Full concert available On-Demand from OCT 27, 2021 - JAN 26, 2021
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Percussionist and vocalist Jesús Díaz and his dynamic Afro-Cuban ensemble QBA perform Díaz’s composition "Dime Si Te Gusta" from his 2003 album “Jardinero” during
their October 15, 2021 Fridays Live broadcast at the SFJAZZ Center.
The Cuban born, Bay Area based percussionist and singer is among the most versatile and accomplished artists on the world music scene, performing with his dance-heavy, dynamic ensemble that is “one of the few groups in the United States playing timba, a new-millennium musical idea from Cuba that fuses post-revolutionary innovations like songo with funk and jazz” (SF Chronicle).
Arriving in the U.S. from Cuba in 1980, Díaz spent over a decade paying dues with Bay Area Afro-Cuban stalwarts Conjunto Céspedes before stepping out as a leader with piano great Omar Sosa in Oaktown Irawo, featuring Tower of Power drummer David Garilbaldi. Díaz was a member of Garibaldi’s influential percussion trio Talking Drums with fellow percussionist Michael Spiro, and has gone on to recordings and performances with Stevie Wonder, the Dave Matthews Band, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Coleman, the Caribbean Jazz Project, Jane Bunnett, Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum, and more.
Dedicated to the rollicking mix of traditional Cuban forms blended with funk, pop, and jazz that has captivated the world, QBA brought an unforgettable night of groove and Cuban soul.
Full concert available On-Demand from OCT 20, 2020 - JAN 19, 2021
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Gerald Clayton, Tammy L. Hall, Edward Simon, and Justin Kauflin perform a wildly inventive version of Thelonious Monk’s classic composition "Straight, No Chaser" from their October 7, 2021 Fridays...
Full concert available On-Demand from OCT 13, 2020 - JAN 12, 2021
Claudia Villela perform her original composition "Agua Santa" in the intimate Joe Henderson Lab, from her FRI, OCT 1, 2021 Fridays Live broadcast from the SFJAZZ Center.
“A Brazilian-born genius with a blistering voice" (JazzTim...
Full concert available On-Demand through JAN 5, 2021.
Zakir Hussain signaled the official re-opening of the SFJAZZ Center post-pandemic with a trio of friends— drumset phenomenon Eric Harland, Uzbek doyra master Abbos Kosimov, and jazz-infuenced multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive-Lowe. Here's ...