2011 Gigs

January

• Roy Hargrove Quintet (Yoshi’s)
• Bobby Hutcherson Quartet (Yoshi’s)
• Helen Sung Trio (Kitano)
• Eric Alexander Quartet (Smoke)
• Hub Art: Music Of Freddie Hubbard (Birdland)
• Randy Weston Trio (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Jacky Terrasson Trio (Village Vanguard)
• Stanley Jordan Trio (Iridium)
• Akiko Tsuruga Trio (Showman’s)

February

• Benny Green Trio (Kuumbwa’s)
• Scott Hamilton Quartet (Palo Alto Jazz Alliance)

March

• Aaron Goldberg Trio (Yoshi’s)
• McCoy Tyner Trio (Yoshi’s)
• Kevin Mahogany (Yoshi’s)
• Pat Martino Organ Quartet (Birdland)
• Wycliffe Gordon Quartet (Kitano)
• Wes Montgomery Tribute (Smoke)
• Heath Brothers (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Rodriguez Brothers (Jazz Gallery)
• Terell Stafford Quintet (Village Vanguard)
• Michael Weiss Trio (Smalls)
• Alfredo Rodriguez Trio (Yoshi’s)
• Christian McBride Quintet (Catalina)
• Chuck Manning Quartet (Charlie O’s)

April

• Junko Onishi Trio (Yoshi’s)
• Ellis Marsalis Trio (S.F. Jazz)
• Marcus Shelby Orchestra (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
• Sweet Honey In The Rock (Yoshi’s – S.F.)

May

• Jazz Crusaders (Yoshi’s)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Yoshi’s)
• 4 Generations Of Miles (Yoshi’s)
• Cedar Walton, Javon Jackson, Peter Washington & Lewis Nash (Iridium)
• Ernestine Anderson (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Kenny Barron Quartet (Birdland)
• Miles Davis Birthday Celebration feat. Jimmy Cobb Quintet (2 shows) (Smoke)
• Joe Locke Quartet (Kitano)
• Dezron Douglas Power Trio (Smalls)
• Stanley Clarke Trio (Blue Note)
• Joe Magnarelli Quartet (Smalls)
• Roy Hargrove Quintet (Village Vanguard)

June

• Joey DeFrancesco Trio (Yoshi’s)
• Leon Thomas Tribute feat. Babatunde Lea Quintet (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• Marc Cary Trio (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• Geri Allen Trio (solo) (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• Leon Thomas Tribute feat. Babatunde Lea Quintet (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• Denny Zeitlin (solo) (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• George Cables & Friends feat. Bobby Hutcherson & Bobby Watson (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• Sunday Moring Spirituals feat. Ruth Naomi Floyd, James Newton & Bennie Maupin (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
• Carmen Lundy (Yoshi’s)
• Monty Alexander Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
• Eldar Djangirov & Pat Martino (Yoshi’s)
• Oscar Castro-Neves Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)

July

• Dmitry Baevsky Quartet (Smalls)
• Orrin Evans Quintet (Smalls)
• Renee Rosnes Quartet (Village Vanguard)
• Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio (Smoke)
• Jerry Bergonzi Trio (Kitano)
• Gerald Clayton Trio (Jazz Standard)
• “In Chicago”: Cannonball & Coltrane Tribute (Smoke)
• Marcus Shelby Orchestra (Stanford Jazz Festival)
• Bill Bell Trio (Yoshi’s)
• Andrew Speight Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
• Heath Brothers (Stanford Jazz Festival)
• Jeb Patton Trio (Stanford Jazz Festival)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
• Terence Blanchard Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Michael Thomas Quintet (Twins Jazz)
• Kenny Burrell Quintet (Yoshi’s)

August

• Bill Bell Quartet (Yoshi’s)
• Ray Brown Tribute feat. Christian McBride & Dee Dee Bridgewater (Blue Note)
• George Cables Trio (Kitano)
• Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring Quintet (Smoke)

September

• Dion Parson & The 21st Century Band (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Harold Mabern Quartet (Smoke) 
• Mark Soskin Trio (Kitano)
• McCoy Tyner Quartet feat. Gary Bartz (Blue Note)
• Alfredo Rodriguez Trio (Blue Note)
• Terell Stafford / Dick Oatts Quintet (Smoke)
• Roy Haynes Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Joey DeFrancesco Trio feat. Larry Coryell & special guest Pat Martino (Iridium)
• John Webber Trio (Smalls)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
• Mimi Fox Trio (S.F. Jazz)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet (Yoshi’s)
• Robert Glasper Trio (S.F. Jazz)
• James Carter Organ Trio (Yoshi’s)

October

• Wayne Shorter Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
• Eldar Djangirov (solo) (S.F. Jazz)
• Kevin Mahogany (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
• Roy Hargrove Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Orrin Evans Quintet (Smoke)
• Larry Golding, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart (Jazz Standard)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Village Vanguard)
• Sam Newsome Quartet (Smalls)
• Benny Green Quartet (S.F. Jazz)
• Jaz Sawyer Trio (Yoshi’s)
• Arturo Sandoval Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
• McCoy Tyner Trio feat. José James & Chris Potter (Kuumbwa’s)
• Javon Jackson Quartet (S.F. Jazz)

November

• McCoy Tuner Trio feat. José James & Chris Potter (Kuumbwa’s)

December

• Ahmad Jamal Trio (S.F Jazz)
• Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart (Yoshi’s)
• Countdown 2012 – A Coltrane Celebration feat. Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring (Smoke)
• Tom Dempsey Trio (Bar Next Door)
• Rob Garcia Quartet (Kitano)
• Peter Bernstein, Larry Golding & Bill Stewart (Smalls)
• Dmitry Baevsky Quartet (Fat Cat)
• Monty Alexander Trio (Blues Alley)