*PLEASE NOTE: All tickets are subject to an additional $4 per ticket facility fee.
The Jazzschool Studio Band is made up of some of the best high school
jazz musicians in the Bay Area. Led by legendary band leader, composer,
and arranger Dave Eshelman, the band sounds mature beyond their young
ages. Expect incredible arrangements, fiery soloists, and music both
exploratory and traditional. This group came in 2nd place last year at
the Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival and has a number
of students who are in this year's Grammy band, which selects students
from throughout the entire country. They are raising money to go on a
European tour this summer. If you want to see the future of jazz, this
is the place to see it!
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is a 17 piece big band based in San
Francisco that plays music composed and arranged by its members. Led by
trumpeter Erik Jekabson, the band currently consists of Erik, Henry
Hung, Darren Johnston, Doug Morton and Dave Scott on trumpets, Rob
Ewing, Danny Lubin-Laden, Patrick Malabuyo and Richard Lee on trombones,
Sheldon Brown and Larry Delacruz on alto saxes, Mike Zilber and Marcus
Stephens on tenor saxes, Charlie Gurke on baritone sax, and the rhythm
section of Dan Zemelman, piano; Jordan Samuels, guitar; Tommy Folen,
bass; and Hamir Atwal, Alan Hall and Eric Garland rotating on drums.
However, you'll catch many of the Bay Area's top jazz musicians subbing
into the band every week. The band's debut CD "Cheap Rent" is available
on the OA2 record label.