and his sextet present “Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus.” This program will include rarely performed Mingus compositions written...
Sun, Feb 22, 3:00 AM
Tickets: $20 , $40 , $50 , $60 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45 “Every song is a work of art in Champian’s hands and #voice” (the Aboslute Sound). Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her...
Sun, Feb 22, 5:30 AM
Tickets: $20 , $40 , $50 , $60 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45 “Every song is a work of art in Champian’s hands and #voice” (the Aboslute Sound). Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her...
Fri, Feb 27, 3:30 AM
Bird & Beckett Books and Records • San Francisco •
Joe Warner, #piano; Charles McNeal, alto #sax; Ron Belcher, #bass; Jemal Ramirez, #drums The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 4 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village. Seating is limited, so call ahead to rese...
Sat, Feb 28, 2:00 AM
Bird & Beckett Books and Records • San Francisco •
Charlie McCarthy, #saxophone; Sam Cady, #piano; Chuck Bennett, #bass; Tony Johnson, #drums The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 4 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village. Seating is limited, so call ahead to re...
Sat, Feb 28, 3:30 AM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
At The Sound Room, Jazz Mafia joins forces with vocalist Tiffany Austin to present a set that draws on years of collaboration and their shared repertoire of original compositions. Tiffany’s versatility shines as she improvises, performs vocalise versions of swinging jazz classics, and even becomes part of the horn sect...
Sat, Feb 28, 4:00 AM
SJZ Break Room • San Jose • South Bay •
2026 Jazz Aid Fund awardee Trevor Strohl brings two decades of #saxophone experience and a Jazz Studies degree from SJSU to Bay Area performances, incorporating EWI and vocoder to create a distinctive sound. As bandleader of Character Select, he merges jazz, funk and rock in original arrangements of video game music fro...
Sun, Mar 1, 3:30 AM
Bird & Beckett Books and Records • San Francisco •
Idris Ackamoor, #saxophone; Bobby Cobb, #guitar; Skyler Stover, #bass; Donald Robinson, #drums The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 4 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village. Seating is limited, so call ahead t...
Thu, Mar 5, 3:00 AM
Tickets: $15.50 - $25.50 General Admission Cash Only$10 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 Midweek just got a whole lot deeper. Introducing The Soul Sessions: an electrifying live music series bringing the Bay Area’s finest to the stage at Black Cat every Wednesday night, March through May. For just $10 cash, experience world-cla...
Sun, Mar 8, 3:30 AM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
Erik Jekabson's "Breakthrough" sextet plays music from his most recent album "Breakthrough". Erik has re-orchestrated the music (originally written for various size chamber groups including chamber orchestra) for an all-star sextet. Allmusic Guide has described the music as "a vibrant blend of influences from the glimm...
Mon, Mar 9, 12:30 AM
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society • Half Moon Bay •
Vibraphonist, #sax and #flute master (and local treasure!), Roger Glenn is ingredient X. The secret sauce. The cat behind the cat. Now, after decades of elevating the music of bona fide legends in jazz, Latin jazz, blues, and funk, the most versatile, singular multi-instrumental master has stepped out of the shadows and ...
Thu, Mar 12, 2:00 AM
Tickets: $15.50 - $25.50 General Admission Cash Only$10 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 Midweek just got a whole lot deeper. Introducing The Soul Sessions: an electrifying live music series bringing the Bay Area’s finest to the stage at Black Cat every Wednesday night, March through May. For just $10 cash, experience world-cla...
Fri, Mar 13, 2:30 AM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
What a band!!! Don't Miss This! Join us as this ALL STAR group puts on a clinic on the best of jazz! Sylvia Cuenca is an outstanding drummer on the New York and SF Bay Area jazz scenes. She has had the honor of sharing the bandstand with #saxophone legend Joe Henderson for 4 years and #trumpet legend Clark Terry for 17 y...
Sat, Mar 14, 2:30 AM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
Friday the 13th! The perfect night for a Sinatra Show. Come hear about Sinatra's luck - with the ladies, the casinos, the mob, and more. If you like music, tales and pizazz this is it. An amazing show of Sinatra's music - beautifully done - interspersed with tales about the real man behind the legend. And the tales are...
Sun, Mar 15, 9:00 PM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
The Jazz Therapists are a group of seven stellar Bay Area musicians who have been playing pre-1945 American Jazz treasures together since 2015. It's a strange fact that one of the best working jazz bands on the San Francisco Bay area scene can't be seen in nightclubs, restaurants, theaters, or concert halls – UNTIL NOW...
Fri, Feb 20, 3:00 AM
Keys Jazz Bistro • San Francisco •
Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Smith Dobson continues the Horns of SF series at Keys Jazz Bistro on the #saxophone, with his long-running quartet, featuring Keith Saunders on #piano, Eric Markowitz on #bass, and Tony Johnson on #drums. The quartet, which held court every Tuesday for nearly a decade at the now defunct Club ...
Fri, Feb 20, 5:00 AM
Keys Jazz Bistro • San Francisco •
Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Smith Dobson continues the Horns of SF series at Keys Jazz Bistro on the #saxophone, with his long-running quartet, featuring Keith Saunders on #piano, Eric Markowitz on #bass, and Tony Johnson on #drums. The quartet, which held court every Tuesday for nearly a decade at the now defunct Club ...
Sat, Feb 28, 5:00 AM
Keys Jazz Bistro • San Francisco •
A staple of the Bay Area scene since 2013, Atta Kid is an all-star crew that reaches into the swampy lilt of New Orleans and the razor-sharp precision of the East Bay at the same time. Led by Daniel Casares (#sax and #vocals)and Max Cowan (B-3, #keyboards and #vocals), Atta Kid will take you on