2008 Gigs

January

  • Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Oaktown Jazz Workshops (Yoshi’s)
  • Andy Bey (Yoshi’s)
  • Stanley Clarke Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Roy Hargrove Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Band (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Modesto Briseno Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Bobby Hutcherson Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Howard Wiley Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Donald Harrison Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Cyrus Chestnut Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Ernie Watts Quartet (San Jose Jazz Summer Fest)
  • Eric Alexander Tribute To Danny Moore (Smoke)
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Tribute To Quartet Elvin Jones (Blue Note)
  • Tia Fuller Quartet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Harry Whitaker Quintet (Smalls)
  • Benny Golson Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Dr. Michael White & OLJ Band (Village Vanguard)
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio (Iridium)
  • Spike Wilner Quintet (Smalls)

February

  • David ‘Fathead’ Newman Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Eldar Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • SEPIA: Lady Mem’fis, Frankye Kelly, Denise Perrier & Faye Carol (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Cedar Walton Sextet (Yoshi’s)
  • Bill Charlap Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Michael Wolff Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Arturo Sandoval Sextet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Tom Guarna Quartet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Ben Van Gelder Quartet (Jazz Gallery)
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet (Village Vanguard)
  • Nathan Ekland Quintet (Smalls)
  • The Cookers (Iridium)
  • Mike DiRubbo Quartet (Kitano)
  • Winard Harper Sextet (Jazz Standard)
  • Clark Terry Big Band (Blue Note)
  • Godfathers Of The Groove feat. Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie (Smoke)
  • Cecil Bridgewater Quintet (Lenox Lounge)

March

  • Dr. John (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • ??? Clarke (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Kenny Garrett Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Crescent City Boogaloo feat. Lonnie Liston Smith, Christian Scott, Donald Harrison, Peter Bernstein & Jeff “Tain” Watts (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Charles Lloyd Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • George Coleman Quartet (Smoke)
  • Jim Rotondi Quinet (Kitano)
  • Trio 3 Plus Gerri Allen (Jazz Standard)
  • Spike Wilner Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Tenor Madness (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Lou Donaldson Quartet (Village Vanguard)
  • Herbie Hancock Project (Iridium)

April

  • Tammy Hall Trio w/Rhonda Benin (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra & Vocal Ensemble (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Miguel Zenon Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Monty Alexander Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Billy Cobham Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Billy Cobham Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Craig Handy Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Larry Vuckovich Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Earl Klugh Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Jimmy Heath Big Band (Iridium)
  • Gerald Clayton Trio (Jazz Gallery)
  • Virginia Mayhew Septet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Ernestine Anderson (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs Trio (Cachaca)
  • Neal Smith Quartet (Smalls)
  • Lee Konitz Quartet (Jazz Standard)
  • Michael Weiss Trio (Village Vanguard)
  • James Moody Quartet (Blue Note)
  • Spike Wilner Trio (Smalls)

May

  • Andrew Speight Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Richard Howell Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Javon Jackson Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Generations Band feat. Jimmy Cobb, Ray Drummond, Ronnie Mathews, Marcus Belgrave, Eric Alexander & Andrew Speight (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Barbara Morrison (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Andrew Speight Quartet (Shanghai Jazz)
  • 4th Street Jazz Festival (S.F.)
  • Andrew Speight Quintet (Jazz School)
  • William Parker Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • David K. Mathews Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Taylor Eigsti Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Kenny Barron Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Steve Nelson Quartet (Jazz Bakery)
  • Roy Haynes Quartet (Catalina)
  • Jackie McLean Tribute (Iridium)
  • Sonny Fortune Quartet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Steve Turre Quartet (Smoke)
  • Jeb Patton Quartet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Grant Stewart Quintet (Fat Cat)
  • James Carter Septet (Birdland)
  • Melvin Sparks Quartet (Blue Note)
  • Bill Charlap Trio (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Al Foster Quartet (Village Vanguard)
  • Spike Wilner Trio (Smalls)

June

  • Howard Wiley Quartet (Jazz School)
  • Tom Scott Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Ahmad Jamal Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F)
  • Cedar Walton Quartet, Bobby Hutcherson Quartet, All-Star Alumni Band: Bobby Watson, Craig Handy, Mary Stallings, et al. (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
  • Walter Norris Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Jamie Davis (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Dayna Stephens Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Frank Jackson Trio (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Nicholas Payton Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Freddie Hubbard 70th Birthday Concert (Iridium)
  • Mulgrew Miller Trio (Kitano)
  • George Coleman Quartet (Jazz Standard)
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio feat. David ‘Fathead’ Newman (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Lou Donaldson Quartet (Village Vanguard)
  • Dizzy Gillespie Big Band (Blue Note)

July

  • Eric Reed Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Fillmore Jazz Festival (S.F.)
  • A Tribute to Stax Records: Gerald Albright Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Stanley Jordan (guitar/piano) (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Gary Bartz / George Cables Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Jimmy Heath, Leon ‘Ndugu’ Chancler, Roy McCurdy Group (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Dayna Stephens Quintet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Andrew Speight Quintet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Mack Rucks Sextet (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Sylvia Cuence Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Geoff Keezer / Joe Locke Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Hadley Caliman Quartet (Jazz@Pearl’s)
  • Geoff Keezer Trio (Jazz School)
  • Sylvia Cuenca Quintet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Curtis Fuller Quintet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • John Handy Quintet (Jazz Standard)
  • Dave Kikoski Trio (Smalls)
  • Charles Tolliver Big Band (Blue Note)
  • Russell Malone Quartet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Barry Harris Trio (Village Vanguard)
  • Mode For Joe Henderson Concert (Iridium)
  • Steve Davis Quintet (Smalls)

August

  • Kaz George Quartet (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Barry Harris / Charles McPherson Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Larry Vuckovich Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Dan Faehnle Quartet (2 sets) (Blue Wisp)
  • Rob Schneiderman Trio (Anna’s Jazz Island)
  • Kenny Burrell & The Jazz Heritage All-Stars (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • AfroSolo Gala Concert In Honor of Four Great Ones: John Coltrane, Sammy Davis, Jr., Duke Ellington & Hope Foye (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Ed Reed (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Houston Person Quartet (Jazz on the Plazz)
  • Joe Farnsworth Quintet (Kitano)
  • Aruan Ortiz Quartet (Smalls)
  • Richard Beirach Quintet (Birdland)
  • Larry Ridley & Jazz Legacy (Marcus Garvey Park)
  • Mark Soskin Quartet (Kitano)
  • Benny Golson New Jazztet (Smoke)
  • Danny Mixon Trio (Lenox Lounge)
  • Albert Rivera Quartet (Smalls)
  • Terell Stafford Quintet (Village Vanguard)
  • Steve Kuhn Trio (Iridium)
  • John Marshall Quintet (Smalls)

September

  • James Carter Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Brian Blade Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Dave Holland Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Wayne Shorter Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Geri Allen Trio (Iridium)
  • Jed Levy Quartet (Kitano)
  • Ari Roland & Sacha Perry Trio (Smalls)
  • Cindy Blackman Quartet (Rubin Museum Of Art)
  • Bill Stewart Quartet (Jazz Gallery)
  • Ron Carter Trio (Blue Note)
  • Jim Snidero Quartet (Smalls)
  • Tom Guarna Quartet (Cachaca)
  • Greg Osby Trio (Iridium)
  • David Hazeltine Quartet (Smoke)
  • Helen Sung Trio (Dizzy’s@JALC)

October

  • Steve Smith Quartet (Jazz School)
  • Sweet Honey In The Rock (S.F. Jazz)
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Babatunde Lea Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Mavis Staples (S.F. Jazz)
  • Dizzy Gillespie Big Band (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Faye Carol (Yoshi’s)
  • Arturo O’Farrill Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Aaron Parks Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Jimmy Scott (S.F. Jazz)
  • Archie Shepp Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Ellis Marsalis Trio (2 sets) (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Maceo Parker Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Larry Goldings Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • Bay Area Sax Summit: Dave Ellis, Dayna Stephens & Mitch Marcus (S.F. Jazz)
  • Dave Holland Sextet (Birdland)
  • Sacha Perry Trio (Smalls)
  • Lew Tabackin Trio (Kitano)
  • Mingus Big Band (Jazz Standard)
  • Eric Reed Quartet (Smoke)
  • Zaccai & Luques Curtis Sextet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Renee Rosnes Quartet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Bill Charlap Trio (Village Vanguard)
  • Kenny Garrett Quartet (Iridium)
  • Neal Smith Sextet (Smalls)

November

  • Ravi Coltrane Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Quartet / Godfathers of the Groove (S.F. Jazz)
  • Kenny Werner / Toots Thielemans Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Mark Sherman Quartet (Kitano)
  • Ralph Lalama Quartet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, & Bill Stewart (Smoke)
  • Sacha Perry Trio (Smalls)
  • NEA Jazz Masters feat. Barry Harris, Jimmy Heath, Joe Wilder, Benny Powell & Tootie Heath (Flushing Town Hall)
  • Jaco Pastorius Tribute (Iridium)
  • Jonathan Batiste Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Robert Glasper Trio (Miller Theatre, Columbia University)
  • Jaleel Shaw Quartet (Jazz Gallery)
  • Billy Drummond Trio (Smalls)
  • Jeremy Pelt Quintet (Jazz Standard)
  • One For All (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Village Vanguard)
  • Spike Wilner & Peter Bernstein (Smalls)

December

  • Frank Jackson (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Barbara Morrison (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Clairdee (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Roy Hargrove Quintet (Yoshi’s)
  • George Coleman Organ Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Gerald Clayton Trio (Jazz Gallery)
  • Helio Alves Quartet (Cachaca)
  • Heath Brothers Quartet (Village Vanguard)
  • Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Iridium)
  • Lew Tabackin Trio (Smalls)
  • Bruce Barth Quartet (Sweet Rhythm)
  • Roy Haynes Quartet (Birdland)
  • Harry Allen Quartet (Kitano)
  • Ben Riley’s Monk Legacy Septet (Jazz Standard)
  • Teodross Avery Quartet (Blue Note)