2006 Gigs

January

  • Ahmad Jamal Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Russell Malone Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • David ‘Fathead’ Newman Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Willie Jones, III Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • McCoy Tyner Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Wayne Shorter Quartet (Stanford Lively Arts)

February

  • McCoy Tyner Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Charles Mingus Big Band (Yoshi’s)
  • Bryan Girard’s Soul Jazz (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Jimmy Smith & Joey DeFrancesco Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Trudy Pitts Trio (Jazz@Pearls)
  • Charles Mingus Big Band (Yoshi’s)
  • Jeremy Pelt Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Marcus Shelby Orchestra (Yoshi’s)
  • Jessica Williams Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • CSU East Bay Jazz Ensemble feat. Jamie Davis (Yoshi’s)
  • Donald “Duck” Bailey Quintet & Winard Harper Sextet (Savanna Jazz)

March

  • Roy Hargrove Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Babatunde Lea Quintet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Ron Carter Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Mo’ Rockin (Yoshi’s)
  • Lynne Arriale Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Billy Harper Quintet (2 shows) (Yoshi’s)
  • Sista Kee (aka Kito Gamble) Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Christian McBride Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Rhoda Scott Organ Trio w/Kim Nailey (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Eddie Marshall Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
  • The Bad Plus (Yoshi’s)
  • Pat Martino Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Irvin Mayfield & New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (S.F. Jazz)
  • John Handy Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)

April

  • Joey DeFrancesco Trio w/George Coleman (2 shows) (Yoshi’s)
  • Pat Martino Trio (Jazz Bakery)
  • Roy Haynes Quartet (Catalina Jazz)
  • John Heard Trio w/Plas Johnson (Charlie O’s)
  • Robert Glasper Trio (S.F. Jazz)
  • Dave Brubeck Institute Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • S.F. Jazz Collective (S.F. Jazz)
  • Jim Stewart Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Kuumbwa’s)
  • David Mathews Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Dave Douglas Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Randy Weston African Rhythms (S.F. Jazz)
  • Rachell Farrell (Yoshi’s)
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio (Jazz@Pearl’s)

May

  • Benny Golson Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Kenny Barron Trio / Danilo Perez Trio (S.F. Jazz)
  • Phil Woods Quintet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Carmen Lundy (Yoshi’s)
  • George Cotsirilos Trio (Savanna Jazz)
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio (S.F. Jazz)
  • Hugh Masekela Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Jimmy Scott (S.F. Jazz)
  • Jim Rotondi Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Tammy Hall Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • George Cotsirilos Trio (Albatross Pub)
  • Howard Alden (Downtown Restaurant)
  • Mel Martin Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Maceo Parker Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Terrence Brewer Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Houston Person Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)

June

  • Terrence Brewer Trio (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Bruce Forman Trio (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
  • Gary Burton Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Shelly Berg Trio (S.F. Jazz)
  • Mark Murphy (Yoshi’s)
  • Walter Savage Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Dick Conte Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Larry Vuckovich Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Kenny Garrett Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Mimi Fox (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Cyrus Chestnut Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Javon Jackson Quartet (Jazz Bakery)
  • Peter Zak Trio (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Take 6 (Yoshi’s)

July

  • Henry Butler (solo) (Piedmont Piano)
  • Vital Information feat. Steve Smith (Yoshi’s)
  • Red Holloway Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Diane Schuur (Yoshi’s)
  • Young Musician Program (YMP) w/Patrice Rushen (Yoshi’s)
  • Joe Gilman Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Alexa Weber Morales (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Regina Carter Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Joe Gilman Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Bobby Hutcherson Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Bill Bell Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Rob Schneiderman Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Kenny Burrell Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Cedar Walton (solo) (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Eddie Henderson Quartet (Bach Dancing & Dynamite)
  • Heath Brothers (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Kenny Burrell & Gerald Wilson Big Band (Yoshi’s)

August

  • Eric Alexander Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Cedar Walton Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Julian Lage Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Stanford Jazz Workshop All-Star Jam Session (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Frank Jackson Trio (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Sonny Fortune & Rashid Ali Duo (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Pete Escovedo Orchestra (Yoshi’s)
  • S.F. Jazz Young Composers Project (Yoshi’s)
  • Frank Morgan Quintet feat. Ronnie Matthews & Sean Jones (2 shows) (Yoshi’s)
  • Lee Ritenour w/Dave Grusin & Friends (Yoshi’s)
  • San Jose Jazz Festival
  • Anton Schwartz Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Vallejo Jazz Festival
  • Elvin Jones Birthday Salute feat. Dave Liebman, Delfeayo Marsalis & Nicholas Payton (Yoshi’s)

September

  • Oscar Peterson Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Elvin Jones Tribute (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • The Cunninghams (Savannah Jazz)
  • Aaron Goldberg Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Eldar Djangirov Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Junior Mance Trio (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • *Coltrane 80th Birthday Celebration feat. Joe Lovano (Birdland)
  • *Eric Reed Quartet (Smoke)
  • *McCoy Tyner Trio w/Pharoah Sanders (Blue Note)
  • *Planet Jazz feat. Spike Wilner (Smalls)
  • *Patrice Rushen Trio feat. Terri Lynne Carrington (Dizzy’s@JALC)   
  • *New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Jam Session (Sweet Rhythm)       
  • *Ron Affif Trio (Zinc Bar)
  • *Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio (Smoke)
  • *Clark Terry Quintet (Village Vanguard)
  • *Sean Jones Quartet (Iridium)
  • *Late Night Jam Session (Milton’s Playhouse)
  • *Danilo Perez Trio (Jazz Standard)
  • *Kenny Kirkland Tribute feat. Jeff “Tain” Watts (Jazz Gallery)
  • *Jam Session (Sweet Rhythm)
  • *Ralph Peterson Trio (Cecil’s)
    • *”NYC Jazz “Maiden Voyage”

October

  • Ray Brown 80th Salute! feat. Marlena Shaw, Benny Green, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton (Yoshi’s)
  • Earl Klugh Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Sonny Rollins Quintet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Robin Gregory w/Bill “Jazz Professor” Bell Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Heath Brothers (S.F. Jazz)
  • Cyrus Chestnut & Russell Malone Trio (S.F. Jazz)
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi (solo piano) (S.F. Jazz)
  • Arturo Sandoval Sextet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Andrew Hill Quintet (S.F. Jazz)
  • John Handy Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Denny Zeitlin Trio (Yoshi’s)

November

  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio feat. James Carter (S.F. Jazz)
  • Alice Coltrane Quartet feat. Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden & Ravi Coltrane (S.F. Jazz)
  • Piano Summit (Jazz School)
  • Cedar Walton Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Andrew Speight Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Ahmad Jamal Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Shirley Horn Tribute feat. Frankye Kelly (Yoshi’s)
  • Frank Jackson Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Hubert Laws Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Houston Person Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Wayne Wallace Quintet (Yoshi’s)

December

  • Larry Vuckovich Quintet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Calvin Keys Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • John Coltrane Tribute feat. E.W. Wainwright & Friends (Yoshi’s)
  • Noel Jewkes Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Mel Martin Quartet (Café Van Cleef)
  • McCoy Tyner Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Dayna Stephens Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Dick Conte Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Nicolas Beard (Jazz@Pearl’s)