Michael Zilber

San Francisco Jazz

A rising vocal star and two-time JUNO Award winner, Montreal-based singer and songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé performs two nights in the Joe Henderson Lab with music from her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, which took the 2024 JUNO for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. “What she does with her voice is absolutely incredible” (NPR).

Dominique Fils-Aimé

SFJAZZ Center

“One of the true masters of modern jazz saxophone” (All About Jazz), Michael Zilber is the most accomplished reedist, composer, arranger, educator, and bandleader working in the Bay Area. Following his SFJAZZ Hotplate performances with his Wayne Shorter/Weather Report tribute project Weather Wayne and a night with legendary drummer Mike Clark, the Vancouver, BC native returns with a superb band to honor the legacy of saxophone icon Joe Henderson.

Cutting his teeth on the New York scene in his early 20s where he was mentored by master saxophonist David Liebman, who remains a close collaborator, Zilber has amassed a stunning résumé that includes work with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Dave Douglas, Bob Berg, and Miroslav Vitous, among others. He has enjoyed a lengthy association with drummer Steve Smith and currently collaborates with the Bay Area-based trumpeter Erik Jekabson, bassist Kai Eckhardt, and the large group collective Electric Squeezbox Orchestra. He’s led or co-led over a dozen releases including his latest Sunnyside album Mike Drop, a collaboration with Clark that features pianist Matt Clark and bassist Peter Barshay.