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Fatoumata Diawara

Wednesday, Jun 19 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Perpetuating Mali’s rich musical tradition, Fatoumata Diawara presents a joyous mix of the vibrant and understated, combining songs about love, politics and empowerment...

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Friday, May 24 6:30p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

Peabo Bryson

Friday, Jun 7 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Peabo Bryson is among the world’s most dynamic and gifted vocal talents...

Miguel Zenón Rhythm Collective

Thursday, May 30 7:30p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

As a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, Miguel Zenón was a conspicuously talented, largely unknown 27-year-old saxophonist getting set to release his second album...

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Thursday, May 23 8:00p

Weill Hall at the Green Music Center, Rohnert Park

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

The East-West Collective

Tuesday, Jun 18 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

The EAST-WEST COLLECTIVE will commence its première tour of North America on June 14 at the Vision Festival in New York...

Miguel Zenón duos with Luis Perdomo & Paoli Mejias

Sunday, Jun 2 7:30p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

As a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, Miguel Zenón was a conspicuously talented, largely unknown 27-year-old saxophonist getting set to release his second album...

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

Friday, Aug 30 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

There is a change in the weather and sound for Ottmar Liebert’s release entitled ‘Dune.’ Magic men are said to be drawn to the desert sands...

Enrico Rava Tribe ft. Gianluca Petrella

Thursday, Jun 13 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A European jazz patriarch universally esteemed by his New York peers, Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava has collaborated with some of the music’s most creative figures, from Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd...

Miguel Zenón's 'Identities Are Changeable: Tales from the Diaspora'

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

As a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, Miguel Zenón was a conspicuously talented, largely unknown 27-year-old saxophonist getting set to release his second album...

Peter White

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Over the years, Peter White has maintained a reputation as one of the most versatile and prolific acoustic guitarists on the contemporary jazz landscape...

Catherine Russell

Sunday, Jun 23 8:30p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker, and a graduate of American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Ms...

Show For Equality: The Stephanie Teel Band

Sunday, Jun 16 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Marriage Equality USA is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization fighting solely for the freedom to marry at the state and federal levels – including successful initiatives in New Y...

Bernhoft plus Sun Rai

Tuesday, Jun 25 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Since releasing his sophomore album "Solidarity Breaks" in early 2011, Norwegian retro-soul singer/multi-instrumentalist Bernhoft has thrilled crowds around the world with his stripped-down yet amp...

Miguel Zenón presents Alma Adentro Ensemble

Friday, May 31 7:30p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

As a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, Miguel Zenón was a conspicuously talented, largely unknown 27-year-old saxophonist getting set to release his second album...

Dr. L. Subramaniam Global Fusion with Larry Coryell

Thursday, Jun 20 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Subramaniam, India’s violin icon, “The Paganini of Indian Classical music”, “the God of Indian Violin” is the serenity of an Indian musician combined with the magnetism of a western “star”...

Hamed Nikpay

Sunday, Jun 9 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A fusion vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, Hamed Nikpay has been a pioneering & experimental artist for over a decade...

Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Friday, Jul 26 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Since its original conception by producer Aaron Levinson in 2000, the Grammy Award Winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music...