Pianist

Founded in 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective is our all-star resident ensemble and composer’s workshop that represents what’s happening now in jazz. The group includes music director and tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, tenor saxophonist David Sánchez, trumpeter Mike Rodriguez, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Edward Simon, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Kendrick Scott.

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SFJAZZ Collective

SFJAZZ Center

Founded by SFJAZZ in 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star ensemble and composer’s workshop that represents what’s happening now in jazz, celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2024.

Since the beginning, the Collective’s mission has been to perform newly commissioned pieces by each member and fresh arrangements of works by modern masters. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring music’s greatest figures while championing jazz’s up-to-the-minute directions, the SFJAZZ Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form.

SFJAZZ Collective: 20th Anniversary Celebration

Jimmy Lyons Stage

Founded by SFJAZZ in 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star ensemble and composer’s workshop that represents what’s happening now in jazz, celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2024.

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Faculty & students share the stage in Side-by-Side Recitals.  Performing together in ensembles, students are challenged to rise to the level of their faculty. 

RJAM Side-by-Side Recital

Bowes Center

Edward Simon celebrates the release of his new album Solo Live. Recorded at the Piedmont Piano Company stage on his 50th birthday, it's a ravishing portrait of one of jazz’s most eloquent improvisers investigating a setting that’s become one of his primary outlets during the pandemic.

Edward Simon

Pianist

Events

Past events

24 - 27 Oct, 2024

SFJAZZ Collective · San Francisco Jazz

Sep 27, 2024

SFJAZZ Collective: 20th Anniversary Celebration · Monterey Jazz Festival

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