SONOMA VALLEY JAZZ SOCIETY PRESENTS

Tuesday Night Market Jazz

All concerts are Free and

start at 6pm in Sonoma Plaza

 
Tuesday, June 14th, 2022

Michael O'Neill Sextet featuring vocalist Tony Lindsay

 
An artist who “has carved out a distinctive niche on the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene” (JazzTimes), saxophonist Michael O’Neill has established a career built on a masterful command of the instrument and an impressive versatility as a composer – freely working within jazz, orchestral, and film score settings.
The former student of Joe Henderson has amassed a considerable resume as a sideman, logging hours on the bandstand with the likes of Idris Muhammad, Joe Locke, Michael Wolff, Eddie Fisher, and Kim Nalley, and has led what is arguably the most durable and beloved working quintet in the area for nearly 20 years. O’Neill’s quintet has achieved a seamless and powerful telepathy that is clear to hear on their new Jazzmo Records release Pacific Standard Time — a sparking collection of fresh takes on the standards songbook recorded in collaboration with vocalist Tony Lindsay, who joins O’Neill’s quintet for this performance.
Best known for his twenty-five year stint as lead vocalist with Santana, Lindsay appeared on seven of their albums including the multi-platinum Supernatural, winning 11 GRAMMY awards. He has worked with Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Boz Skaggs, Al Jarreau, and Lou Rawls among others, but always had a strong connection to jazz, performing around the Bay Area for decades with a passion for the Great American Songbook.
The band will be playing Latin arrangements of tunes by Michael Jackson, Stevie wonder, Al Jarreau, Bill Withers, and some standards. The arrangements were done by all of the members of the band.

Tuesday, July 12th, 2022

Vocalist Jackie Ryan

"One of the outstanding jazz vocalists of her generation and, quite possibly, of all time...rivaling the dexterous sass of Sarah Vaughan, the instinctive smarts of Carmen McRae and the scintillating verve of Diana Krall." - Christopher Loudon, JAZZ TIMES.   Jackie Ryan will perform with John R Burr Piano, Doug Miller Bass, Patrick Wolfe Saxophone and Akira Tana Drums. 

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022

Saxophonist Andrew Speight 

Andrew Speight is an Australian-born jazz saxophonist based in the United States. His band, the Andrew Speight Quartet, won the 1999 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album with their self titled album. 
Alto saxophonist Andrew Speight can bop with the best of them. Growing up in Sydney, Australia, his early exposure to jazz came from his father, a pianist who often accompanied touring American jazz artists and instilled in him a deep love of straight-ahead jazz. Andrew’s jazz epiphany occurred when he got to see Sonny Stitt perform live, and he’s never looked back. After touring with Nat Adderley, Joe Williams, and Louie Bellson, Andrew came to the U.S. in 1991 to compete in the prestigious Thelonius Monk International Saxophone Competition, where he was the only non-American finalist. Since then, Andrew has worked with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Milt Hinton, Branford Marsalis, Jimmy Cobb, and countless others in performances all over the world. These days, he is an invaluable asset to the Bay Area jazz scene and a professor of Jazz Studies at San Francisco State University and, of course, as one of the core faculty members at SJW.



Tuesday, September 13th, 2022

Brian Andres Latin Jazz Sextet

Latin Jazz: The perfect combination. The union of two musical traditions: Jazz, a truly original art form born in the United States, espouses the freedom in music that its birth nation represents to the world. Latin, a generic term meant to encompass the numerous dance and folkloric musical styles of the Caribbean. Latin Jazz: part African, part European, it is to some, the ultimate American musical expression. 
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Brian Andres was weaned on music. His father is a working woodwind player who often brought his son to recording sessions, and his mother was a professional vocalist and pianist who performed in chamber music and liturgical settings. Andres started playing drums in fourth grade, and after high school took classes at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. But his formal musical studies quickly concluded at 19, when he landed a full-time gig with veteran bluesman Cincinnati Slim and the Headhunters.
Landing in the Bay Area in early 1999 at the height of the first high-tech boom he quickly found work in an array of Latin settings, playing salsa, Latin funk and Latin jazz. In 2000, he joined San Francisco Bay Area icon Dr. Loco and his Rockin’ Jalapeno Band, an ongoing relationship. Motivated by his love of the multi-dimensional writing of Latin jazz pioneers Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri, Andres undertook his first recording under his own name in 2007, resulting in Drummers Speak.
Andres followed up with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel’s 2013 album San Francisco, a critically hailed project that showcases the composing, arranging, and performing talent of the Bay Area Latin jazz scene. In 2016, the Cartel’s third album This Could Be That added a dazzling cast of guests to the core octet, including Cuban-American vocalist Venissa Santi, Fania All-Stars timbalero Louie Romero, bata master Michael Spiro, Peruvian percussion star Alex Acuña, and percussion maestro John Santos.


2nd Tuesday of each month - June, July, August & September
Tuesday Night Market Jazz
All concerts are Free and
start at 6pm in Sonoma Plaza
Come on out, bring a picnic and enjoy some great live jazz.

Come on out, bring a picnic and enjoy some great live jazz.

2nd Tuesday of each month - June, July, August & September

 2021 IN REVIEW

September 14, 2021

Taylor Smith

& The Roamin' Jasmine

Direct from New Orleans!

New Orleans-based band, Taylor Smith & The Roamin' Jasmine are here to get your feet moving. Their songs are rejuvenated interpretations of 1920's country blues, 1950's New Orleans R&B, vintage Calypso from Trinidad, 1930's swing, and even some 1950's Country tunes, mixed in with original songs--all composed and arranged for a powerful horn section, upright bass, guitar and drums. They take sounds dug out from crates of scratchy, old 78’s, and polish them up with modern elegance and youthful energy, without losing any raw edginess.

https://www.roaminjasmine.com/

Montclair Women’s Big Band

August 10, 2021

 Mambo Caribe with Ray Obeido

July 13, 2021

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Letters 

Janice,

Hi,

This is just to let you know how much we enjoyed the jazz concert of Charles McNeal and band. They are what we consider "Great Traditional Jazz!" Having Dana Land sing with him was a real treat.

Thanks for the concert.

Marianne and George Paul

Hope to see them again!

Thank you for last nights concert. ..

It was fantastic! Thank you to the Jazz Society and to the Anderson's who's contributions never seem to end in our little town - we are so blessed to have their valuable participation in our neck of the woods. . . The Nicolas Bearde Quintet was nothing short of AMAZING last night and I so enjoyed it that I could not leave . . . It was great to see the list of other sponsors as well and I hope that contributions were up - the dancing was amazing as was 'little Phoenix!'. . .. 

What a great night! 

Thank you again!

Joe H. 

The Sonoma Valley Jazz Society produces four FREEOutdoor Concerts every year which are held in the City of Sonoma Plaza, Grinstead Amphitheatre, every second Tuesday, June through September, 6:00 to 8:30 PM.

Presented in association with the Tuesday Night Farmer’s Market, this great family and community event attracts people of all ages who listen to and learn about America‘s true art form, jazz.

Come on out, bring a picnic and enjoy some great live jazz.

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