JAZZ

1 NATION JAZZ TRIO
The Urban Jazz Trio performs uptown grooves with a downtown style. With their rhythmic jazzy sound, the ensemble infuses James Brown beats and Miles Davis moods to create a sound all their own. While voted “best jazz band” by SF weekly in 1996 and featuring two songs in the highly acclaimed film “Some Prefer Cake,” more

BOBBE NORRIS & LARRY DUNLAP
Bobbe Norris, originally from San Francisco, pursued a widely publicized singing career in New York where she worked the major clubs and concert halls, recorded for Columbia Records, and appeared on television on The Ed Sullivan and Tonight shows (among others). more
 
ERIC B. LATIN
Eric Berman has been playing piano professionally for the past 20 years. A native of San Francisco, he kicked off his music career in Europe in the mid eighties residing primarily in Barcelona, Spain. In Amsterdam, during this time, he first developed his passion for Latin-jazz, where he performed for several months. more
JEAN MAZZEI
Jean has jammed and studied with some of the great vocalists of our time including Kitty Margolis, Kurt Elling, Madeline Eastman, Kevin Mahogany, and Mark Murphy. In addition to these great teachers, some of her largest influences have been Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and Peter, Paul and Mary.
Her musical debut was at the age of 2 when she mesmerized her parents and their friends with her a cappella rendition of "I Saw Her Standing There." she wrote her first songs at the age of 10, and in the 7th grade she co-wrote and produced a 30 minute musical called "Mayonnaise and Raw Eggs." Currently, Jean is playing with screamin' cats such as Anton Schwartz, Jeff Buenz, Jason Lewis, John Clark, and John Shifflett. Everyone is lovin' it and having a great time on gigs. view songlist awyInfo & Bookings
JENNA MAMMINA
As you listen to Jenna Mammina tell her story, you come to feel that she was destined for a life in music. "When I was a baby," she says, "my mother would sing Nat King Cole songs. Those were my lullabies. And I would wake up almost every night at midnight and coo...my first vocal performances!"
Years later, thousands of miles, and many vocal performances later, that musically inclined baby has grown into a vocalist of great power, imagination, and artistry. Jenna's first album, more
MARK LEVINE
Mark Levine exists simultaneously in the worlds of jazz and Latin jazz. His credits in this cultural crosscurrent include the bands of Woody Shaw, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Henderson, Willie Bobo, Bobby Hutcherson, Cal Tjader, Blue Mitchell, Moacir Santos, Milt Jackson, Francisco Aguabella, Eddie Henderson, Tito Puente, Wallace Roney, Conrad Herwig, Julian Priester, Harold Land, David Liebman, Eddie Harris, Sonny Fortune, and Charlie Rouse. more
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SAYA
Urban and Sophisticated, Saya is a pianist and composer who blends Jazz, R&B and Funk with a style all her own. Saya creates music that daydreams and dances, audible poetry that sends the mind traveling on a new sound adventure. Her influences include George Duke, Joe Sample, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock.
From 1997 to 1999, Saya performed as a member of the Neville Brothers, the Charles Neville Jazz Ensemble, and as musical director for the Aaron Neville Band. She was the first and only female musician ever chosen for the Neville Brothers Band. Info & Bookings
SHANNA CARLSON
Shanna has been singing and playing piano in and around the Bay Area since she was 12. She started playing for her church and later moving on through weddings, private parties, big bands, small combos, concerts, jazz festivals, recordings, musicals, T.V. and radio performances.
Tony Bennett said it best: "Shanna Carlson sings songs the way they're supposed to be sung." The lush, sultry voice of Shanna Carlson delights her audiences, captivating them when she wraps her lovely contralto around a lyric. Her musical tastes are eclectic: Ellington, Rodgers & Hart, Dorothy Fields, Porter, and the Gershwins are among her favorites. She gives them all that special Shanna Carlson touch. She's worked with such notables as the late Joe Williams, sax legend Joe Henderson, guitarist Bruce Forman, and vibist Buddy Montgomery.
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