Jazz DateBook

Live Jazz in SF Bay

Find what is happening tonight, tomorrow, and this week across Bay Area stages, with ticket status and location first.

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Fri, Feb 20, 3:00 AM

Champian Fulton Quartet featuring Klas Lindquist

Black Cat San Francisco

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

Nicole McCabe Album Release Show

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

Champian Fulton Quartet featuring Klas Lindquist

Black Cat San Francisco

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

Champian Fulton Quartet featuring Klas Lindquist

Black Cat San Francisco

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

Champian Fulton Quartet featuring Klas Lindquist

Black Cat San Francisco

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

Marcus Shelby Sextet

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

Champian Fulton Quartet featuring Klas Lindquist

Black Cat San Francisco

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

Champian Fulton Quartet featuring Klas Lindquist

Black Cat San Francisco

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 28, 3:30 AM

Jazz Mafia with Tiffany Austin

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

Trevor Strohl: 2026 New Works Fest

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 8, 3:30 AM

Erik Jekabson's Breakthrough Sextet

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...

Fri, Mar 13, 2:30 AM

Sylvia Cuenca Quintet

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

Sinatra Saloon: A Tale & A Tune - All About Luck

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 Jazz Therapists

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

Smith Dobson Quartet

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 ...

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Fri, Feb 20, 5:00 AM

Smith Dobson Quartet

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 ...

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Sat, Feb 28, 5:00 AM

Attakid

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

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