The Jazz Voyager
Cross country flights can be tiresome when you have to fly around storms but are also very rewarding especially when a jazz concert is in store in the City by the Bay. The destination is SFJazz Center. Opened in 2013, the SFJAZZ Center is located on the corner of Franklin and Fell Streets in the heart of San Francisco’s arts district. With two performance spaces, multiple music practice rooms, a digital lab, and the B-Side restaurant and bar allows the non-profit to explore the full spectrum of jazz, from its origins in the African American and Afro Caribbean communities, to its diverse and evolving expressions around the world today.
Pianist, composer, and in-demand sideman Javier Santiago is one of the most promising voices in the international music scene. As an accomplished producer, beatmaker, arranger and educator, he has become a notable force in both the beat and hip-hop scenes as well as in the jazz world. His newest album is the 2024 release Warrior Energy. This jazz voyager is anticipating hearing this music
SFJazz Center is located at 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, California 94102. For more information contact the venue at https://www.sfjazz.org.
Tickets: $25.00
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ANEESA STRINGS
Aneesa Strings is a bassist, vocalist and composer from Oakland, California. She began playing professionally and recorded her first jazz album at just 13 years old. Aneesa received her Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California in 2014, where she released her first solo album A Shift In Paradigm featuring her single “Simpin”, produced by Patrice Rushen in collaboration with SFJAZZ.
In 2016, Ms. Strings earned her Master’s of Music in Jazz Studies at Michigan State University where she toured as the lead singer of the Bebop Spartans Big Band under the direction of Rodney Whitaker. She is fresh off the release of her 2019 critically acclaimed sophomore album Ways, and has continued to tour world-wide with the likes of Duckworth, Jose James, Kandace Springs and many others.
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ELEW
Eric Robert Lewis, popularly known as ELEW, is an American Concert Pianist who has found crossover success playing rock and pop music. He is known for his unconventional and physical playing style, which eschews a piano bench and includes reaching inside the piano lid to pull at the strings directly, as well as the creation that he calls “Rockjazz”, a genre that takes the improvisational aspect of jazz and ‘threads it through the eye of the needle of rock.
The Band: Elew ~ Piano | Michael Cruse ~ Trumpet | Bar Filipowicz ~ Bass | David Hawkins ~ Drums
Cover Charge: $40.00
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CHAMPIAN FULTON
Award-Winning Jazz Pianist & Vocalist Champian is the most gifted pure jazz singer of her generation was born in Oklahoma, and grew up with music in the home. Her father, jazz trumpeter and educator Stephen Fulton, recognized her fascination with music at an early age. The presence of her father’s musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major Holley, inspired her focus on jazz. Her first paid musical engagement was with her own band at Clark Terry’s 75th Birthday Party; she was 10 years old.
Since then, her piano and voice skills have been recognized by peers and critics as distinctive and sophisticated. This young woman from Oklahoma captivates audiences in New York’s finest Jazz rooms and in concert halls around the world. Recognized as a Rising Jazz Star by the Downbeat Magazine Critic’s Poll, she was also named Pianist and Vocalist of 2019 by Hot House Magazines Readers Poll.
Cover: $25.00 ~ $30.00 | Dinner is required with all reservations.
6:30pm ~ Dinner Reservations from 5:15pm | 9:00pm ~ Dinner Reservations from 8:00pm
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QUIANA PARLER
The Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist with The Lavon Stevens Trio
As lead vocalist, lyricist, and composer for internationally and critically acclaimed two-time Grammy Award-winning roots music group, Ranky Tanky, Quiana Parler spent weeks at #1 on several Billboard Jazz charts. Quiana has spent over 20 years as the most sought-after vocalist in the Lowcountry. Known locally for years prior, she rose to national prominence after her success on the 2003 season of American Idol. Quiana has worked and collaborated with diverse artists and producers such as Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Bobby McFerrin, Miranda Lambert, David Foster, Walter Afanasieff and many more.
Her performances have been featured on national broadcasts like The View, NBC’s TODAY, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show, The Tyra Banks Show, and Saturday Night Live, as well as the Academy of Country Music Awards and the American Music Awards. Lavon Stevens has traveled and performed all over the country including Aspen, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida. The resort vacation destination of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina has been his home since 1981. He is one of the premier entertainers on Hilton Head Island. He is producing a variety of shows and recording projects including other R&B, Jazz and Gospel artists.
Cover: $10 – $20 | Dinner is required with all reservations.
6:30pm Show ~ Dinner Reservations 5:15pm | 9:00pm Show ~ Dinner Reservations 8:00pm
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