2012 Gigs

January

  • Mulgrew Miller Trio (Smoke)
  • Wycliffe Gordon Quartet (Kitano)
  • Jaleel Shaw Quartet (Smalls)
  • Rob Duguay Trio (Fat Cat)
  • Billy Strayhorn Tribute feat. Terell Stafford Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Geri Allen, Esperanza Spalding & Terri Lyne Carrington (Village Vanguard)
  • Tyler Mitchell Quartet (Smalls)
  • Bobby Hutcherson Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Stanley Clarke Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)

February

  • Deep Blue Organ Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Buster Williams Quintet (Iridium)
  • Mark Sherman Quintet (Kitano)
  • Bruce Barth Quartet feat. Steve Nelson (Smoke)
  • Wayne Escoffery Quartet (Smoke)
  • Charles McPherson / Tom Harrell Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Roy Hargrove Big Band (Blue Note)
  • Benny Golson Quartet (Jazz Standard)
  • Deep Blue Organ Trio (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Benny Green Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Eddie Marshall Tribute (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Scott Hamilton Quartet (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Hubert Laws Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater (Yoshi’s)

March

  • Benny Golson Quartet (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Jamie Davis (San Jose Jazz Festival)
  • Eric Reed Trio (Smoke)
  • Aaron Diehl Trio (Kitano)
  • Jerry Weldon Quartet (Smalls)
  • John Benitez Quartet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Rodriguez Brothers Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Heath Brothers (Village Vanguard)
  • Eddie Palmieri Octet (Blue Note)
  • Joe Magnarelli Quartet (Smalls)
  • Mingus Dynasty (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Helen Sung Trio (Yoshi’s)

April

  • McCoy Tyner Trio (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Frank Wess Quintet (Smoke)
  • Tom Guarna Trio (Bar Next Door)
  • Cory Weeds Quintet (Smalls)
  • Ray Gallon / Bobby Porcelli Quartet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Herlin Riley Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Steve Wilson Quartet (Jazz Standard)
  • Tom Harrell Quintet (Village Vanguard)
  • Cedar Walton Trio (Yoshi’s)

May

  • Benny Golson Quartet (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Avi Rothbard Trio (Fat Cat)
  • Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band (Blue Note)
  • Julliard Jazz Quintet feat. Ron Carter (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Mile Davis Tribute feat. Jeremy Pelt (Smoke)
  • Simona Premazzi Trio (Smalls)

June

  • Peter Zak Trio (Jazz School)
  • Roy Haynes Quartet (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
  • Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
  • Vijay Iyer Trio (Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
  • Mimi Fox Trio (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Kuumbwa’s)
  • The Cookers (Yoshi’s)
  • Bobby Hutcherson & Joe DeFrancesco Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Jimmy Cobb Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Tom Harrell Quintet (Smoke)
  • Cyrus Chestnut Trio w/James Carter (Jazz Standard)
  • Harry Allen Quartet (Smalls)
  • Eric Wyatt Quartet (Smalls)

July

  • Arturo Sandoval Quintet (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Roy Haynes Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Houston Person Quartet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Charles McPherson Quintet (Stanford Jazz Festival)
  • Javon Jackson Quartet (Smoke)
  • Phil Woods Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
  • Barry Harris Trio (Village Vanguard)

August

  • Michael Dease Quintet (Smoke)
  • Lage Lund Trio (Bar Next Door)
  • Michael Carvin Quartet (Jazz Standard)
  • Brian Blade Quintet (Village Vanguard)
  • Sean Nowell Quintet (Smalls)
  • Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Terrance Blanchard Quintet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • San Jose Jazz Festival (2 days)
  • Eric Vaughn Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Benny Green Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Jazz Crusaders (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Coryell & Jimmy Cobb Trio (Yoshi’s)
  • Ron Carter Big Band (Jazz Standard)
  • Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration feat. Tom Harrell (Birdland)
  • Quincy Davis Quartet (Smalls)
  • Charles Goold Trio (Fat Cat)

September

  • Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Jovon Jackson & Les McCann Quartet (Yoshi’s)
  • Gregory Porter (Yoshi’s)
  • Paula West (Yoshi’s – S.F.)

October

  • Archie Shepp Trio (S.F. Jazz)
  • Bill Charlap Trio (Kuumbwa’s)

November

  • Graham Dechter Quartet (Yoshi’s – S.F.)
  • Ronnie Laws & Tom Browne Quintet (Yoshi’s)

December

  • Junius Courtney Big Band (Yoshi’s)
  • Jeff Hamilton Trio (Kuumbwa’s)
  • Native Soul feat. Peter Brainin (Smalls)
  • Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Village Vanguard)
  • John Coltrane Festival: Blue Train feat. Steve Turre & Eric Alexander (Smoke)
  • Jimmy Cobb & Kind of Blue Sextet (Jazz Standard)
  • Cedar Walton Trio (Village Vanguard)