Now in its sixth year, the SFJAZZ Spring Season has grown from a series of weekend concerts to a four-month extravaganza of music, education programs, and more. Highlighting the season, which runs from March 12 through June 26, is the much-anticipated return on March 19 of the SFJAZZ Collective - SFJAZZ's own all-star resident band featuring the "best musicians in the world," according to the San Francisco Chronicle - after their sizzling debut last year. This year the SFJAZZ Collective will focus on the work of modern master John Coltrane.

This season includes Dave Brubeck, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Ravi Coltrane Septet, Ahmad Jamal, Mingus Big Band, SFJAZZ Collective, Manhattan Transfer, Frank Morgan/Cyrus Chestnut, Rashied Ali/Sonny Fortune, ROVA Saxophone Quartet and Arkestra, Solomon Burke, Orchestra Baobab, Preservation Hall, Maria Rita, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ivan Lins, Bad Plus, McCoy Tyner, Michael Brecker, ... and many more!

FUll Spring Season Schedule details follow:

• Thursday, March 10 SFJAZZ Listening Party SFJAZZ Collective: Bobby Hutcherson, Joshua Redman, Miguel Zenón Herbst Theatre, 7PM Free to SFJazz Members; $10 non-members
• Saturday, March 12 - The Coltrane Project: A Love Supreme, 40th Anniversary - Branford Marsalis Quartet - Ravi Coltrane Group Masonic Center, 8PM $25/$35/$45/$60
• Sunday, March 13 - Roy Haynes 80th Birthday Party - Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride - Masonic Center, 7PM $25/$35/$45/$60
• Friday, March 18 - King of Rock 'n' Soul - Solomon Burke - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8PM $24/$32/$42
• Saturday, March 19 - SFJAZZ Collective: Bobby Hutcherson, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Miguel Zenon, Renee Rosnes, Isaac Smith, Matt Penman, Eric Harland - Masonic Center, 8PM - $25/$35/$45/$60
• Sunday, March 20 - Three Guitars - Larry Coryell, John Abercrombie and Badi Assad - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7PM $24/$34/$44
• Wednesday, March 23 - SFJAZZ Collective: Bobby Hutcherson, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Miguel Zenon, Renee Rosnes, Isaac Smith, Matt Penman, Eric Harland - Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30PM - $24/$34
• Friday, March 25 - Piano Master - Ahmad Jamal - Herbst Theatre, 8PM $26/$38/$52
• Saturday, March 26 - Legends of Senegal - Orchestra Baobab - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3PM $5/$10/$15
• Saturday, March 26 - Riffs on Tradition: Sephardic Sounds - Avishai Cohen Group - Anthony Coleman's Sephardic Tinge Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 8PM $25 GA
• Sunday, March 27 - The Coltrane Project: Ascension 40th Anniversary - "Orkestrova" featuring Rova Sax Quartet, Nels Cline, Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Ikue Mori, Otomo Yoshihide and others - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7PM $20/$28/$36
• Friday, April 8 - Soul Jazz Summit - Lou Donaldson with Dr. Lonnie Smith & David "Fathead" Newman - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8PM $24/$32/$42
• Saturday, April 9 - Soul Jazz Summit: Family Matinee - Lou Donaldson with Dr. Lonnie Smith & David "Fathead" Newman - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3PM $5/$10/$15
• Saturday, April 9 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8PM - $24/$32/$42
• Saturday, April 16 - A Voz Nova - Maria Rita - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8PM $24/$34/$44
• Saturday, April 16 - For All Time - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Masonic Center, 8PM $25/$35/$50/$65
• Sunday, April 17 - Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts Band with Larry Goldings, Scott Colley, Terell Stafford - Florence Gould Theatre, 2PM - $25 GA
• Tuesday, April 26 - Mingus Big Band - Herbst Theatre, 7:30PM - $24/$30/$38
• Friday, April 29 - An Evening with… - Shirley Horn - Masonic Center, 8PM $25/$35/$45/$60
• Saturday, April 30 - Tord Gustavsen Trio - Florence Gould Theatre, 2PM - $25 GA
• Saturday, April 30 - Dee Dee Bridgewater - Herbst Theatre, 8PM - $24/$36/$44
• Thursday, May 5 - Uma Noite com Ivan Lins - Ivan Lins - Herbst Theatre, 7:30PM $24/$36/$44
• Saturday, May 7 - 20th Anniversary Celebration - John Santos' Machete Ensemble with Special Guests - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8PM $20/$26/$34
• Sunday, May 8 - The Coltrane Project: Africa/Brass - SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble with Terence Blanchard - Herbst Theatre, 4PM $12
• Sunday, May 8 - Terence Blanchard Sextet - Herbst Theatre, 7:30PM - $24/$30/$38
• Thursday, May 12 - Ravi Shankar with Anoushka Shankar - Opera House, 7:30PM - $25/$35/$45/$55/$65
• Friday, May 13 - Sonny Rollins - Opera House, 8PM - $25/$35/$45/$55/$65
• Sunday, May 15 - Jazzin' the Blues - Jason Moran and the Bandwagon - Florence Gould Theatre, 7PM $30 GA
• Saturday, May 21 - Careless Love - Madeleine Peyroux - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8PM The 8pm show is sold out, however a limited number of tickets may be available at the door the night of the show.
• Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 10:30PM - $24/$34/$44
• Tuesday, May 24 Manhattan Transfer Herbst Theatre, 7:30PM $24/$36/$44
• Friday, May 27 - The Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Steve Turre Band featuring James Carter, Buster Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Vincent Herring, and Winard Harper. - Herbst Theatre, 8PM. $24/$30/$38
• Wednesday, June 1 - Backyard Alchemy - Backyard Alchemy - Great American Music Hall, 8PM $20 GA
• Friday, June 3 - The Coltrane Project: Crescent - McCoy Tyner, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Reginald Veal - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7:30PM $26/$38/$52 NOTE: SFJAZZ members only concert at 7:30pm.
• Saturday, June 4 - The Coltrane Project: Interstellar Duet - Rashied Ali & Sonny Fortune - Florence Gould Theatre, 2PM $30 GA
• Sunday, June 5 - The Bad Plus; - Christopher O'Riley - Herbst Theatre, 7PM $20/$28/$36
• Saturday, June 11 - Frank Morgan & Cyrus Chestnut - Florence Gould Theatre, 2PM - $30 GA
• Tuesday, June 14 - The Coltrane Project: Saxophone Summit - Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano - Herbst Theatre, 7:30PM $24/$36/$44
• Saturday, June 18 - Michael Wolff & Badal Roy - Florence Gould Theatre, 2PM - $25 GA
• Saturday, June 18 - Joshua Redman's Elastic Band - Nicholas Payton's Sonic Trance - Great American Music Hall, 8PM $30 GA
• Great American Music Hall, 10:30PM - $30 GA
• Sunday, June 26 - Paula West with special guest - Oscar Brown Jr. - Herbst Theatre, 7PM $24/$30/$38