Jazz DateBook
Find what is happening tonight, tomorrow, and this week across Bay Area stages, with ticket status and location first.
Sun, Feb 15, 10:00 PM
Castro Valley Library - Community Room • Castro Valley • East Bay •
Come out for this free jazz concert at the Castro Valley Library, with Dave on #trumpet and flugelhorn, Andy Ostwald on electric #keyboard, and Sam Bevan on acoustic #bass. Doors open at 1:30 and seating is on a “first come“ basis. Children are welcome, so bring the whole family. The “Community Room“ is to the right as yo...
Tue, Feb 17, 8:00 PM
Stanford Medical Center - 3rd Floor Lounge (“new” building) • Palo Alto • South Bay •
Dave’s Jazz Trio will be performing in the Lounge on the 3rd Floor of the “new” building at the Medical Center (500 Pasteur Drive). Garage Parking at a minimal rate. Dave on #trumpet and flugelhorn, Art Khu on electric #keyboard and Danny Gerz on #bass. Got some great tunes ready to go! You don’t have to be sick to attend...
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...
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, Mar 7, 3:30 AM
The Sound Room • Oakland • East Bay •
19 year old, trumpeter Skylar Tang has become a prominent figure in the Bay Area jazz scene and has garnered national recognition for her #trumpet playing and composing. She is an award-winning student at Juilliard Conservatory and Columbia University who has performed at Carnegie Hall, SFJAZZ, Jazz at Lincoln Center, K...
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...
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...
Sun, Mar 15, 3:00 AM
SJZ Break Room • San Jose • South Bay •
Drummer Sylvia Cuenca is active on the New York and Bay Area jazz scenes after touring internationally with #trumpet legend Clark Terry for 17 years. A semifinalist at the Thelonious Monk International #drum Competition, she has received two NEA Grants and was a 2022 SJZ Jazz Aid Fund and New Works Fest awardee. Cuenca w...