Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
September 9, 2025

Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA September 5, 2025 SFJAZZ Center's digital director, Ross Eustis, started the evening with a brief welcome, highlighting more than 350 shows on the new season's schedule. The crowd greeted the band with the kind of enthusiasm associated with Cory Henry's ...

Lady Day Reimagined: Stella Heath��s Jazz Story

by Steven Roby
August 31, 2025

Vocalist Stella Heath describes Billie Holiday the way a director describes a great actor--precise about choices, attentive to subtext, and focused on how a story resonates in the room. “Stories are front and foremost for me," she says. Heath's connection to Holiday starts with feeling. What drew her in wasn't just her timbre or ...

SFJAZZ Gala 2025 Honoring Don Was

by Ronald Davis
June 28, 2025

A collection of photos from the SFJAZZ Gala 2025 Honoring Don Was concert at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco on June 12, 2025 featuring SFJAZZ Collective, Terence Blanchard, Don Was, Ambrose Akinmusire, Melissa Aldana, Gabrielle Cavassa, Kurt Elling, Lisa Fischer, Bill Frisell, Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, Eric Harland, Salar Nader and Alam Kahn. With ...

Jeff Denson Trio at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
May 27, 2025

Kenny Barron, Solo Piano at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
May 14, 2025

Cecile Mclorin Salvant Quartet at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
May 10, 2025

Take 6 at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
January 7, 2025

Jazz Beyond Borders: Embracing Online Performances

by Ellen Johnson
September 18, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic forced musicians and venues to adapt, giving rise to innovative alternatives for their survival. One of the most transformative solutions was the advent of live streaming concerts and club dates, allowing people to enjoy jazz performances from the comfort of their homes. As the pandemic's limitations persisted, this concept gained traction, offering audiences ...

Take Five With Lisa Hilton, Revisited

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2022

Meet Lisa Hilton Lisa Kristine Hilton?is a composer, pianist, producer and bandleader. Growing up on California's beautiful central coast, Hilton was so entranced with the piano that she taught herself to play with a colored keyboard guide and composed simple songs before beginning piano lessons. Attending college in San Francisco, she missed the creativity she had ...

Miguel Zenon at SFJAZZ Center

by Roy Strassman
June 6, 2022

Miguel Zenon SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA May 5, 2022 With its fabulous acoustics and visual projection capabilities, the SF Jazz Center is the ideal venue for Miguel Zenon's performances of his recent Golden City Suite project. Zenon conducted interviews in several of San Francisco's ethnic communities—Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, African American, ...