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McCoy Tyner performed at the Grand Opening of the SFJAZZ Center in 2013, and this all-star tribute captures the spirit of jazz legend on the very stage he helped christen. Led by saxophonist Joe Lovano, Opening Night...

For this special edition of Drop the Video, SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard looks back at our history of YouTube Singles taken from our Fridays Live streaming series and on-demand concerts and picks several of his favorites.

From Meshell Ndegeocello’s brilliantly reconstruc...

Testing the musical knowledge of world class artists with a series of classic recordings, getting their in-the-moment impressions and insights into their tastes and influences.

SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Kenny Barron
The pianist and SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director shares his memories ...

KENNY BARRON

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Pianist, composer, and SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Kenny Barron and his quintet perform his composition “Blue Waters” from his 2018 album “Concentric Circles” during their ...

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Expanding his stellar working trio to a quintet with the addition of SFJAZZ Collective trumpeter Mike Rodriguez and Bay Area-raised saxophone great Dayna Stephens, Kenny Barron explores new sonorities and textures in ...

Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the-scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Rob...

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The Kenny Barron Trio with guest pianist Benny Green perform Thelonious Monk’s composition “Well You Needn’t” during our Monk’s Birthday Celebration concert on October 10, 2022 as part of the 202...

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Saxophonist and composer Kenny Garrett and his band perform “Sounds from the Ancestors” the title composition from his 2021 Mack Avenue album, during his concert on June...

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This week on Fridays Live we continue to present highlights from the San Francisco Jazz Festival with saxophone virtuoso and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett with his stellar quintet featurin...

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GRAMMY winner and 2018 NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves is jazz’s greatest living vocalist — an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class, and improvisational poise. Her string of GRAMMYs include...

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Vocalist and NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves performs the 1937 Rodgers and Hart classic “My Funny Valentine” during her concert on February 23, 2023 — part of the 2023-24 Season and broad...

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An incomparable duo of jazz giants, each representing the pinnacle of their art form, came together in June 2022 for this exclusive performance during the 39th San Francisco Jazz Festival.

This meeting of masters w...

DONALD HARRISON JR.

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Saxophonist, composer, and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison Jr. performs his composition “Free to Be” the title track from his 1999 Impulse! album, with his quartet du...

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Saxophonist and composer Gary Bartz performs his classic composition “I’ve Known Rivers” with his NTU Troop Revisited project during their concert on June 9, 2024 — part of the 41...

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The Sun Ra Arkestra perform Marshall Allen and Ronnie Boykins’ 1960 composition “Angels and Demons at Play” during their performance on July 21 as part of Summer Sessions 2023, broadcast on Fri...

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SFJAZZ presents a cosmic jazz orchestra and a cultural phenomenon, the Sun Ra Arkestra. They continue the legacy of its visionary founder Sun Ra, who blended music, philosophy, mythology and science fiction in his que...

Among the most influential living alto saxophonists and composers, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz brings a fresh perspective to his landmark NTU Troop music of 1970s on this special night, joined by Oakland-born trumpet great Ambrose Akinmusire.

A preternaturally gifted wind player, the Baltimo...

Saxophonist, composer and 2024 NEA Jazz Master honoree Gary Bartz sits down with Terence Blanchard to discuss the iconic jazz-funk sounds of his band, the NTU Troop, as well as his experiences with Max Roach and Lee Morgan. You can watch Bartz’s “NTU Troop Revisited” concert (filmed in June durin...