2023 Lineup / Sunday Aug 13

Full Spectrum Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 11am
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Full Spectrum Big Band Jazz has delighted audiences with traditional and modern big band sounds since 1996. Performance styles range from laid-back Count Basie swing to poly-rhythmic modern Latin. FSJ has a diverse catalog of exceptional music, including original compositions and venerable jazz standards.

Full Spectrum Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 11am
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Mr. Clifford’s Young Jazz All Stars

Sun, Aug 13 @ Noon
SJMA Next Gen Stage

Directed by musician/educator “Mr. Clifford” Samoranos, Summer Fest presents the youngest group of gifted young musicians that embody the enduring American legacy of Jazz. The group will perform their interpretations of timeless musical compositions.

Mr. Clifford’s Young Jazz All Stars

Sun, Aug 13 @ Noon
SJMA Next Gen Stage

Marcus Shelby New Orchestra Featuring Tiffany Austin

Sun, Aug 13 @ Noon
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Composer, bassist and educator Marcus Shelby formed his namesake orchestra in 1999 to give proper voice to his compositions that modernized the big band idiom. For this set the latest incarnation of the band performs with longtime collaborator Tiffany Austin, of whom DownBeat said: “West Coast vocal jazz simply gets no better than Tiffany Austin.”

Marcus Shelby Orchestra with Tiffany Austin

Marcus Shelby New Orchestra Featuring Tiffany Austin

Sun, Aug 13 @ Noon
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Marcel Smith

Sun, Aug 13 @ 12:30pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

Marcel Smith

Sun, Aug 13 @ 12:30pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

SOJ Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The SOJ Big Band was formed almost 20 years ago in the south San Francisco Bay Area to play big band arrangements of gospel and swing, Latin, R&B and jazz tunes.

 

SOJ Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Berkeley High School Combo

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
SJMA Next Gen Stage

Berkeley High School Combo

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
SJMA Next Gen Stage

Yakiv Tsvietinskyi with the SJZ Collective

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Yakiv Tsvietinskyi
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Yakiv Tsvietinskyi with the SJZ Collective

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Mosaic America: Journey Through Multicultural Jazz & Dance

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Hammer Theatre Stage

Journey Through Multicultural Jazz & Dance is a thrilling showcase of global traditions that are practiced in Silicon Valley today, with groups presenting music and movement styles rooted in the traditions of Georgia, India, Mexico, and the Silk Road. The performance was commissioned by Mosaic America, a nonprofit organization that fosters belonging by connecting multicultural people to place and history.

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Mosaic America: Journey Through Multicultural Jazz & Dance

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Hammer Theatre Stage
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Mariachi Mexico

Sun, Aug 13 @ 2pm
SJMA Next Gen Stage

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Mariachi Mexico

Sun, Aug 13 @ 2pm
SJMA Next Gen Stage

Veronica Swift

Sun, Aug 13 @ 2pm
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Veronica Swift took the jazz world by storm following her debut album, 2019’s Confessions. Having made her mark as one of the star jazz vocalists of her era, she has now expanded her style, bringing to Summer Fest material from her upcoming album TransGenre, mixing bebop with classical, rock and soul, and showcasing the dynamic power of her performances.

Veronica Swift

Veronica Swift

Sun, Aug 13 @ 2pm
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Chickenbone Slim & the Biscuits featuring Laura Chavez

Sun, Aug 13 @ 2:15pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

Connie Han Trio

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Hammer Theatre Stage

Pianist Connie Han has created an edgy blend of modern and traditional jazz with her incendiary Mack Avenue Records debut Crime Zone. According to DownBeat Magazine in 2018, Han at 22 had “already absorbed the post-bop piano masters” with “all the technical mastery she’ll ever need.” 

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Connie Han Trio

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Hammer Theatre Stage
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Savannah Martinez Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
SJMA Next Gen Stage

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Savannah Martinez Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
SJMA Next Gen Stage

Footnotes Big Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Footnotes Jazz Band is a San Francisco Bay Area ensemble that showcases contemporary and original big band jazz. Its founding members once played together in the Foothill College jazz program, before going independent under the leadership of Lori Stotko.

Footnotes Big Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Club Mambí

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3:30pm
Latin Tropical Stage

Club Mambí is the creation of the Cuban trumpet player and percussionist Onier Bacallao, based in Los Angeles — now featuring the singer Maga Shukar, who brings original pieces to their beloved salsa repertoire. All the band members have Latin roots and have travelled the world to bring fresh, original vibes to the Latin scene.

Club Mambí

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3:30pm
Latin Tropical Stage

Billy Iuso

Sun, Aug 13 @ 4pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

Billy Iuso

Sun, Aug 13 @ 4pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

Patrice Rushen

Sun, Aug 13 @ 4pm
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Patrice Rushen is one of the most sought after R&B artists in the music industry–a three-time Grammy Award nominee who has composed scores for movies and television. Her song “Forget Me Nots” was famously sampled by Will Smith and earned her a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1983.

Patrice Rushen

Patrice Rushen

Sun, Aug 13 @ 4pm
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

SJZ U19s

Sun, Aug 13 @ 4pm
SJZ Break Room Stage

SJZ U19s
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SJZ U19s

Sun, Aug 13 @ 4pm
SJZ Break Room Stage
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Ames Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The NASA Ames Jazz Band (AJB) is the large ensemble of the “Jazz Band” Club of the NASA Ames Exchange.  The group’s eighteen musicians are drawn from the Ames community, as well as from the local Bay Area.

Ames Jazz Band

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

Shayna Steele

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Shayna Steele’s new album Gold Dust was created in the wake of the pandemic, a breakthrough 20 years in the making. In 10 tracks, she absorbs the darkness of isolation and illuminates the air with her brilliant voice and emotion–setting a new gold standard for jazz and soul.

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Shayna Steele

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Vocal Gents of Jazz with Kenny Washington, Nicolas Bearde and Jamie Davis

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Hammer Theatre Stage

Together, Kenny Washington, Nicolas Bearde and Jamie Davis are the Vocal Gents of Jazz. Having given memorable performances at Summer Fest in years past, they are teaming up for the very first time, offering individual and ensemble interpretations of the music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Joe Williams.

Kenny Washington, Nicolas Bearde and Jamie Davis
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Vocal Gents of Jazz with Kenny Washington, Nicolas Bearde and Jamie Davis

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Hammer Theatre Stage
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San Miguel

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5:30pm
Latin Tropical Stage

San Miguel Perez is an exceptional Cuban artist based in Los Angeles. Born in Cuba, he was part of the New Generation of the famous Buena Vista Social Club as well as the best Salsa band for the island, Adalberto Alvarez Y Su Son.

San Miguel

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5:30pm
Latin Tropical Stage

Bee Taylor

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5:45pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

Bee Taylor

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5:45pm
Blues/Big Easy Stage

Gregory Porter

Sun, Aug 13 @ 6pm
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Two-time Grammy winner Gregory Porter’s bone-deep baritone has no equal. Porter, who grew up singing in the church of his poor Bakersfield neighborhood and then in New York’s jazz clubs as he worked as a chef during the day, now performs his spellbinding discography in front of audiences who gasp with disbelief.

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

Sun, Aug 13 @ 6pm
Sobrato Organization Main Stage

Ensamble A Contratiempo Afrovenezuelan Jazz

Sun, Aug 13 @ 6pm
SJZ Break Room Stage

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Ensamble A Contratiempo Afrovenezuelan Jazz

Sun, Aug 13 @ 6pm
SJZ Break Room Stage
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Swing Solution

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage

The Swing Solution is a classic big band specializing in music from the ’40s through the swing revival of the ’90s and beyond.

Swing Solution

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7pm
Tabard Theatre Swing Stage
Orquesta La Moderna
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Orquesta La Moderna Tradición with Orlando “Maraca” Valle

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7pm
Hammer Theatre Stage
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Telmary & Friends

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7:30pm
Latin Tropical Stage

Telmary is one of Cuba’s leading, cutting edge hip-hop and urban music artists. Her study of English, theater, and writing informed her work in the Havana music scene during the late ’90s and early 2000s. She has four solo albums, including the Latin Grammy-nominated Fuerza Arará, and Libre, awarded the 2014 Cubadisco Prize for Best Hip-Hop Recording.

Telmary & Friends

Sun, Aug 13 @ 7:30pm
Latin Tropical Stage

MAE.SUN

Sun, Aug 13 @ 8pm
SJZ Break Room Stage

MAE.SUN, also known as Hailey Niswanger, is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer whose music pushes boundaries and defies genres. In 2016, Hailey founded MAE.SUN as an outgrowth of her jazz studies and began to channel music that was inspired by a multitude of influences and sounds.

Mae.Sun

MAE.SUN

Sun, Aug 13 @ 8pm
SJZ Break Room Stage