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SFJAZZ Offers a Full Summer of Live Jazz

 
Jazz singer Ed Reed performs Thursday, June 12 at the Stanford Shopping Center
 

Over the years, the folks at SFJAZZ have expanded from a handful of jazz concerts in October to a year-round series of top-flight performances, hailed internationally as one of the premier showcases for jazz.

This year, SFJAZZ continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary with SummerFest, a summer season of free jazz concerts at Union Square and Levi's Plaza in San Francisco, and the Stanford Shopping Center on the Peninsula. Performers include Kat Parra, Pamela Rose, Mitch Marcus, Jamie Davis, Chuck Mackinnon and the ever-swingin' Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums.

Here's the schedule for this year's SummerFest:

Thursday, June 5
from 6-7.30 pm
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, June 12
from 6-7.30 pm
Ed Reed
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, June 19
from 6-7.30 pm
Anton Schwartz Quartet
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, June 26
from 6-7.30 pm
Pyeng Threadgill
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, July 3
from 6-7.30 pm
María Volonté Trio
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, July 10
from 6-7.30 pm
Jane Getter Trio with special guest Mimi Fox
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Tuesday, July 17
from 6-7.30 pm
Mads Tolling Trio
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, July 24
from 6-7.30 pm
8-Legged Monster featuring Noel Jewkes
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center
Thursday, July 31
from 6-7.30 pm
Harvey Wainapel
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center

Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Union Square, San Francisco
Thursday, August 7
from 6-7.30 pm
Tanaóra
The Clock Tower Plaza at Stanford Shopping Center

Lavay Smith & her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Union Square, San Francisco
Thursday, August 21
from 6-7.30 pm
Le Jazz Hot & Friends
Union Square, San Francisco
Thursday, August 28
from 6-7.30 pm
Nobody from Ipanema
Union Square, San Francisco
Wednesday, Sept. 3
from 12-1.30 pm
San Francisco Guitar Quartet
Levi's Plaza, San Francisco
Wednesday, Sept. 10
from 12-1.30 pm
Kristen Strom
Levi's Plaza, San Francisco
Wednesday, Sept. 17
from 12-1.30 pm
Tango #9
Levi's Plaza, San Francisco
Wednesday, Sept. 24
from 12-1.30 pm
Cory Combs Quartet
Levi's Plaza, San Francisco
Wednesday, Oct. 1
from 12-1.30 pm
The Royal We 3 Trio
Levi's Plaza, San Francisco
Wednesday, Oct. 8
from 12-1.30 pm
Nice Guys Trio
Levi's Plaza, San Francisco

For tickets or more info, please call 415.398.5655 or visit the SFJAZZ website at www.sfjazz.org.


 


 
Linda Tillery performs with the Cultural Heritage Choir on Thursday, July 31 at Union Square in San Francisco
 


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