Live Jazz in SF Bay

About TWO SHOWS 5pm and 7:30pm – Grupo Falso Baiano, with Carlos Oliveira, present an evening of choro, Brazil’s earliest popular music. Grupo Falso Baiano formed over 21 years ago in 2004 and performs choro with a twist, including elements of jazz, samba, and even bluegrass. Their exploration of choro spans nearly 100 years, including everything from traditional to more contemporary versions and jazz-influenced reinterpretations. Join us for a lively program that traces the nuances of Brazilian choro music and featuring the phenomenal clarinetist Anat Cohen.

About TWO SHOWS 5pm and 7:30pm – Grupo Falso Baiano, with Carlos Oliveira, present an evening of choro, Brazil’s earliest popular music. Grupo Falso Baiano formed over 21 years ago in 2004 and performs choro with a twist, including elements of jazz, samba, and even bluegrass. Their exploration of choro spans nearly 100 years, including everything from traditional to more contemporary versions and jazz-influenced reinterpretations. Join us for a lively program that traces the nuances of Brazilian choro music and featuring the phenomenal clarinetist Anat Cohen.

About Latin GRAMMY winner and 6x GRAMMY nominee, Argentina-born and New York-based pianist, composer, and arranger Emilio Solla teams up for his 15th album with rising star Spanish flamenco-jazz vocalist and saxophonist Antonio Lizana to create a highly original album, El Siempre Mar, where old Argentine folk songs live together with original compositions from both artists. In this new take on the “cantes de ida y vuelta” (roundtrip songs), these two artists have managed to find a unique and contemporary meeting point between the music of Argentina, the south of Spain, and jazz.

Longtime musical associates Peter Apfelbaum (piano, saxophone, flutes, percussion) and Paul Hanson (bassoon, woodwinds) appear in Duo for the first time at the piano store. Having met as students in the pioneering Berkeley public schools Jazz Program in the 1970's, the two began a lifelong musical association as members of Apfelbaum's Hieroglyphics Ensemble in 1977. In their largely improvised performances, the Apfelbaum/Hanson Duo combines Apfelbaum's expansive, polyrhythmic approach to the piano - blending elements of jazz, gospel, avant-garde and world music - with Hanson's singular, virtuosic, electronics-enhanced bassoon melodies which evoke the haunting beauty of Balkan music. For this show, they will be premiering new original compositions as well.

About Longtime friends and musical collaborators pianist Hannah Mayer, saxophonist Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee, and vibraphonist Gus Hurteau present an intimate show of original music, as well as songs from their favorite composers spanning across genres. Catch this East Bay born-and-raised trio while they’re in town from New York City!

About "Spring" CD Release – TWO SHOWS 5:30pm / 8pm Jazz vocalist and nine-time Grammy nominee Tierney Sutton returns to the piano store with virtuosic pianist, composer and arranger Tamir Hendelman to celebrate the release of their new duo album, Spring. Recorded live after a run of Spring 2025 tour dates, the album captures the effortless chemistry between two voices as they bloom through moods that feel hopeful, tender, swinging, and quietly electric.