John Scofield © John Whiting

The John Scofield quartet with Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ben Street on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums will be hitting the west coast from north to south in a week. Scofield is taking a break from his Piety Street tour to hit the west coast with this fine jazz quartet. They will perform on March 9th and 10th at Jazz Alley in Seattle. Then on Tuesday, March 11th through Sunday, March 14th they are at Yoshi's in Oakland. For a single night each they play the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz on March 15th and at Anthology in San Diego on Tuesday, March 16th.

SFJAZZ Collective (l to r, top row): Miguel Zenón, Mark Turner, Avishai Cohen and Robin Eubanks; (l to r, bottom row) Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman and Eric Harland.

Each Spring Season the all-star SFJAZZ Collective celebrates the work of a jazz legend. After exploring the work of Ornette Coleman (2004), John Coltrane (2005), Herbie Hancock (2006), Thelonious Monk (2007), Wayne Shorter (2008), and McCoy Tyner (2009), the Collective takes on hard-bop composer and pianist Horace Silver for its 2010 season. The co-founder of the Jazz Messengers (with Art Blakey), and the leader on countless classic Blue Note sessions, Silver stands as one of the singular voices in jazz history.  This performance features the debut of new Collective members Mark Turner on tenor saxophone, Avishai Cohen on trumpet and Edward Simon on piano, plus the return of Miguel Zenón on alto saxophone, Robin Eubanks on trombone, Stefon Harris on vibraphone, Matt Penman on bass, and  Eric Harland on drums.  SFJAZZ Collective will premier their "Silver Celebration" on Friday, March 5, 8 p.m. at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon (at Bay) in San Francisco.

“Redman ranks with the best saxophonists in the world.” -Boston Herald
“He’s making some of the best music of his career.” -The New York Times

Joshua Redman © Andrea Canter