GRAMMY-winning saxophonist Donny McCaslin is a relentlessly exploratory musician who fully embraces the influences of modern electronic music and bebop in equal measure. He rose to prominence working with Maria Schneider, and though her he came to the attention of the late pop icon David Bowie, who employed the saxophonist and his quartet (including Mark Guiliana) to be the band on his final statement of artistic genius, 2016’s Blackstar. McCaslin’s new Edition Records album, Body Blow, is an inspired electro-acoustic session featuring the Blackstar band, keyboardist Jason Lindner, bassist Tim LeFebvre, and drummer Guiliana. For this night, Kneebody drumming great Nate Wood stands in for Guiliana, who leads his own group for the other half of the evening.



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Donny Mccaslin Quartet / Mark Guiliana Beat Music

SFJAZZ Center

The Summer heats up with the return of singer José James, the crown prince of new-jack jazz, performing the songs of modern soul queen Erykah Badu as captured on his new album, On & On: José James Sings Eryka Badu. An R&B-steeped singer from Minneapolis who’s as effective evoking Billie Holiday as Bill Withers, James honors Badu with his silk-smooth approach that melds an R&B feeling with a jazz crooner’s depth, in fresh arrangements of her classics “Green Eyes,” “Bag Lady,” and “Didn’t Cha Know.”

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Sep 22, 2023

Donny Mccaslin Quartet / Mark Guiliana Beat Music · San Francisco Jazz

Jun 17, 2023

On & On: José James Sings Badu · San Francisco Jazz

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